Senior Business Analyst

Overall Job Purpose

As a Security Business Analyst you’ll have the opportunity to be part of our change organisation, working on a wide range of different projects & platforms, translating best practice into high level security requirements and working with stakeholders in support of risk management. You’ll also be working closely with our security engineers and other security professionals.

ob Requirements – Knowledge based and technology skills:

• Experience of working in a business facing IT or Cyber Security role, ideally within a regulated environment. 
• A good understanding of security is advantageous as well as cloud computing. 
• Understanding of securing applications, infrastructure and networks.
• Detailed working knowledge of infrastructure and application security requirements
• Support the development of a business case and associated operating model for a project/programme or portfolio. 
• Support the Project/Programme Manager in defining the benefits definition and associated realisation management.
• Produce requirements (including epics and user stories), perform interviews, analysis documents, run workshops (at a strategic level that includes complex business problems) define or record business process, prototyping scenarios, data analysis, task and workflow analysis.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal parties to analyse information needs, functional requirements, existing capabilities and feasibility, with the objective of delivering a clear implementation framework.
• Be a self-starter who can work independently and with users to define concepts and under direction of the project /programme manager.
• Leverage strong analytical skills required to gain a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into applicable operational requirements.
• Collaborate with implementation teams and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Ensure that technology build is completed to specifications, and drives testing of system elements of the operating model.  
• Compile key external facing documents such as Service Level Agreements and work with the external managers to manage and review 3rd party analysis deliverables, focusing on quality and relevance to the project.
• Work with the product business teams to lead operational readiness. 
• Ensure that there is a plan and that business is ready to adopt the new solution.
• Ensure the overall solution is valid and is in accordance to the agreed objectives and expectations set by the project and programme.
• Align the test planning with the test and project manager.
• Take responsibility for training documentation preparation.
• Ability to drive the strategic business and technical requirements discussions across large projects and programmes.
• Strong facilitation skills to elicit information from key stakeholders internally and externally. 
• Ability to tailor and present complex data to different stakeholders.
• Advanced process mapping and design skills, including facilitation of process improvement.
• Ability to expertly apply multiple approaches and techniques, in order to lead data analysis.
• Ability to align business solution outcomes to overall corporate strategy requirements. 
• Excellent MS Office skills, particularly with MS Excel and Visio.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills with a keen attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deliverables, with

complexity.

• Ability to support the test strategy to ensure alignment to project and programme outcomes.
• Strong risk mindset to support the project manager in risk identification and mitigation proposals.
• Knowledge of Agile and associated ceremonies is preferredob Requirements –Transferable / functional skills:
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to influence using risk-based reasoning. 
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team, whilst working on multiple items at the same time. 
• Ability to translate complex technical issues into meaningful details for non-specialist audiences. 
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and establishing professional rapport

• Good negotiating and problem-solving skills

Key Stakeholder Management

Internal

Business stakeholders at all levels

External

External vendors (where required) 

Experience:

• 5+ years of highly experienced BA with a proven track record in successful delivery

• Experienced in working with international stakeholders preferably from UK

• Proactive and delivery focused with excellent communication skills

• Experience of managing projects involving Investments domain/Migration/Rationalisation of applications/Technology and Cloud transformation

Educational Qualification:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI
• Any Microsoft cloud certifications