Technical Analyst

Barclays UK; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Technical Analyst to drive its digital transformation. You'll analyze business requirements and work closely with stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions ensuring strategic objectives are met. This exciting opportunity offers a chance to impact decision-making and contribute to policy development within the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in analyzing business problems and defining requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to present to senior management.
• Technical knowledge of virtual products and services desirable.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze business problems and requirements requiring change.
• Develop business requirements and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure their needs are met.
• Support business case creation and conduct feasibility studies.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Business Analysis

Problem Solving

Risk Management

Data Analysis

Job description

Join us as a Technical Analyst, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence.

The purpose of this role is to support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by identifying business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

To be successful as a Technical Analyst, you should:

Essential Skills

• Be able to analyse business problems, map out customer and colleague journeys, and articulate them into requirements to find appropriate solutions supporting business outcomes and delivery timelines.
• Have good stakeholder management skills, able to present information to senior stakeholders in an informed manner, and provide recommendations based on analysis.
• Have a good knowledge of wider programmes within their sub-function, understand how work intertwines, and liaise with colleagues across other functions to deliver results.

Desirable Skills

• Having good technical knowledge of virtual products and services.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Location: Glasgow, Northampton, or Knutsford

Accountabilities

• Identify and analyze business problems and client requirements requiring change within the organization.
• Develop business requirements to address these problems and opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs.
• Support the creation of business cases justifying investments.
• Conduct feasibility studies on proposed solutions.
• Support reports on project progress to ensure timely and within-budget delivery.
• Create operational and process designs to ensure solutions are delivered within scope.
• Assist in change management activities, including developing traceability matrices to ensure successful implementation and embedding of solutions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and collaborate across functions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, set objectives, coach, and appraise performance.
• If in a leadership role, demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members, and identify new directions for projects.
• Consult on complex issues, provide advice to support resolution, and mitigate risks by developing policies and controls.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls related to work performed.
• Collaborate across areas to support business strategies and activities.
• Engage in complex data analysis from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information effectively and influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and embody the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.