Senior Business Analyst - Data Quality

Peterborough
Salary: up to £45,000
Start: ASAP

Diligenta are looking for a number of talented Senior Business Analyst's to join the Transformation and Change team in Peterborough. The role will involve analysing, defining and shaping strategic outcomes to deliver change across the business which maximizes business benefit and architectural reusability. 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.

Your Role With Us:

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, including process mapping, re-engineering, gap analysis, statistical/database analysis and prototyping; and make clear recommendations based on sound analysis of options.
Provide input to the establishment of innovative business solutions to meet strategic, tactical and operational requirements, typically with an impact across multiple business units across Diligenta Accounts.
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 time frames.
Understanding of how to evaluate and assess the costs and the potential impact on the expected return on investment of proposed solutions, considering both technical limitations and operational impacts. Make recommendations providing thorough and well-reasoned justification, with reference to the business drivers and business case.
Be responsible for performance management of Business Analysts, supporting their development and training needs.
Produces clear and effective documentation of both a detailed and descriptive nature, using graphical and statistical information in an intelligent way to communicate requirements, business solution options and feasibility assessments to a variety of different stakeholder audiences.
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 of Diligenta Change, taking a proactive responsibility for identifying and progressing improvements.

What We're Looking For:

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. Is able to apply different techniques to resolve issues and analyse risk and impacts across a range of potential solutions
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.

Benefits:

25 days annually leave + bank holiday
35 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Performance related bonus
Free parking,
On site cafe, dry cleaning service, and restaurant for breakfast and lunch
Boasting 30 acres of landscaped grounds and formal gardens with lake-side walk

Ref: 9999

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