Senior Business Analyst

Company Description

We are part of Link Group, a leading global provider of financial administration solutions. As one of Europe’s leading asset servicing platforms, Link Asset Services interacts with almost 6m investors, administering and safeguarding £600bn of assets across 10 highly regulated markets.

 

Job Description

As Senior Business Analyst within our Change Management team, you will be instrumental in supporting the analysis function within a project environment.

As part of a team of 12 analysts, you will be a strong, well rounded and dynamic individual with proven business analysis capabilities.  You will work across all levels of stakeholders within a commercial environment, coaching and mentoring colleagues with various levels of experience in the business analysis discipline.

Day to day you will:

• Engage with business experts to understand current business processes and/or transitional and future requirements
• Produce high/detailed level requirements
• Analyse business issues and needs by using the appropriate business analysis methodologies and techniques
• Apply challenge to ensure a positive outcome
• Shape, prioritise and define business requirements to provide best fit
• Plan/Facilitate/Deliver workshops from initial problem statements, requirements and data gathering through to implementation planning and delivery support
• Review and sign off on implementation plans, test approach, criteria and results to ensure traceability to business requirements
• Provide an interface between the business areas and IT project team throughout the life cycle
• Mentor colleagues in the business analysis discipline.

 

Qualifications

Essential:

• Strong facilitation, communication (written and verbal) , listening, coaching and presentation skills, with experience of running results driven workshops
• Experience of using structured methodologies and techniques
• Ability to work at a conceptual level where business objectives and requirements may not be well defined
• Builds productive relationships with functions and third parties outside of the project team
• Experience of full project life cycle across a range of projects
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent analytical and numerical reasoning skills
• Good problem solving skills, methodical, with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines, with an eye for attention to detail and accuracy
• Flexible and has an ability to prioritise and multi task in a challenging working environment, good organisational skills
• A team player – positive contributor  – takes pride in helping the team to deliver
• Relevant ISEB/BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis 

Desirable

• Financial service industry knowledge in the area of Collective Investments; Transfer Agency
• Experience working within an outsourcing environment
• Relevant Collective Investment / Transfer Agency qualification such as the Investment Operations Certificate (IOC) or equivalent
• Working towards  the ‘Advanced’ BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis