Business Analyst - (CSD, CSRD, Settlement & Asset Servicing)

Senior Business Analyst - (CSD, CSRD, FMI Settlement & Asset Servicing) - Banking Client - London

Rate: £500 - £700 per day

Duration: 12 month contract role

Hybrid working - 8 days onsite in per month, the rest is remote working.

Inside of IR35 - must use an Umbrella company

Role

You will be part of a team within UK Tribe.

The Tribe is organised and structured so that business and IT colleagues work closely and collaboratively in alignment with the agile values and principles. Your team will aim to deliver the most value at the earliest opportunity whilst ensuring feedback loops are in place to continually evolve the solutions the team delivers.

Your responsibilities

• Act as the key interface between business stakeholders and IT teams.
• Clearly demonstrate and communicate an understanding of the business drivers behind operational, functional, tactical or strategic initiatives/changes and the value they will bring to the organization.
• Counsel business stakeholders by understanding their problems / needs and leverage this to negotiate / propose options for viable business solutions that are acceptable to the stakeholders.
• Facilitate the implementation and deployment of system changes for business stakeholders by providing them with support, advice and guidance throughout the change process.
• Share ideas, drive improvements and promote best practice amongst the business analyst community across all IT and non-IT Divisions and across physical location.
• Provide input and support for recruitment, development and performance assessment of business analysts within the GBS UK Tribe.
• Produce and validate the scenarios needed to test the system.
• Perform execution of the various phases of testing.
• Support user and client acceptance testing.

Your profile

• Knowledge:
• Broad and deep understanding of the clients UK & International's services and the IT systems that support them.
• Broad understanding of CSDs, CSD Regulation and the position of CSDs as FMIs within the financial markets post trade landscape.
• A deep understanding of securities market standards developed through bodies such as SMPG, ISO (ISO15022, ISO20022).
• Experience:
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a Business Analysis role.
• Have successfully delivered complex projects utilising methodologies such as Waterfall, V-Model, SCRUM, SAFE.
• Skills:
• Stakeholder Management - You are able to confidently manage all stakeholders, irrespective of their position or interest.
• Expert in utilising and promoting business analysis methods such as:
• Modelling - Use Cases, Story Mapping, Process Modelling (BPMN, UML), Data Modelling (conceptual/logical)
• Requirements - Business, Stakeholder, Functional / Non-Functional, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria.
• Excellent two-way communication skills (e.g. listening, verbal, written) across multiple departments, roles and levels of seniority. You are able to adjust your communication depending on the situation.
• Excellent analytical skills, problem solving skills and a logical mind.
• Mindset:
• Strong sense of ownership and management of the work you and your squad commit to
• Proactive
• Good team player / collaborator.

You might also have:

1. IIBA/BCS Business Analysis Diploma.
   1. ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
      1. Understanding and experience of risk-based testing

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