Business Analyst, Associate Director

Fitch Ratings is currently seeking a Business Analyst, Associate Director based out of our Manchester, England office

The Fitch Group Scrum Master & Business Analysis Center of Excellence (CoE) is a global chapter dedicated to supporting, empowering and knowledge sharing for all organizational Agile practitioners. It is a community focused on evangelizing Scrum values and principles, helping squads follow best practices and lean processes, growing and supporting members in increasing their knowledge and expertise, while focusing on collaboration, continuous improvement and business value delivery.

What We Offer:

• Innovative Projects: Working in technology at Fitch involves engaging with cutting-edge projects and utilizing the latest technologies to drive the financial services industry forward.

• Collaborative Environment: Fitch fosters a collaborative work culture where technologists work closely with financial analysts, data scientists, and other professionals to develop integrated solutions.

• Global Impact: Technology roles at Fitch have a global reach, contributing to solutions that impact financial markets and stakeholders worldwide.

We’ll Count on You To:

• Business and Technology Alignment: Collaborate with business partners to align technology solutions with business strategies and support complex business processes requiring technical solutions.

• Scrum Partnership: Partner with technical teams on Scrum processes, including story creation and backlog grooming, and assist with the analysis and documentation of workflows, system designs, and use-cases.

• Technical Insight and Documentation: Understand technical complexities, provide estimation insights, identify risks, and perform data profiling to validate requirements and document data flows between sub-systems.

• Education and Collaboration: Educate project team members on business goals and the value of software being produced, assist with smoke testing, and work with teams across the organization to advance projects.

• Mentoring and Leadership: Mentor and lead other business analysts, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and career development.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Finance or Business Management, or equivalent experience

• 3-5 years of experience in business analysis and requirements management with strong attention to detail.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to work well with teams and stakeholders.

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority and a pro-active problem-solver mindset.

• Demonstrated experience in mentoring and leading other business analysts, fostering their professional growth and development.

• Experience working in high-demand environments with superb follow-through and an ownership mentality.

• Knowledge of Agile frameworks, Jira, and exposure to Appian and/or Qlik, as well as experience with workflows and workflow-related systems, is a plus.

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Experience leading complex software creation and roll outs

• Led and managed teams of business analysts

• In-depth knowledge of Jira and Confluence a plus

• Experience in Behavior Driven Development, Event Storming and User Story Mapping