Lead Business Analyst - London, United Kingdom - Pontoon

Pontoon

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Lead Business Analyst
Duration - 6 months
Location - London / Remote
Summary

My high-profile Banking client is looking for a Lead business analyst to join their team in their London office on a hybrid basis (once a week on site) on an initial 6-month contract with chance of extensions.

As lead business analyst you will Support the Project Manager to understand business problems, critically evaluating business ideas from a customer and a commercial point of view.

Identify underlying business needs to be addressed, challenge existing practicesand ensure requirements will address the defined business problems.

Help to define scope and elicit requirements; write User Stories and Acceptance Criteria, challenge business stakeholders to drive out the real business outcomes that are required to realise the customer and business propositions; not simply recording requirements.
Identifies shortcomings in existing processes, systems, and procedures, then uses established change management programmes to deliver prescribed outcomes and/or provide support services.
Coordinates end to end traceability against quality business requirements using appropriate tools and templates.
Engages with key stakeholders to influence the solution design to meet business goals, scope, and strategy requirements for the purpose of optimizing business results. Provides input into the identification and delivery of project benefits, traceability ofrequirements and impact of solutions.
Maintain internal and external networks to source data and information to enable timely recommendations and advice.

An ideal Business Analyst will be able to display the following behaviours and competencies:

A dynamic and adaptable individual
able to use & learn new skills & knowledge in varying circumstances
Welldeveloped interpersonal skills
Strong communication skills
The ability to support the shaping of new initiatives in a requirement led way.
Influence positively demonstrating similar values and behaviour to our Group's and encouraging this in team members.
Strong analytical thinking and a problem solver
Ability to understand and translate complex problems (often without requiring guidance), and deliver & communicate simple solutions for the customer
The ability to facilitate efficient & effective decision making, validate designs & solutions and ensure all parties feel understood and satisfied with your outputs
Experience (preferred) of working within an agile project team, contributing to the delivery through ownership of specific tasks
A little bit about you.
You will seek out and consider the voice of the customer when defining the scope and business needs and objectives.
You will possess core strengths in agile development methods and tooling e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Jira, and Confluence, ideally with experience of being part of an agile team.
A flexible approach, open to learning new skills.
Positively influences and demonstrates core LBG values and behaviours and encourage this in team members.
And ensure we are focusing on 'doing the right thing' and 'making things better'.