Senior Business Analyst

Barclays UK; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join their Wholesale Lending team. In this pivotal role, you will drive the evolution of the digital landscape by identifying business requirements and developing innovative solutions. Collaborate with senior stakeholders and leverage your expertise in lending products and complex analyses to support strategic objectives. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a vast professional network, engaging with industry leaders while ensuring timely and within-budget delivery of projects. If you are passionate about driving change and transformation, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience with lending products and pricing mechanisms.
• Strong analytical skills for complex mathematical systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze business problems and requirements.
• Develop business requirements and collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

Lending products understanding

AS-IS and TO-BE analyses

Documentation skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Agile delivery

Relational databases

Reporting tools

Job description

Join Barclays as a Senior Business Analyst, where you'll be part of the Wholesale Lending team to spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll also benefit from being part of a vast professional network, collaborating with industry leaders and experts.

To be successful as a Senior Business Analyst, you should have experience with:

• Lending products, especially an understanding of how they are priced
• Carrying out AS-IS and TO-BE analyses on large, complex, mathematical systems
• Strong documentation and communication skills

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders across multiple business domains
• Agile delivery experience
• Experience with relational databases and reporting tools

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based in our Knutsford office.

Purpose of the role

To support the organization in achieving its strategic objectives by identifying business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Identify and analyze business problems and client requirements requiring change within the organization.
• Develop business requirements to address these problems and opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases justifying investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure timely and within-budget delivery.
• Create operational and process designs to ensure solutions are delivered within scope.
• Support change management activities, including developing a traceability matrix for successful implementation and embedding of solutions.

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