Business Analyst

Ultimate Banking; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

Our client is a Mutual Building Society with roots in its heartland, South Cumbria, but with a growing national presence due to its digitisation and distribution strategy. They do this by providing mortgage and savings products to Members. They foster a warm, friendly, open, and fun culture and are serious about the work they do which is about making a difference.

The main purpose of the Business Analyst is to support the delivery of Change initiatives within the Transformation and wider Change Programme that will underpin the short-term objectives and longer-term Business Strategy (5 Year Strategic Plan). This will involve supporting the Project Manager and analysing complex business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, providing strategic recommendations to senior management, and taking active participation in the change framework.

We are looking to attract an experienced, highly motivated and confident team player to join their Change Delivery team. In return, they offer competitive remuneration packages and an empowering culture supported by continuous professional development and training.

In this role you will:

1. Analyse complex business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, providing strategic recommendations to senior management, and actively participating in the change framework.
2. Support internal teams to realise opportunities to increase business efficiency and agility and deliver early incremental value.
3. Apply a range of analysis techniques to elicit requirements from stakeholders to ascertain required business outcomes, adapting approaches to ensure desirable outcomes are achieved.
4. Work with third-party providers to ensure they understand the Society requirements and have access to the relevant stakeholders to both inform and test our delivery.

What you will bring:

1. A recognised BA professional qualification (ISEB), Prince II, Lean/Six Sigma or similar.
2. Excellent IT skills (MS Office) including a working knowledge of MS Project & Visio.
3. Test management experience.
4. Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills.
5. Ideally, you will also have experience of: Business analysis within the Financial sector; Supporting change management; IT project implementation or similar.

What you can expect from them:

1. Minimum 27 days holidays, plus Bank Holidays, Birthday Holiday, 'Christmas Shopping' Day, Moving House Day.
2. Competitive pension with up to 10% employer contribution.
3. A comprehensive benefit package.

The location of this role is flexible, with hybrid working supported. The successful applicant will be required to regularly attend their head office in Barrow-in-Furness. They ask for circa. 1-2 days in the office per week, more on occasions when required. If you are looking for a rounded Business Analyst role with involvement across all key company projects, and can commute to the South Cumbria region regularly, we would love to hear from you. They are committed to building a diverse workforce and will consider all applicants.