Senior Business Analyst - Regulatory & Compliance

Aon Corporation; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm is seeking a Senior Business Analyst in Chelmsford. This role involves leading compliance delivery projects, using data-driven insights to enhance business processes, and collaborating across diverse teams. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills and experience in regulatory frameworks. Flexible work arrangements are available, and Aon promotes a diverse and inclusive work culture.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive benefits package

Global Wellbeing Days

Qualifications

• Experience in risk & compliance delivery.
• Knowledge of anti-financial crime compliance frameworks is highly desirable.
• Proven skills in structured problem solving and business analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact projects to drive business success.
• Apply data analysis to enhance business performance.
• Facilitate workshops with project partners.

Skills

Excellent communicator

Critical thinker

Technical competency

Adaptable

Tools

MS/Excel

MS/Word

MS/PowerPoint

MS/Visio

Job description

Overview

Senior Business Analyst - Regulatory & Compliance

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 opportunity expands our high performing Change Team here at Aon.

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 organisation, we are united through trust as one inclusive 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.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrable risk & compliance delivery experience with an understanding of the necessary control environments, frameworks, and governance.
• Knowledge of anti-financial crime compliance and risk frameworks. (Highly Desirable)
• 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 process re-engineering to support performance excellence in the organisation to identify pivotal initiatives.
• 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 the 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. Engage with partners to understand their perspectives, needs, processes, and constraints to facilitate effective and efficient business process changes
• 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 to ensure that teams are well-prepared to implement changes.
• 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 and supervise best practices.

How this opportunity is different

Our EMEA Change Team serves all Solution Lines and all Regions in EMEA, so the projects and partners are wide and varied. If you enjoy learning about different commercial processes and products, this role provides opportunity for knowledge growth and career progression. You may also specialise, which can be discussed with your line manager. Operational need may override preference occasionally, but Aon encourages colleagues to discuss their career aspirations and provides opportunities to stretch themselves.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Excellent communicator
• Initiates, grows and maintains strong working relationships at all levels
• Adapts content, style and level of detail of written and verbal communications to fit numerous, 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, open-mindedness incorporating business case and impact assessment to enable form opinions and present recommendations

Technical competency

• Solid understanding of analysis methodologies and development life cycles and an understanding of the fundamental analysis process and demonstrates a pragmatic application of these, appropriate to a given audience and/or situation
• Analyses 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 to substantiate the magnitude and trend of the problem
• Excellent knowledge of technology and standard desk top 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, 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, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. All colleagues enjoy two Global Wellbeing Days each year. We offer a variety of working style solutions and support flexible work arrangements.

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. At Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Equal opportunity and accommodations

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, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. We welcome applications from all and provide reasonable adjustments to participate in the application process and to perform essential job functions. For accommodations, email [e-mail]

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