Business Analyst

Social network you want to login/join with: Our Third Party Administration (TPA) department is a dynamic administration team with a varied portfolio of clients. They play a key part in providing our clients and members with a market-leading service on Defined Benefits (DB), Defined Contribution (DC) and CARE pension arrangements. We currently have an exciting opportunity to join this department as a Business Analyst, within our Third Party Administration team in our Edinburgh or Glasgow Office. What will your role look like? You will work with business stakeholders and an agile development team play a pivotal role in developing the solutions to support a range of internal and client facing change projects. Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include: Working with a range of internal and external stakeholders and external suppliers across multiple UK locations to establish the scope and key deliverables. Capture of specified requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria. Mapping of ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ business processes and business rules. Interpretation and reconciliation of data. Facilitation of Solution Discovery and other workshops. Contributing to the evolution of the solution design as it progresses. Exploring feasibility and building the Business Case. Working with the operational teams to ensure business readiness. Maintaining a Traceability matrix. To enjoy and succeed in this role, you will have: Experience of working within the Financial Services industry, ideally Pensions and Pensions Dashboard UK programme. Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma tools or continuous improvement thinking and methodologies. A confident facilitator with strong customer focus and the ability to influence and manage stakeholders at all levels. Demonstrable experience of identifying and delivering improvements across large and small change initiatives. Experience of Agile development principles and/or working as part of an Agile team. Strong Analytical skills with the ability to balance attention to detail with sight of the bigger picture. A confident facilitator with strong customer focus and the ability to influence and manage stakeholders at all levels. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ideally, we would look for candidates to have a BCS certification in Business Analysis Practice (or to have started/ be part way through this) or a similar qualification. We would also consider candidates with the equivalent level of industry experience within a similar role. A more detailed list of requirements for this position is available within the role profile – which is available on request. In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, we offer: A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs. A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged. On site mental health and wellbeing assistance. A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire. Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day’s leave to celebrate your birthday. Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments. #J-18808-Ljbffr