Strategic Business Analyst

About The Role

ARAG has an exciting new vacancy for a Business Analyst working for the newly formed Strategic Change Team, who will play a key role in ensuring the business invests its time and money on the right solutions and for the right reasons. This is an exciting time to join ARAG UK. Having recently been through a significant merger, the business is now looking to the future and working to deliver against local and group strategic goals.

You will work alongside colleagues across the organisation to support business case development, prioritisation and high impact change delivery, while also playing an active role in developing the wider Business Analyst practice.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working with the Strategic Change Team and Business Leaders to provide clarity around organisational objectives;
• Identifying problems and opportunities aligned to these objectives; and developing a clear Business Case for proposed projects/change initiatives and revisiting this throughout delivery for continued relevance.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of the organisational Change Roadmap(s).
• Documenting current and future state business processes.
• Preparing Business Requirements and Acceptance Criteria that consider people, process, organisation, data and technology impacts.
• Liaising with Digital Services Business Analysts and Product Owners regarding detailed data and technology requirements to ensure continued alignment to the Business Case and the wider organisational Change Roadmap(s).

About You

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst who is able to understand and interpret business processes, with experience in eliciting holistic requirements that span people, process, organisation, data and technology.

Excellent communication skills are essential for this role, as you will be required to clearly and concisely communicate complex analytical findings and recommendations to senior leadership and key stakeholders. You won't be afraid to challenge where necessary and will be confident in building and managing collaborative relationships across the business.

You will be hands-on, proactive and have experience of delivering multiple concurrent projects, with excellent time management skills. We will also be looking for you to demonstrate the following:

• Proven track record of using a broad Business Analyst skillset across a range of projects and change initiatives.
• Confident taking a leading role in developing compelling Business Cases (providing a clear articulation of the problem/opportunity and detailed solution options along with a cost/benefit analysis).
• Strong facilitation skills and can run effective sessions both remotely and in-person.
• Experience with different project management methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall).
• Keen to support the development of a newly formed Strategic Change Team at a time of unprecedented change.
• Can work independently and as part of a high-performing team.

As a team we are passionate and enthusiastic about what we do. Our people are encouraged to think independently and to take ownership of their work. You will be agile in the way that you work and adaptable to change. In return for your commitment, we will offer you generous remuneration and an attractive benefits package which will include:

• 25 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
• Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions
• Group Income Protection for all employees
• Group Legal Protection for all employees
• Health cash Plan
• A choice of either European Motor Assistance or Home Emergency Assistance
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme including free eye tests
• Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits and shopping trips

If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.

About The Company

ARAG UK has been helping businesses and individuals gain access to justice for over 40 years. It's our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those who can afford it, to assert their legal rights.

Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG are paying their legal bills. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas.

We have always been aware that it's the people that really make it happen; the quality of our people defines the quality of the company, the service we offer and the good outcomes for our customers, so we're committed to creating a great place to work for our employees.

We believe it is an exciting time to join ARAG. You can expect an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career.

By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.

If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. In addition to the very genuine development opportunities we provide we also offer a generous reward and benefits package.