Senior Business Analyst

Sanderson; Stirling; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days leave including Bank Holidays

Eligibility for annual discretionary bonus

Personal development opportunities

Cycle to Work Scheme

Wellbeing programme

Contributory pension scheme

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Stirling is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to drive strategic outcomes and lead a team of analysts. This role involves business analysis for large projects, recommending solutions, and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate has a strong analytical background within financial services and excellent problem-solving skills. Competitive compensation and career growth opportunities are included.

Qualifications

• Proven background in a Senior Business Analyst role within financial services.
• Experience of applying a range of techniques for data analysis.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Experience with multiple project methodologies.
• Ability to gather and format data for detailed analysis.
• Experience with elicitation techniques to capture requirements.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and define requirements for large projects.
• Recommend methods to achieve business goals.
• Manage performance of Business Analysts.
• Assess regulatory changes for impact and ensure compliant designs.
• Evaluate costs and ROI, with clear justification.
• Lead and develop Business Analysts on the team.
• Produce clear documentation with visuals and data for stakeholders.
• Support testing activities and ensure testing plans are fit for purpose.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the Analysis & Design Services practice.

Skills

Analytical tools and techniques

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving skills

Data presentation techniques

Data analysis

Prototyping

Regulatory awareness

Tools

Visio

Visio

Job description

This range is provided by Sanderson. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Direct message the job poster from Sanderson

Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best-in-class Platform-based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do, and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as ‘home’ by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

Summary of the role:

Excellent opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to join our Analysis & Design Services team based in Stirling. As a Senior Business Analyst you will be responsible for analysing, defining and shaping strategic outcomes to deliver change across the business which maximizes business benefit and architectural reusability. As a Senior Business Analyst, you will also provide leadership and performance management for a team of analysts.

• 33 days including Bank Holidays
• Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal and career development opportunities to progress your aspirations within the company as well as through our global parent company (Tata Consultancy Services)
• Access to Perks at Work (an online discounted shopping platform) saving you money on a wide range of goods and services, including your weekly food shop, holidays and electrical goods.
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Interest-free Season Ticket loans.
• A companywide Wellbeing programme, including an Employee Assistance Programme and other benefits/resources to support your mental/physical and financial wellbeing.
• A comprehensive set of Moments that Matter policies, such as Carer’s Leave, Foster Leave and Retirement Leave
• A contributory company pension scheme where we match your contributions up to 6%, Group Life Assurance ('Death in Service') & Group Income Protection

What you’ll be doing:

• Execute business analysis with business, IT and strategic partners on large/complex projects to identify, understand, challenge and agree requirements.
• Recommend the best method of achieving the required business outcome via the application of a wide range of analytical tools and techniques, including process mapping, re-engineering, gap analysis, statistical/database analysis and prototyping; and make clear recommendations based on sound analysis of options.
• Provide input to the establishment of innovative business solutions to meet strategic, tactical and operational requirements, typically with an impact across multiple business units.
• Interprets legislative and regulatory changes, assessing the wider impact on business procedures and in designing business solutions to ensure compliance with externally driven timeframes.
• Evaluate and assess the costs and the potential impact on the expected return on investment of proposed solutions, considering both technical limitations and operational impacts. Make recommendations providing thorough and well-reasoned justification, with reference to the business drivers and business case.
• Be responsible for performance management of Business Analysts, supporting their development and training needs.
• Produces clear and effective documentation of both a detailed and descriptive nature, using graphical and statistical information in an intelligent way to communicate requirements, business solution options and feasibility assessments to different stakeholder audiences.
• Support business acceptance testing activities, ensuring that Testing Strategy/Plans are fit for purpose and providing a central escalation point for any queries and issues arising from the Testing Team.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the Analysis & Design Services practice as a centre of excellence and to the wider objectives of Diligenta Change, taking proactive responsibility for identifying and progressing improvements.

What we’re looking for:

• A proven background within a similar Senior Business Analyst role gained within a financial services environment.
• Good understanding of differing operating models and the effect this can have on the cost effectiveness of solutions.
• Good understanding of IT e.g. must understand the architecture and the consequences of the solution/design on that.
• Experience of a wide range of project methodologies and approaches.
• Experience of applying a range of techniques to gather, sort and format data for detailed analysis and to present the result in an unambiguous manner; appreciation of best practice for different types of analysis.
• Experience of a wide range of elicitation techniques to capture business requirements across the organisation ensuring that those requirements are validated against operational needs and priorities.
• Proficient in a wide range of information/data presentation techniques, including the standard MS software applications and process modelling tools (e.g. Visio).
• A systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving, supported by strong interpersonal skills and confidence to select and apply relevant analytical and process engineering tools.
• Strong attention to detail, good fact finding skills and ability to make evaluative judgments based on both quantitative and qualitative information.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today and become part of our innovative team!

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology, General Business, and Analyst

Industries

Pension Funds, Financial Services, and Insurance