Business Analyst SC Cleared

The specific role is aligned to Central services and supports the Technology teams. We are responsible for modernizing and upgrading of obsolete infrastructure and services within ‘the Bank.’ In some instances this requires applications to be migrated to upgraded infrastructure. We are also looking to improve our identification and monitoring of obsolescence so that it is built into our ongoing ways of working.
The Business Analysts provide detailed analysis to ensure appropriate solutions are identified and designed to deliver the right business outcomes.

Detailed requirements Technical Skills & Responsibilities

• Strong evidence of exposure to the full software development lifecycle with ample experience of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Awareness of operating models (both current and target state) and how to develop and use them on projects / programmes
• Experience of working on complex projects and programmes involving broadbased business change
• Excellent stakeholder management at all levels; both internally and externally. Able to manage large groups of stakeholders under uncertain environments providing challenge as and when required. Ensuring stakeholders are aware of the business change impacts and coordinating of application migration activities with stakeholders
• Producing outputs at various levels (high level to functional specifications) to a high quality within the standards set by the BA management team
• Experience of developing business processes using BPMN 2.0 and use of 'out of the box' thinking to challenge existing processes
• A proactive problem solver with the ability to exercise independent judgement and strong influencing skills knowing when to act on any key issues that require escalation/support from the BA leadership team
• Strong exposure to gathering analysing and accurately documenting business and solution requirements using a wide variety of techniques from the ‘BA Toolkit’ such as; business process models wireframes use cases and data models
• Experience of providing both functional and technical expertise to the Technology teams in producing detailed requirements documentation (e.g. detailed process maps use case specifications wireframes logical data models traceability matrices)
• Experience of managing complexity and change and an awareness of the associated technical impacts to the organisation
• Possess strong business insight able to quickly pick up the context and business knowledge required supporting the business through the requirements gathering design and testing phases
• Proven experience of facilitating workshops with the business utilising a variety of business analysis methods

Essential Experience

• Educated to degree level ISEB / BCS BA Diploma certified IIBA certification (e.g. CBAP) or equivalent
• Solid career track record as a business analyst with strong exposure to technical / software development projects
• Full lifecycle development on a SharePoint migration
• Minimum 7 years working as a Business Analyst

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience within a financial or regulatory environment
• Awareness of business architecture and related principles
• Data Management (inclusive of data journeys analysis integration and migration)
• Supporting scaled Agile methodologies in Waterfall environments
• Certification in industry recognised delivery methods such as Agile DevOps
• Understanding of Project Management resource and time management