Business Analyst - Project Manager

Brooks Macdonald Group plc is one of the UK's leading wealth management firms, recognised for investment performance and client service. We offer leading multi-asset investment services to intermediaries and high-quality financial planning advice to private clients, benefitting from a strong local presence across the UK. We see an opportunity to lead the way within our sector in relation to sustainability and responsible investing. We have set a target for our direct footprint to be Net Zero by 2030 and continue to enhance our approach to responsible investment, which includes offering a dedicated service for clients with values-based objectives.

We offer fulfilling careers in an inclusive culture that values diversity, ambition and rewards high performance. Our guiding principles underpin our culture and are at the heart of everything we do:

• We do the right thing
• We are connected
• We make a difference

We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who live our guiding principles and are focused on ensuring good outcomes for our clients. We’re committed to promoting equal employment opportunities and positively encourage applications regardless of race, religion or belief, sexuality, age, disability, gender, gender identity, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. Collaboration and knowledge-sharing is important to us as a firm, and we value different ways of working. Employees are required to be in the office three days a week, with flexibility to work from home on the other two days.

Role Overview

The main objective of the role will be to provide business analysis and project support to the Risk & Regulatory Change Program Manager across a suite of Regulatory and Business Change led projects (that come with technology implementations). The required support will include end-to-end business analysis, project support activities including the possibility of independently managing small projects/initiatives. You’ll partner with Legal, Compliance, Technology and external vendors to deliver complex regulatory, process-improvement and risk initiatives containing operational and technology elements across multiple business lines. This is a diverse, hands-on role suited to someone who thrives in fast-paced, stakeholder-heavy environments.

The role holder will be responsible for the discovery phase of projects, carrying out relevant impact assessments and undertaking gap analysis to help shape and scope projects. Ensuring regulatory requirements are well understood and translated into actionable business, operational and technical change. Implementing full end-to-end regulatory traceability. Gathering detailed business and technical requirements from assigned stakeholders for various initiatives ensuring these are of sufficient granular detail and comply with Brooks Macdonald’s change framework. Ensure full regulatory/traceability of end-to-end requirements through solution, working collaboratively with the assigned PM / Testing Manager as appropriate.

Role Responsibilities

Business Analysis

• Run workshops, working groups and senior stakeholder forums.
• Analysing and documenting regulatory, technical and operational requirements for change implementation.
• Own requirements gathering, BRDs and process redesign.
• Identifying relevant data points and data sources to implement requirements.
• Drive UAT, change management and go-live readiness & release (sign-off).
• Produce business cases, runbooks and training materials.
• Ensure full end-to-end regulatory traceability of Requirements including testing.
• Ensures a firm handshake with Technology & business teams as required, working closely with them to enable the right solution to be delivered and successfully tested.
• Facilitate workshops, define acceptance criteria, and manage the delivery backlog in Agile projects.
• Running demonstrations to gather feedback and drive user adoption involving multiple stakeholders.
• Work with assigned Business Sponsor to walk through requirements ahead of sign off.

Project Management / Support

• Manage plans, RAID logs, vendors and delivery milestones.
• Assisting with the development of project financial business cases.
• Assist in tracking the delivery of project benefits.
• Assist with project resource profiling.
• Ensures that requirements benefits are achieved (where appropriate).
• Ensures full regulatory traceability of rules through to evidencing of project tasks ahead of closure.
• Provide project support in relation to relevant project governance and artefacts.

Culture

• Promotes company values and contributes to a positive culture.
• Acts as a role model by demonstrating a positive attitude and promoting continuous improvement.
• Displays and instills a positive, highly collaborative and business-centric culture.
• Communicate with key business functions and change team stakeholders including Investment Management teams, Operations Oversight, Compliance, HR etc and Project & Test Managers, etc as well as 3rd party vendors/business partners.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Degree educated in a relevant field (Desirable).
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in regulatory change business analysis and project support within Financial Services (Essential).
• Proven track record of delivering time-critical regulatory projects to achieve compliance.
• Strong background in delivering change, embedding requirements across people, policies, technology, and processes.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Solid experience in working across regulatory, product development/enhancement, digital and other technology projects (Essential).
• Experience working in project environments with an understanding of the full project lifecycle, including project reporting and RAID management (Essential).
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt to changing priorities, and problem-solve effectively.
• Excel to a high standard (Essential).
• Knowledge of both Waterfall and Agile change methodologies (Essential).
• Professional certifications or clear understanding of project management methodologies such as PMP, PRINCE2 (Desirable).
• Knowledge of the SDLC (Desirable).
• Process-mapping skills (Desirable).