Senior Business Analyst (Life and Pensions)

SS&C Technologies; Stirling; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services technology provider is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead change initiatives within the Life & Pensions sector. This role offers the opportunity to manage client change portfolios and ensure quality delivery, while facilitating workshops and leading junior team members. Essential qualifications include extensive Life & Pensions experience and strong stakeholder management skills. The position allows for hybrid working arrangements based in Stirling, Scotland.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model

Professional Development Reimbursement

Competitive holiday scheme

Wellbeing benefits

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Hands-On Training

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in the Life & Pensions industry.
• Strong stakeholder management including client-facing roles.
• Self-motivated with the ability to lead and take ownership.

Responsibilities

• Manage and report on the backlog of change.
• Lead the ideation of new requests and document business outcomes.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops, presenting findings to stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Business Analysis techniques

Communication skills

Leadership

Curiosity and Agility

Education

Degree in Business, IT or related area

Industry recognized BA Qualifications (BCS, IIBA, etc.)

Job description

Job Description

Senior Business Analyst (Life and Pensions)

Locations: Dublin

Get To Know Us:

Our EMEA Change Delivery organisation is growing in line with business demand and is at the heart of SS&C Client Delivery & Organisational Transformation. We are currently recruiting within our EMEA Enterprise Analysis Practice for a Senior Business Analyst to lead & operate our Life & Pensions existing client change portfolio. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to manage & shape the backlog of change, ensuring quality delivery & client delight.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a dynamic individual who is a self-starter; expert communicator & facilitator of discovery workshops; well experienced in all realms of Business Analysis tools & techniques; and is an expert within the L&P sector. This role provides the right person with a real opportunity to help shape the future of change within the organisation and offers hybrid working with required travel to our Dublin SS&C office.

What You Will Get To Do:

• Act as the initial conduit for all newly raised client change via our Client Relationship Managers (CRMs);
• Actively manage, refine & report on the backlog of change, ensuring business prioritisation decisions & escalations are fed into the relevant forums.
• Act as the contact point for all analysis related queries and pro-actively seek solutions.
• Lead the ideation of new requests, leading the discovery and due diligence analysis phases to ensure solid foundations are set.
• Lead the elicitation and documentation of business outcomes & stakeholder needs.
• Lead and facilitate meetings & workshops and confidently present findings to key stakeholders & clients.
• Work closely with and act as the conduit between design, architecture and delivery teams maintaining focus on building client-centric solutions.
• Identify operational impacts and support operational readiness activities to ensure any change is embedded successfully.
• Provide outcome-based reporting via CR, client, team or delivery progress in the relevant format required.
• Lead and mentor other junior members of the team to support the growth of a high performing team.
• Continually share external & internal BA knowledge & experience to boost the evolution of the BA Practice as well as the overall change processes.

What You Will Bring:

Essential:

• Extensive experience working within the Life & Pensions industry, particularly within an analysis, operational or client facing role leading discovery & delivery BA type activities.
• General experience operating in an analysis-based role with a full appreciation for BA techniques and the various frameworks i.e. Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, etc.
• Strong stakeholder management skills including client facing experience, working well with others throughout the organisation at all levels.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator.
• Proven champion of change and motivator of others.
• Self-motivated with the ability to lead and take ownership.
• Naturally curious with the desire to constantly improve the status quo.
• Offer personal agility when responding to change in business demands and lead the way for those more resistant to change.
• Constantly perform to the best of their ability and encourage others to do the same focused on quality deliverables.
• Strong desire to support the continued growth of the BA Practice and the company’s strategic goals.

Desired:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Business, IT or related area,
• Relevant & industry recognised BA Qualifications provided by BCS, IIBA, ISEB, CBAP, etc,
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders across multiple locations and time zones,

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

Background Checks

All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in the hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background-checking process should you be successful.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.