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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 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 in our high performing Change Team here at Aon could be the opportunity you have been looking for.

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.

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, and lean process improvement 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.
• 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 and supervise best practices.

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, then this role provides opportunity for both knowledge growth and career progression. Equally, if you prefer to specialise, this can be highlighted in 121’s with your line manager.

• 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 diverse audiences.
• Superb communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.

• Understands and articulates business problems to define clear activities which result in desired solutions.
• Effective in identifying problems and performing analysis to determine root causes.
• Conducts feasibility studies with independence and open-mindedness to enable form opinions and present recommendations.

• Solid understanding of analysis methodologies and development life cycles.
• 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.
• Excellent knowledge of technology and standard desktop packages: MS/Excel, MS/Word, MS/PowerPoint, MS/Visio.

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

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, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself.

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 for employment 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 individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard.