Business Analyst Manager – Transformation Management Office - Southampton, United Kingdom - Aztec Group

    Aztec Group
    Aztec Group Southampton, United Kingdom

    Found in: Talent UK C2 - 1 week ago

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    Reports to Portfolio Director

    Aztec is embarking on an ambitious programme of transformation and change over the next few years. As part of our five-year plan, we have the ambition to be a market leading alternative Fund Administrator that provides compelling client experiences, products and services.

    We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst Manager role who will be a key member of the Transformation Management Office (TMO) and reports to the Portfolio Director. This role will be responsible for undertaking analysis to understand business problems and opportunities during the project and change delivery life cycle by the research, collation and analysis of business requirements considering people, organisation, processes and operations, data and technology in order to determine quantitative and qualitative benefits and value.

    Key responsibilities:

  • Conceptualise, engage with and present ideas to a small or large audience in an in-person or virtual setting made up of senior leaders within the business and your peers, using stakeholder analysis to ensure that products and solution designs are widely understood and accepted, business sign off is obtained and acceptance criteria is defined
  • Determine any quantitative and qualitative benefits and value arising from business discovery and definition in terms of capacity creation, efficiency gains, business performance, client experience etc and value
  • Working within project change teams and contributing to the planning and ensuring project timelines are met throughout the project and change delivery life cycle
  • Working alongside the subject matter and technology experts to develop and document key products, deliverables and solutions and documenting these
  • Facilitating business discovery, collation and analysis (gap and root cause) of business requirements and process definition (mapping 'as is' and 'to be') and providing business specifications to the development team using, where relevant, data modelling techniques, in order to identify ways in which the business can operate more effectively
  • Developing business user documentation such as presentation of analysis findings, process maps, data flows, business requirement documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria and procedure guides
  • Ensuring documented solution designs are aligned to the documented business requirements and vice versa and ensuring these are tracked through definition, testing and delivery
  • Supporting testing, including with assisting and coordination of test case writing and UAT testing and liaising between the subject matter experts and development team in a timely manner
  • Skills and Experience:

  • Professional qualifications in Lean, Six Sigma and/or Business Analysis (or similar) are paramount
  • Relevant financial services industry experience is preferred with a focus on transformation programmes
  • We are looking for someone who is:a proactive, pragmatic, creative and alternative problem solver with a passion for assisting in developing solutionsa self-starter and has the ability to prioritise effectivelyhas the ability to build and manage strong relationships at a senior stakeholder level meaning that the candidate has excellent spoken communication skills, document writing and presentation skillshas the ability to build a strong team ethos and can motivate and get the best out of individuals
  • Experience of using business process modelling systems is an advantage
  • We will provide the training, both in house for relevant technical knowledge and also professional qualifications to enhance your professional development. You will need to be quick to learn new systems and great with people, as close working relationships between our colleagues and clients is at the heart of what we do.