Business Analyst (12 Month FTC)

UK Nationwide; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks an enthusiastic Business Analyst to join their Remediation Centre of Excellence. In this role, you will leverage your strong analytical skills to conduct detailed process work and manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, working collaboratively to resolve issues and improve customer outcomes. This company values innovation and offers a hybrid working model, ensuring a balance between office collaboration and home working. Join a team that is dedicated to making a meaningful impact on customers' lives while enjoying a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Personal pension scheme with employer top-up

Paid volunteering days

Life assurance

Health and wellness options

Annual performance-related bonus

Training and development opportunities

25 days holiday, pro rata

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Business Analyst with strong analytical skills.
• Demonstrable experience of requirements elicitation and documentation.
• Proficiency in conducting gap analysis and process mapping.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed As-Is and To-Be process work for customer needs.
• Manage changes in requirements and maintain traceability.
• Collaborate with colleagues to ensure timely delivery of work.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Elicitation

Process Mapping

Gap Analysis

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic self-starter to join our team; The Remediation Centre of Excellence requires experienced Business Analysts, with strong analytical skills and the ability to come up with creative solutions to problems.

Do you thrive working in a fast-paced and challenging environment? Do you have an interest in issue investigation and resolution on behalf of customers? Then a Business Analyst role in the Remediation Centre of Excellence could be the role for you!

At Nationwide we aim to get things right first time but when something does go wrong, we pride ourselves in putting it right for our customers quickly and efficiently. As our name suggests, the Remediation Centre of Excellence is a specialised cross community capability who rapidly assimilate knowledge and build an understanding of emerging issues and incidents through analysis of data and processes to conduct the required remediation for impacted customers.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.

The working hours (per week) for this role can be between 28 and 35.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon or Northampton office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What Youll Be Doing

You will be responsible for conducting detailed As-Is and To-Be process work, this will include reviewing or documenting existing As-Is processes and developing To-Be process maps, documentation, and user guides to meet the needs of our customers.

You will deliver explicit, quantifiable and testable requirements through the elicitation, documentation, validation and management of requirements. You will manage changes in requirements or processes, ensuring alignment to priorities and other relevant change initiatives. You will maintain the traceability of business requirements to the solution, with the status and ownership communicated to relevant stakeholders. You will provide requirement consultancy throughout the project lifecycle to ensure traceability remains correct and current.

You will provide timely updates to the Seniors and Lead Business Analyst with estimates, progress, updates to plan, risks, issues, and quality assessments such as peer reviews. You will share lessons learnt and provide feedback as requested. You will also collaborate with colleagues inside and outside of the Remediation CoE ensuring that work is delivered on time, to the required quality and aligning to the CoE principles.

About You

The minimum requirements for this role are:

• Experience of working as a Business Analyst
• Demonstrable experience of requirements elicitation, documentation, conducting a review cycle and traceability
• Extensive experience and knowledge of Process Mapping and adhering to standards
• Proficiency in carrying out Business Analysis activities and Gap Analysis
• Excellent insight, analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to think laterally and see connections between products, processes, change and remediation activities
• Experience of working with stakeholders at various levels including identifying, engaging, managing expectations, and communicating with confidence
  
  

Role

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think were honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
• Push for better - We dont settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.
  
  

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras youll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension if you put in 7% of your salary, well top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellhub Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata
  
  

Banking but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, were owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We dont see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If youre inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, youre one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are Purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly Customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What To Do Next

If this role is for you, please click the Apply Now button. Youll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.