IT Business Analyst

Division: The Group Business Solutions (GBS)

The Role:

• You will be part of a team within GBS UK Tribe. The Tribe is organised and structured so that business and IT colleagues work closely and collaboratively in alignment with the agile values and principles. Your team will aim to deliver the most value at the earliest opportunity whilst ensuring feedback loops are in place to continually evolve the solutions the team delivers.
  Your responsibilities
  • Act as the interface between business stakeholders and IT teams.
  • Clearly demonstrate an understanding of the business drivers behind operational, functional, tactical or strategic initiatives/changes and the value they will bring.
  • Provide counsel to business stakeholders and negotiate / propose options for viable business solutions that are acceptable to the stakeholders.
  • Facilitate the implementation and deployment of system changes for business stakeholders by providing them with support, advice and guidance throughout the change process.
  • Share ideas, drive improvements and promote best practice amongst the business analyst community across all IT and non-IT Divisions and across physical location.
  • Produce and validate the scenarios needed to test the system.
  • Perform execution of the various phases of testing.
  • Support user and client acceptance testing.
  Your profile
  • Knowledge:
  o Understanding of financial markets
  • Experience:
  o Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Business Analysis role.
  o Have successfully delivered projects utilising methodologies such as Waterfall, V-Model, SCRUM, SAFE.
  o Supporting and executing various phases of testing.
  • Skills:
  o Stakeholder Management – You are able to confidently manage all stakeholders, irrespective of their position or interest.
  o Able to utilise business analysis methods such as:
   Modelling – Use Cases, Story Mapping, Process Modelling (BPMN, UML), Data Modelling (conceptual/logical)
   Requirements – Business, Stakeholder, Functional / Non-Functional, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria.
  o Excellent two-way communication skills (e.g. listening, verbal, written)
  o Excellent analytical/problem solving skills and a logical mind.
  • Mindset:
  o Strong sense of ownership and management of the work you and your squad commit to
  o Proactive
  o Good team player / collaborator
  
• You might also have:
  IIBA/BCS Business Analysis Diploma.
  Broad understanding of CSDs, CSD Regulation and the position of CSDs as FMIs within the financial markets post trade landscape.
  Understanding of securities market standards developed through bodies such as SMPG, ISO (ISO15022, ISO20022)
  ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
  Experience of using Azure DevOps

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