Senior Business Analyst

TN United Kingdom; York; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to drive transformation and deliver impactful change. This role involves collaborating with design, development, and testing teams to ensure quality business solutions that meet key objectives. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to lead and influence change. Enjoy a dynamic work environment that fosters career development and offers generous benefits, including a competitive salary, bonus opportunities, and flexible working arrangements. If you are passionate about making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discount on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares

Paid volunteering days

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in medium to large scale assignments is essential.
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure business goals are understood and documented.
• Lead business analysts in developing change strategies.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Facilitation

Negotiation

Influencing

Business Analysis Tools

Job description

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Location: Norwich, Bristol, Perth and York

Do you have a passion for transformation, like to challenge the status quo, think differently, and look at ways technology can solve business problems? Are you dynamic, resilient and want to be involved in delivering change that drives Aviva’s strategy?

If you do, you could be part of this transformation.We love to constantly innovate and improve the experience and security for our customers. We have brought together all our technology change agents to drive deliveries and outcomes.

Our one team approach means you will have great opportunities for career development across the divisions. You don’t need to be from an insurance background, we want to bring the best in class regardless of your specific industry experience. We are particularly interested to hear from people with data migration and business transformation experience.

If you are motivated by making a difference, enjoy a variety of assignments, are keen to develop and have strong relationship building skills, this could be the role for you!

A bit about the job:

As the Senior Business Analyst, you’ll be ensuring key business goals are understood and requirements are documented. To do this, you’ll be working with design, development and testcolleagues to ensure that quality business solutions that address the requirements of the business are delivered. We’ll look to you to participate, lead and contribute to relevant business and scrum/projectmeetings.You’ll also be leading other business analysts to help us develop the change strategy by supporting projects through the development and testing lifecycle including implementation.

Delivering for customers is critical so considering their needs and being prepared to challenge decisions that are not in their best interests is vital. You’ll need to understand other change initiatives, recognise dependencies, and determine if business benefits can be realised through alignment of change initiatives.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

Excellent analytical, decision making and problem-solving skills

Comfortable with facilitating

Ability to lead, negotiate and influence – to challenge and drive the necessary changes

Experience of working on medium to large scale assignments

Detailed knowledge and experience of application of business analysis tools and techniques

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

Salary national range £50,000 - £60,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s

Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products , and other retailer discounts

Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme

Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave

Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work

Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others

We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job.