Business Analyst – Structured Finance
London- (x3 Days in Office)
£500-£600pd
emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm Specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector, we power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.
We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication in delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.
We are currently looking for dynamic individuals to join our Business Change Practice as a Business Analyst; allocated to a multi-disciplinary squad delivering a range of Regulatory change projects.
The focus of this role will have you working with specialist technical teams in the Corporate, Investment & Transaction Banking technology department.
The role will require the elicitation of requirements for key technology projects within the Corporate Investment Banking (CIB) programme, ensuring that the bank delivers new and enhanced functionality to enable growth and minimise risk.
The role:
Complete business analysis activities for CIB application development for Supply Chain Finance i.e. Reverse Factoring.
Analyse and document business functions, processes, and information flows using various methodical and consistent techniques.
Act as the principal conduit for managing system requirements between the business and the software development team throughout the duration of a project.
Assist in the analysis of the underlying issues arising from investigations into requirements and problems, and identifies available options for consideration.
Specify information flows, processes/procedures, and data objects that will meet the business requirements.
Arrange, prepare and facilitate business user meetings and present issues and solutions both orally and in writing.
Assist in producing clearly defined acceptance tests for automated systems.
Assist in defining and justifying (in business terms) initiatives to develop/implement automated and non-automated components of new or changed business processes.
Support / act as delegate for the project manager.
Documenting functional and non-functional specifications for Agile or Waterfall developments.
Working alongside developers, BA counterparts in Operations, Technology counterparts in the US and the project manager throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Skills and Experience:
To succeed in this role you will need:
Proven understanding of business analysis techniques, business architecture methodologies and their practical application.
Has an awareness of the structure, functions and the business environment of a financial services organisation.
Ability to recognise potential assignments outside own areas of specialisation and bring to bear appropriate expertise as necessary.
Have a sound, broad knowledge of IT and an excellent understanding of how the technical specialism relates to other areas of IT and how it impacts on other business functions.
Has a comprehensive understanding of business process improvement, benefit and risk management and software testing.
Strong analytical and communication skills – ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
Able to understand technical specifications and discuss with technical solution teams and developers
Good product knowledge; Investment Banking products
Experience working with business product owners, senior stakeholders and colleagues within a diverse technology group.
Experience working with globally distributed teams.
Detailed understanding of the Software Development lifecycle in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Our people
The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.
The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle.
We pride ourselves on;
Providing our people with a supportive culture, rooted in our values and driven by our purpose.
Promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, well-being, and learning and development.
Providing increased agility and flexibility within our hybrid working model
Investing in employees’ growth through ongoing training and development
Autonomy to take ownership of projects, making decisions and demonstrating individual expertise
Providing an transparent performance and career management experience.
Our consultants are integral to delivering successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and build lasting value in disciplines such as:
Solve sophisticated, ambiguous business, change and technology problems, bringing structure and meticulous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little strategic direction
Build, develop and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs
Drive, enable and support the business, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of emagine to our clients through opportunity identification/qualification, solution development/presentation
Interested?
At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds.
If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately, our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential.
“emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin”
