Business and data analyst in risk

The main purpose of this Business and Data Analyst role is to lead and support the analysis, design and delivery activities required to implement strategic data initiatives, with a particular focus on the Head Office Data Lake programme. The role combines strong business analysis, stakeholder management and hands-on data analysis capabilities to ensure that business requirements are clearly understood, documented and translated into effective data solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise input into BAU enhancements (e.g. minor enhancements, bug fixes, Audit / Operational Risk RCSA item remediation, new product implementation) and larger change initiatives (e.g. system migrations to assist with Global Markets business growth, regulatory-driven commitments).
• Data analysis and modelling.
• Organise and participate in workshops where required.
• Gather, specify and document business, functional and technical requirements.
• Agree requirements and priorities with stakeholders.
• Ensure issues and conflicts are identified, raised and resolved.
• Design and agree solutions with stakeholders and ICBCS Architecture team to ensure solutions are in line with strategic architecture from a process, system and data perspective.
• Ensure data flows are captured and data standards and controls are met.
• Prototype solutions where required.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to elicit, challenge, negotiate and agree business and data requirements across multiple business and technology teams.
• Working with Technology on estimating costs and timelines.
• Supporting preparation of business cases for project funding requests.
• Coordination of working groups and workshops, where required.
• RAID log maintenance.
• Coordination and chairing of steering and governance committees.
• Preparation, syndication and distribution of material to be discussed at committees.

Requirements:

• A degree or equivalent, further professional qualifications an advantage.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment, ideally Financial Services change-related roles with a focus on Risk.
• Experience in the design and implementation of Risk processes.
• Solid understanding of Risk principles, methodologies, measures, systems and processes.
• Strong Data analysis skills e.g. SQL, Python.
• Background of structured analytical skills.
• Strong stakeholder interaction and project management skills (across both waterfall and agile methodologies).
• Strong documentation and MS Office skills.

Desirable:

• Direct exposure to Credit Risk and/or Market Risk would be beneficial but not essential.
• Third party vendor systems such as FIS Credit Risk Manager, Moody's Risk Frontier and Murex.
• Global Markets businesses and products/services.
• Operations processes such as collateral management.
• Regulatory rules pertaining to Risk.
• Knowledge of emerging markets an advantage.

Conditions:

We're a diverse and close-knit global team. We put people first, giving talented, self-driven professionals the flexibility, rewards and freedom to grow their expertise and realise their potential. Our vision statement, "Be Yourself, Succeed Together" underpins our drive for an open and transparent culture which values difference, enabling everyone to thrive whilst being themselves. We have an active E, D&I forum and we're growing other employee network groups, including for women and neurodiversity.