Business Analyst - Permanent/Bournemouth - £70K
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with strong expertise in financial message formats, particularly IDOC and EDIFACT. The candidate will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring smooth integration, migration, and validation of financial messaging systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Requirements Gathering: Work with business stakeholders to capture and document requirements related to financial messaging.
- Message Format Expertise: Analyze, validate, and design solutions involving IDOC and EDIFACT file formats.
- Integration Support: Collaborate with developers and integration teams to ensure accurate mapping and transformation of financial messages.
- Testing & Validation: Support QA/UAT teams by preparing test cases, validating message flows, and ensuring compliance with financial standards.
- Documentation: Create functional specifications, process flows, and mapping documents for financial messaging.
- Stakeholder Communication: Act as the liaison between business users, IT teams, and external vendors.
- Compliance & Standards: Ensure solutions adhere to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Continuous Improvement: Recommend process enhancements and automation opportunities in financial messaging workflows.
Required Skills & Experience
- 7-8 years of Business Analyst experience in financial services or enterprise integration.
- Strong knowledge of IDOC and EDIFACT formats.
- Experience with financial messaging standards
- Familiarity with integration tools
- Hands-on experience in requirements documentation, gap analysis, and functional specifications.
- Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Essential - 5 days a week onsite