Business Analyst Wimbledon

Job Description

The VacancyOVERALL SUMMARYAt Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you dont tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your workand home life. The Business Analyst is an experienced practitioner with knowledge of a wide range of tools and techniques, along with experience of deploying them on various projects and in various contexts. Working across the project lifecycle, the Business Analyst is proficientworking with traditional or iterative delivery methods. RESPONSIBILITIESClose Brothers utilises the SFIA skills framework. Business Situation Analysis (SFIA Level 4)

• Investigates business situations where there is some complexity and ambiguity.
• Adopts holistic view to identify and analyse problems and opportunities.
• Contributes to selection of the approach and techniques to be used for business situation analysis.
• Engages and collaborates with operational stakeholders.
• Conducts root cause analysis and identifies recommendations for improvements.

Feasibility Assessment (SFIA Level 4)

• Identifies the range of possible options.
• Undertakes short-listing of options and feasibility assessment.
• Selects relevant feasibility assessment approaches and techniques.
• Engages with internal and external stakeholders to get information required for feasibility assessment.
• Supports preparation of business cases including cost/benefit, impact and risk analysis for each option.

Requirements Definition & Management (SFIA Level 4)

• Establishes the requirements base-lines, obtains formal agreement to requirements, and ensures traceability to source.
• Contributes to selection of the requirements approach.
• Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
• Facilitates input from stakeholders, provides constructive challenge and enables effective prioritisation of requirements.
• Reviews requirements for errors and omissions.
• Investigates, manages, and applies authorised requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy.

Business Modelling (SFIA Level 4)

• Conducts advanced modelling activities for significant change programmes and across multiple business functions.
• Has an in-depth knowledge of organisation-specific techniques.
• Plans own modelling activities, selecting appropriate techniques and the correct level of detail for meeting assigned objectives.
• May contribute to discussions about the choice of modelling approach to be used.
• Obtains input from and communicates modelling results to senior managers for agreement.

Acceptance Testing (SFIA Level 4)

• Creates acceptance criteria related to requirements, features and user stories.
• Specifies and develops acceptance test cases and scenarios to test that systems, products and services deliver the planned business benefits.
• Collaborates with parties involved in the development and operational use of product, systems or services to enable comprehensive test coverage.
• Analyses and reports on test activities, results, issues and risks including the work of others.

Stakeholder Relationship Management (SFIA Level 4)

• Deals with problems and issues, managing resolutions, corrective actions, lessons learned, and the collection and dissemination of relevant information.
• Implements stakeholder engagement/communications plan. Collects and uses feedback from customers and stakeholders to help measure the effectiveness of stakeholder management.
• Helps develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships.

Conduct, Risk and Compliance

• Ensure that all Governance and Compliance requirements are adhered to and all reporting and reviewing activities required by the Regulatory Bodies are carried out to the standards required.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:

• Able to investigate defined business areas and IT systems and adopt an analytical approach when developing models to represent those systems.
• Good interpersonal skills and is able to communicate effectively and confidently with stakeholders.
• Aware of the rationale for modelling and the use of models to analyse, develop and implement effective information systems.
• Possesses a good understanding of business and business skills.
• Shows a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Aware of the rationale for business analysis and the application of business analysis skills and techniques within the business change and software development life-cycles.
• Possesses a broad understanding of business and business skills.

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application formin an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at or request a call back. ABOUT USFor roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working. Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. At Close Brothers we provide financial support and advice to small businesses and individuals in the UK. Our purposeis to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term. To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://careers To find out more about life at Close Brothers:https://life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541 To find out more about our benefits:https://employee-benefits To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:https://inclusion