Senior Business Analyst- London Market

AON; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join their dynamic EMEA Change Team. This role offers the chance to refine your skills while working on high-impact projects that shape the organization's long-term strategy. You will utilize your expertise in data analysis and business processes to drive success and optimize operations. With a flexible working environment that encourages work-life balance and personal wellbeing, this opportunity is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in a collaborative and inclusive setting. Join a forward-thinking team that values innovation and diversity!

Benefits

Global Wellbeing Days

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator with strong relationship-building skills.
• Solid understanding of analysis methodologies and development life cycles.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact projects and provide strategic insights.
• Collaborate with partners to drive outcomes and facilitate workshops.

Skills

Communication Skills

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Business Analysis

Presentation Skills

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

MS Visio

Job description

Senior Business Analyst - London Market

Do you have a burning desire to grow beyond your current capability whilst delivering varied, quality business outcomes for business partners that appreciate you, and recognise the value of collaborative teamwork?

Are you interested in refining and expanding your role as Senior Business Analyst as part of our diverse EMEA Change Team?

With the flexibility to work both virtually and from an office closest to your home, this career opportunity, expanding our high-performing Change Team here at Aon could be the opportunity you have been looking for.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will play a critical role in shaping an organization's long-term vision and strategy by using data, research, and business analysis to find opportunities, optimise processes, and support decision-making. The responsibilities of a Senior Business Analyst extend beyond basic analytical tasks and involve leading high-impact projects, providing strategic insights, and working closely with key partners to drive business success. Senior Business Analysts are typically responsible for, but not limited to:

• Collaborate as part of project structures, as well as work independently, and engage with partners at all levels to drive outcomes, including the facilitation of business interviews and workshops using proven techniques.
• Preparing feasibility studies, defining minimal viable products (MVPs) and cost benefit analyses (jointly with PM / Finance).
• Utilise skills and experience in structured problem solving, business analysis, data analytics, design thinking, lean process improvement and undertake process design and re-engineering to support performance excellence in the organisation.
• Working with 3rd party suppliers to support system configuration activities, including gathering requirements from key partners for configuration tasks, reviewing system specifications and ensuring signoff is achieved from SMEs.
• Use sophisticated data analysis techniques to provide insights into business performance and volumes data to support critical initiatives in prioritisation of specific lines of business, processes and trading partnerships.
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the business processes and activities that influence and are influenced by the product or service, ensuring alignment with the broader strategy.
• Assist in defining success metrics and support mechanisms for supervising throughout the service life cycles.
• Facilitate the implementation of new business strategies, systems, or processes by providing training and/or procedure documentation.
• Proactively identify potential risks and issues related to business requirements, process changes or project lifecycle.
• Guide as an expert practitioner and mentor within the Business Analyst community, responsible for supervising and coordinating the efforts of multiple Business Analysts.
• Supervise adherence to governance, policy and compliance, collaborating with partners to implement best practices.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Excellent communicator who initiates, grows, and maintains strong working relationships at all levels.
• Adapts content, style and level of detail of written and verbal communications to fit diverse audiences.
• Superb communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.

Critical thinker

• Understands, articulates and translates business problems to define clear activities which result in desired solutions.
• Effective in identifying problems, performing analysis to determine root causes.
• Conducts feasibility studies with independence and open-mindedness incorporating business case and impact assessment.

Technical competency

• Solid understanding of analysis methodologies and development life cycles.
• Analyzes the structure of the business, its goals and how process, technology and people influence current performance.
• Identifies problems, threats and opportunities within a business, supported by data analysis.
• Excellent knowledge of technology and standard desktop packages: MS/Excel, MS/Word, MS/PowerPoint, MS/Visio.

Adaptable

• Learns business concepts quickly.
• Takes on additional responsibilities to ensure success of the project.
• Formulates ways for businesses to improve operational efficiency, reduce operational risk, reduce expenses, and enable scalable growth.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or other legally protected status. We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and interview process.

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