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Senior Business Analyst

Bristol
Up to £51,847
ASAP
Permanent, 35 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

Have you always wanted to work for some of the world's most prestigious insurance companies? Our client, a leader of business process services for the Life & Pensions (L&P) industry, are looking for confident a Senior Business Analyst to join their Transformation and Change team in Bristol.

You should have a knack for delivering analysing, defining and shaping strategic outcomes to deliver change across the business which maximizes business benefit and architectural reusability. Working as part of a team, you will be working closely with the business units you will gain in-depth understanding of our customers' business strategy, processes, services roadmap and the context in which the business operates.

Key Accountabilities

You will execute business analysis with business, IT and strategic partners on large/complex projects to identify, understand, challenge and agree requirements.
Recommend the best method of achieving the required business outcome via the application of a wide range of analytical tools and techniques.
Ability to interpret legislative and regulatory changes, assessing the wider impact on business procedures and in designing business solutions to ensure compliance with externally-driven timeframes.
Be responsible for performance management of Business Analysts, supporting their development and training needs.
Produces clear and effective documentation.
Support business acceptance testing activities, reviewing Testing Strategy/Plans and dealing with any queries and issues arising from the Testing Team.
Contribute to the ongoing development of the Business Analyst Change Team as a centre of excellence and to the wider objectives.

About You

Educated to degree level in business, analytical or other relevant discipline, or having equivalent experience
Hold or is working toward a financial services professional qualification (e.g. . BCS, ACII, FPMI,FPC(1/2/3)
A systematic, discipline and analytical approach to problem solving, supported by strong interpersonal skills and confidence to select and apply relevant analytical and process engineering tools.
Good understanding of differing operating models and the effect this can have on the cost effectiveness of solutions.
Good understanding of IT Systems I.e. must understand the architecture and the impacts consequences of the solution/design on that
Experience of a wide range of project methodologies and approaches
Experience of applying a range of techniques to gather, sort and format data for detailed analysis and to present the result in an unambiguous manner; appreciation of best practice for different types of analysis.

The Location

5 minute walk from train station
Free parking
Free shuttle service to and from Bristol City Centre
Good public transport links
Staff restaurant as well as Costa and WH Smith available onsite
Nuffield Health gym, private prayer room and an independently-run crèche available onsite

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus (up to 10%)
Company pension scheme membership
25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
Holiday allowance rising with promotion
Gain professional accreditation on completion at no extra cost through our client's bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools
24/7 access to a wide range of books
Receive a wide range of retail discount shopping schemes
Access to our client's Confidential Helpline is available to be used by you and your family
Get to volunteer in our own employee communities throughout the working day
Any other relevant benefits related to this role
Develop your career through our client's wider global network

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