A leading European Financial Services Consultancy currently require a Business Analyst to join them on an initial 6 month contract basis. The firm enables leading financial services organisations across Europe to manage the complexity of business transformation. They work alongside their customers to help them achieve the most ambitious targets: (re)designing business models, aligning them with regulatory and market requirements, entering the digital age.

They require a Business analyst who is experienced in working in the front office to work for a banking client of theirs.

The bank is required to comply with the Bank of England’s Resolvability Framework Assessment (RAF). As part of this framework they will develop capabilities to define, execute, and evaluate the impact of a Solvent Wind Down of the Global Markets business as a potential restructuring option. This initiative will also inform the viability of SWD as a recovery option in the bank’s Group Recovery Planning.

You will be responsible for;

• produce detailed documentation of desk exit strategy for risk reduction (by product, risk type, hedging, timing), including quantification of both market risk and Credit/Counterparty Risk reduction;
• produce narrative confirming role of HUBs within the booking model, quantifying and describing intercompany risk transfers and product types;
• Liaise with relevant FO/PC SME’s to improve documentation of existing KVA methodology and formulate proposals for methodology enhancements (e.g. product differentiation, forward discounting, other);
• Co-ordinate FO review and approval of PC-owned balance sheet segmentation approach / results
• Compile data and produce narrative to support impact analysis of credit downgrade triggers, specifically:

• Describing various types on balance sheet
• Describing methodology for quantifying impact and reporting procedure
• Comparison with liquidity reporting (with GM treasury)

Requirements

• Prior experience in front office / risk project roles;
• Prior exposure to SWD / Recovery & Resolution Planning / other similar Scenario-based impact assessment exercises strongly preferred;
• Strong communication / interpretation / documentation / analytical skills;
• Experience dealing with the regulators.
• Market risk
• VAR
• Product Structuring
• Full trade lifecycle knowledge

Benefits

£70k FTC

Contract via an Ubrella company will be cosnidered.

• Permanent opportunity for a Digital Business Analyst
• London based client
• Must hold DV security clearance
• Experience working on digital / custom software projects
• £40,000 - £60,000
• To apply please call 0117 322 0516 or email dominic.barbet@searchability.com

• Agile delivery processes
• Evidence of understanding client's business needs and providing effective solutions
• Experience working on custom software business analysis projects
• End-to-end delivery experience
• Enhanced DV clearance

• Permanent opportunity for a Digital Business Analyst
• London based client
• Must hold DV security clearance
• Experience working on digital / custom software projects
• £40,000 - £60,000
• To apply please call 0117 322 0516 or email dominic.barbet@searchability.com

• Agile delivery processes
• Evidence of understanding client's business needs and providing effective solutions
• Experience working on custom software business analysis projects
• End-to-end delivery experience
• Enhanced DV clearance

• Permanent opportunity for a Digital Business Analyst
• London based client
• Must hold DV security clearance
• Experience working on digital / custom software projects
• £40,000 - £60,000
• To apply please call 0117 322 0516 or email dominic.barbet@searchability.com

• Agile delivery processes
• Evidence of understanding client's business needs and providing effective solutions
• Experience working on custom software business analysis projects
• End-to-end delivery experience
• Enhanced DV clearance

• Take lead on key business projects and statically as a BA/product Owner, bringing knowledge and experience to create clear strategic directions using CRM software and related platforms.
• Liaise with key internal and external stakeholders and attend regular meetings to identify, qualify, prioritise on business requirements to understand business goals and motivating factors- balancing business strategy, minimised defects and technical debt.
• Focused on campaign briefing, translating brand requirements into CRM campaign build and CRM design (i.e. building customer life cycle journeys within the platform)
• Support the solution architects/development teams to identify and articulate options for potential solutions that meet the business requirements and make sure they are logical, feasible, and cost-effective.
• Design tests to measure and improve the effectiveness of our on and off platform CRM activity.

• Advanced skills in using CRM platforms, analytically tools and software applications in a marketing environment.
• 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst
• Experience building campaigns in ESP platforms and design of customer journeys would be essential.
• Excellent knowledge of the customer journey cycle and road-map following project management.
• Strong relationship and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience working on data and insight projects. Eg: Online analytical tools, attribution models, data processing, etc.
• An understanding of the importance of measuring incrementally via the use of control groups and statistical modelling.

• Working with stakeholders and SME's including on occasion UKLT and other senior business leadership teams within the organisation, at the direction of the Director of the SPMO, to gather the requirements needed to deliver strategic changes/projects, in close collaboration with BTF
  
• Creating, analysing and validating detailed functional specifications
  
• Be expected to use business analysis, flow charts, activity diagrams, document analysis and workflow analysis
  
• Interpreting business needs of internal customers and translating them into the operational requirements
  
• Working with Technical Business Analysts to ensure full end to end requirements are delivered
  
• Be able to manage workload with multiple stakeholders and ensure the timely delivery of requirements to ensure project timelines are met
  
• Be able to manage multiple requirements from multiple projects simultaneously
  
• Be able to confidently articulate the options you have documented as well as the benefits to your chosen recommendation
  
• Producing written documentation to support the projects as well as reports on finding to present to stakeholders when necessary.

• Demonstrate experience of successfully contributing and collaborating on large projects in a strategic & complex but agile environment
  
• Attention to detail and ability to critically evaluate information gathered across multiple sources to create business requirements
  
• Evidence of strong stakeholder engagement skills with a proven track record of engaging and managing multiple stakeholders
  
• Proven problem-solving skills with the ability to form well thought out conclusions and recommendations
  
• Experience in working with finance functions and recruitment processes a benefit but not essential
  
• Be able to self manage workload and prioritise according to demands placed on timelines
  
• Business Analysis qualifications for example BCS Business Analysis courses
  
• Competent in using G-suite and appropriate Business Analysis tools and applications

• 24 days holiday
• Flexible benefits scheme
  
• Lifestyle and shopping benefits
  
• Casual business attire and dress down Fridays
  
• Free on site parking

The Business Analyst acts as an intermediary between the business community and the technical community, working with IT project teams and business clients to capture, clarify, and design business requirements and processes (using appropriate tools and models) from which applications and solutions are developed.

The BA will be expected to drive the functional integrity of the overall solution ensuring that all key elements of the business case are satisfied by the business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Analysis (SFIA Level 4)

• Investigates operational requirements, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes.
• Assists in the analysis of stakeholder objectives, and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems and identifies options for consideration.
• Works with stakeholders, to identify potential benefits and available options for consideration, and in defining acceptance tests.
• Contributes to selection of the business analysis methods, tools and techniques for projects; selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.

Business Modelling (SFIA Level 4)

• Conducts advanced modelling activities for significant change programmes and across multiple business functions.
• Conducts advanced modelling activities for significant change programmes and across multiple business functions.
• Plans own modelling activities, selecting appropriate techniques and the correct level of detail for meeting assigned objectives.
• May contribute to discussions about the choice of the modelling approach to be used. Obtains input from and communicates modelling results to senior managers for agreement.

Requirements Definition & Management (SFIA Level 4)

• Contributes to selection of the requirements approach for projects, selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
• Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
• Facilitates input from stakeholders, provides constructive challenge and enables effective prioritisation of requirements.
• Reviews requirements for errors and omissions.
• Establishes the requirements base-lines, obtains formal agreement to requirements, and ensures traceability to source.
• Investigates, manages, and applies authorised requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy.

Conduct, Risk and Compliance

Ensure that all Governance and Compliance requirements are adhered to and all reporting and reviewing activities required by the Regulatory Bodies are carried out to the standards required.