Process Analyst

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About the role

We’re looking for a Process Analyst to play a key role in optimising our business processes, reducing complexity, and driving efficiency across the organisation. As part of our newly established Operational Centre of Excellence, you will work on high-impact projects, helping to redesign and improve critical operational processes. Working closely with business stakeholders, automation teams, and strategic partners, you’ll identify opportunities for simplification, automation, and risk reduction, ensuring process changes align with our business strategy.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading process discovery and mapping to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Delivering process re-engineering initiatives, ensuring tangible financial and operational benefits.
• Embedding Lean, Six Sigma, and process improvement best practices across the organisation.
• Working closely with automation and digital teams to identify and implement technology-driven improvements.
• Supporting the development of the Operational Centre of Excellence, helping to establish governance and best practices.
• Engaging stakeholders at all levels to drive process change and adoption.

About you

• Proven experience in process optimisation, operational excellence, or business analysis.
• Strong understanding of Lean, Six Sigma, and process improvement methodologies.
• Ability to quantify benefits and build business cases for process change.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills – confident presenting insights and influencing decisions.
• Experience working with process automation, RPA, OCR, or workflow tools is a plus.
• A proactive problem-solver who thrives on improving ways of working.

Interview process

This will be a two stage interview process consisting of competency based questions and a task based presentation.

Working Schedule

The role is based in our Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. For this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern, with a requirement for you to be in the office 2-3 days a week.

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus * and annual pay review
• 25 days * holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday **
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness provider and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.