Business Analyst - ESG - Data Products

Verisk; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisk Maplecroft is seeking a Business Analyst for the Product and Technology team, specializing in financial institutions. The role encompasses conducting business analysis, driving requirements, and engaging with stakeholders to ensure effective product delivery. Candidates should possess 5-7 years of relevant experience and a degree or equivalent qualification.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years’ experience in software, asset management, or data industry.
• Familiarity with SaaS and Rest API products.
• Experience with gap analysis and requirements gathering.

Responsibilities

• Conduct business analysis activities including scoping and gap analysis.
• Drive requirements-gathering process and maintain documentation.
• Manage stakeholders and lead functional specifications development.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Collaboration

Agile Methodology

Education

Degree or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

SaaS products

API tools

Job description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

Verisk Maplecroft is looking for a Business Analyst for the Product and Technology team focused on the Financial Institutions (specifically Markets/ Investors) segment of our client base.

This role would be suitable for someone with 5-7 years’ experience as a Business Analyst or a related product role within the software, asset management/ financial services, or data industry.

This role will provide business analysis services to several new and ongoing strategic and product initiatives.

• Carry out business analysis activities including scoping, gap analysis, and detailed requirements definition, working closely with commercial teams and customers to understand needs
• Drive the requirements-gathering process resulting in high-level documentation that is agreed to be concise, accurate, complete, and clear by internal and external customers as well as the development team.
• Ensure features are delivered to scope, on time, and in the priority order as defined by the Product team
• Maintain updated, correct and clear roadmaps for features and products and effectively communicate dependencies, blockers, and updates to key stakeholders
• Take the lead on developing functional specifications in partnership with the Product team
• Manage key stakeholders, making sure that their needs and expectations are met.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the business including development and management
• Document business cases for new projects that are subsequently approved for execution
• Become an expert in Maplecroft products, specifically oriented towards Markets/ Investor segment
• Follow JIRA processes and ensure colleagues have all necessary information to implement requirements
• Perform user acceptance testing and coordinate quality assurance testing as appropriate
• Support in the development and updating of training materials and other end user support documentation
• Be able to run feature teams as required, taking responsibility for the entire development cycle, from requirement discovery through to effective development, adequate UAT and QA testing and timely releases
• Work effectively within the Agile framework and run effective discovery, refinement, and retrospective ceremonies
• Act as the first line of defense for bugs and disrupters, resolving them wherever possible, triaging them when not, and owning communication with the stakeholders
• Work with sales, support and development to make sure that our products continue to sell and delight our customers.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• 5 to 7+ years’ experience in a related role within the software, asset management/ financial services or data industry; some experience with ESG is desirable.
• Experience in working with / technical familiarity in SaaS and Rest API products
• Experience of owning and successfully driving the analysis and requirements gathering process within a data services or IT arena.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and someone who enjoys the challenge of solving complex issues
• Experience of performing gap analysis
• Effective skills in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint is expected
• Skills and experience in using API tools like Postman, JMeter or Swagger is desirable
• Effective communication and collaboration skills and ability and desire to take the initiative to drive features and products to completion

Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale. We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

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Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.

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About the company

Verisk is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services. Our team of nearly 9,000 helps customers make crucial decisions every day about risk—with greater precision, efficiency, and discipline.

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