Senior Business Analyst

Location: London

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time and Hybrid

About the Job

Reporting to the Finance Transformation data and Systems Lead, the Senior Business Analyst is responsible for overseeing the successful planning, design and execution diverse Finance transformation initiatives including understanding and assessing the changing needs of the business. Key objectives include supporting the business gathering business requirements, managing risks, resolving issues, and implementing changes effectively, when necessary to meet business outcomes. This includes managing the end-to-end delivery of any technical uplifts/changes, optimizing financial processes, and ensuring the adoption of system changes and new /changed processes The role serves as the key point of contact for stakeholders, developing collaborative relationships, maintaining communication and reporting progress throughout the change lifecycle.

What you'll spend your time doing

While there is rarely a typical day, here's a snapshot of some of the key parts of the job:

• Contribute to the delivery of Finance & Actuarial change portfolio by undertaking all aspects of initiative management from planning to delivery. Coordinating analysis & workshops, ensuring suitable design and testing and overall project discipline is adhered to
• Elicit, analyse, and validate the needs of business stakeholders, customers or end users
• Engage with all levels of the organisation, including Senior Leadership, covering full breadth of project lifecycle with a focus on value creation for customers and stakeholders
• Design and optimise business processes to enhance efficiency and reduce costs
• Examine complex data to draw conclusions and develop actionable recommendations
• Identify business challenges and opportunities for improvement and solve for them by understanding business and functional requirements
• Identify and evaluate possible options to meet user requirements, think about what the impact will be and present findings to stakeholders to support decision making
• Elicit and document user acceptance testing, and validation processes to ensure the solution meets the requirements
• Tracks on an ongoing basis lessons learnt for assigning into a continuous improvement process for transformation initiatives
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, critical path, identify potential crises and devise contingency plans, where necessary
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations to all relevant stakeholders
• Help bridge the gap between business needs and technical and/or system solutions, ensuring optimal and efficient operation of businesses

• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Risk management
• Negotiation and conflict resolution
• Stakeholder management
• Detail orientated

• Experience in Agile project methodologies & business analysis with familiarity with related software tools, methodologies, and best practices
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is an advantage
• Qualified accountant or actuarial qualification is essential, with experience working in Finance project delivery as a business analyst
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) is a plus but not essential

• Analytical and critical thinking
• Strong Communication skills
• Excellent stakeholder management capabilities and the ability to influence challenging stakeholders
• Strong understanding of business processes and organisational structures.
• Strong technical skills, particularly in finance systems and technology.
• Results-driven and goal-oriented
• Adaptable and flexible, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.