Change Agility Catalyst Business Analyst

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a Business Analyst, where you will help shape the future of change delivery at Barclays as part of the Change Agility Catalyst team. The Change Agility Catalyst is a multi-year, strategic priority for the Bank, with a group-wide mandate to transform how we govern, execute and deliver change across Barclays. The initiative focuses on simplifying, automating and standardising our ways of working, operating model, tooling and engineering to drive greater efficiency, transparency and value delivery at scale.

In this role, you will work with the Lean Agile Centre of Excellence, utilising your Business Analysis skills in new and challenging ways, as we look to shape our future ways of working. You’ll do this by supporting implementation leads and LACE master coaches, facilitating agile communities of practice and driving agile maturity through data insights and collaboration with stakeholders and SMEs across the business.

To be successful as a Business Analyst within Enterprise Agility, you should have experience in:

• Designing, defining, and delivering business process transformation.

• Data-led decision making, including analytics, tooling, and governance & controls frameworks, ensuring robust insight, reporting and compliance.

• Stakeholder management and engagement, facilitating alignment across business and technology teams.

• Ample analytical and problem-solving capability.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and succinctly.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience in agile change delivery or agile transformation.

• Experience in simplifying, automating and standardising processes.

• Effective collaboration and engagement with a broad set of stakeholders.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Glasgow or Knutsford.