Business Analyst - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

eFinancialCareers

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At M&G our purpose is
to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly.

As a business, we are continuing to take steps towards a sustainable future, delivering better long-term solutions for our customers and clientsand identifying new opportunities to make a positive impact for our environment and communities.
To help us achieve our vision we're looking for exceptional people who live our values of care and integrity and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliverresults and keep it simple.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role:

Key Responsibilities for this role:

Manage conflicts that may impact delivery
Challenge upwards given knowledge of delivery and awareness of complex systems and the broader picture
Identify and anticipate need for changes to continuously improve quality and efficiency of output
Manage resources and risks using expert judgment, knowhow and experience
Produce requirements (epics and user stories)

- perform interviews
- analysis of documents
- run workshops
- define or record business process
- prototyping scenarios
- data analysis
- task and workflow analysis

Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose highlevel information into details, abstract up from lowlevel information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying trueneeds
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
Work independently and with users to define concepts and under direction of the project 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
Provide high level solution validation against requirements
Ensure that technology build is completed to specifications and testing system elements of the operating model
Work with the Product business teams to ensure operational readiness
Build good relationships, both internally and externally
Facilitate to elicit information from key stakeholders internally and externally
Effective communicator (both written and verbal) across all levels of the organisation
Conduct high quality process and data analysis, and compilation of user documentation
Comprehensive process mapping and design skills, including facilitation of process improvement
Proven and demonstrable analytical problemsolving skills essential, with the ability to think laterally and generate creative solutions
Identify, understand and support the impact assessment for the solution.
System training documentation/preparation
Ability to prepare the business for change through an agreed business readiness process.
Use of Agile and associated ceremonies
Ability to support the overall test plan and conduct preliminary testing to ensure requirements are met.
Risk mindset to identify key risks

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Technical:

Experience in regulatory compliance delivery
Experience and or understanding of regulatory projects would be preferred.
Excellent communication skills; oral, written and presentational including experience with senior stakeholders
Good knowledge on process mapping and documentation

Personal:

Highly organised
Ability to work on own initiative
Finisher

Work Level:
Manager/Expert

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent.

Regardless of gender, ethnicity,age, sexual orientation, nationality or disability we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.