Senior IT Business Analyst

• Collaborate with prospective and operational and business users to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into technology product requirements
• Align with the vision for the team's product and maintaining the cohesive vision throughout the SDLC process
• Create a product roadmap based on this vision
• Managing the product backlog and prioritizing the tasks based on challenging and often competing requirements
• Active participation in stages of the technology product creation
• during development and implementation phases
• Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
• Identify and communicate risks and impacts and propose risk mitigation options
• Consult with business clients to determine system functional specifications and partner with multiple management teams and other units to meet organizational objectives
• Evaluate new IT developments and evolving business requirements and recommend appropriate systems alternatives and/or enhancements to current systems
• Provide in-depth and sophisticated analyses with interpretive thinking to define problems, develop innovative solutions and influence strategic functional decisions
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made
• Working with the wider product team and end users to deliver updates and status reports and active participation in all scrum activities and product sprints

• 6+ years of experience in product companies as product owner/senior business analyst
• Experience delivering strategic change programs spanning multiple years in a fast paced, financial product company
• Adept in agile practices and strong ability to develop, manage and continuously prioritize backlog
• Product knowledge of Margin & collateral, OTC Derivatives or payments flows or related domain is a plus
• Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive
• Strong, influential communicator who is articulate and concise
• Strong risk management and control mindset
• Provides evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual information in complicated, unique and dynamic situations
• Self-reliant, good problem solver, results oriented
• Ability to establish and build trust with professionals throughout the business
• Strong awareness of both external and internal best practice perspectives
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint) with extensive experience using Excel for data analysis
• Experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle and agile practices for software development and delivery
• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of business analysis
• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Product knowledge of Margin & collateral, OTC Derivatives or payments flows or related domain

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources
• Hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week)
• Business casual workplace