Business Analyst

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Belfast-Northern Ireland-Hybrid 2 days a week office based.

Hours: Permanent-Full Time

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A bit about us:

We're part of a global bank and are proud to be a Top Employer UK, providing a great place to work in an open and inclusive environment.

We're here to provide simple and straightforward consumer finance solutions and we work with many well-known retailers and brands to help their customers finance their purchases in a responsible way.

We care about making a positive impact for our colleagues, customers, partners and the wider community. That's why we live by our values of we're positive, we're brave and we own it.

The Role:

To gather requirements, analyse, document and propose solutions for large and/or complex business areas including workflow and functional specifications. To assist in the preparation of user and system test plans

Key Responsibilities:

Collect, understand, and transmit the business requirements following the MoSCoW methodology for the project or the Demand Management (DM), and translate these into functional specifications and detailed test plans
Act as the interface between the business, internal Development Team and third parties dependant on the systems that need to be changed
Build good working relationships with the internal departments
Analyse the requirements and ensure that the business implications for all areas have been considered, challenging the originator as required
Provide accurate estimates working with the Development team, Infrastructure team and Technical Architect.
Analyse and document business processes. Report progress, on a regular basis, to Business owner / Applications Development and Support Manager
Dependant on business requirement / size of change act as the IT representative on companywide projects
Produce weekly status report and provide these to the Applications Development and Support Manager for projects/Request for Service work assigned to you
Document the success of each change as it gets implemented into production and ensure the quality measures are in place e.g. number of incidents, good procedures for operations documented etc.
For all agreed projects and Request for Service produce System Test deliverables that covers the following to agreed timescales and quality:
Test plan and objectives of the changes
Test specifications
Test scripts and results
Test data
Plan and execute the testing
Provide documented proof of test results for business sign off
Drive towards continual improvement
Understand the business process and the impact of change on each of the areas

Skills & Attributes:

Ability to deliver and drive results
Uses own initiative
Ability to share and pass on knowledge
Ability to liaise and influence all levels of management and work with other departments
Self-motivated
Approachable
Ability to make an informed decision based on the information available
Ability to prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment and make sound decisions in emergency situations, particularly surrounding security.

Could this be you?

We believe it's a positive attitude and passion to make things happen that matters most.

What's in it for you?

As well as working for a Top Employer UK 2022 and being part of a team that changes customers' lives, there are some excellent benefits too including - a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, plus life insurance and private medical insurance, not to mention the all-important 25 days holiday each year to enjoy. There are also perks which give you fantastic discounts off eating out, cinema tickets, days out and much more. There are also monthly awards with plenty of opportunities to win vouchers and prizes.

Equal Opportunities Disclaimer

We promote equality of opportunity and is committed to ensure that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation