Senior Business Analyst

We’re Atom bank We’re an app only bank, so we don’t have any branches on the high street. Traditional we are not. Even our ad campaigns are a little bit different. Featured in London Stock Exchange’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2019 Ranked 12th in Business Cloud’s 100 FinTech disruptors list which looks at the UK’s most exciting financial technology companies Named in the Chronicle’s top 50 best places to work in the North East (listed in the top 20) The UK’s most trusted bank on Trustpilot Want to join us? The crucial bridge between the business and technology, the Atom BA is the driving force behind delivering tangible value through defining, scoping and investigating business problems/opportunities assigned via the Programme/Project Manager. Activity will be aligned to one of Atom’s key strategic delivery pillars, with a view to initially ensuring thorough impact assessments are undertaken and all impacted stakeholders are identified and consulted. The role then continues to own the change for the entirety of the project lifecycle including requirements gathering, process definition and full end to end traceability through to implementation. Partnership with other roles within the team is key, and an ability to quickly assess and engage the right expertise is key. All roles within Atom must adhere to the Conduct Rules as set out by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As part of our journey in building and running a bank we’ll encounter many risks along the way. In order to make sure the road doesn’t become too bumpy we expect everyone to make a conscious effort to proactively tackle and highlight any risks that we might face. What will your ‘typical’ day look like…. (there’s no 2 days the same in Atom): Support the planning, estimation and coordination of the analysis activities for multiple Business Analysts within a programme delivery Provide an enterprise analysis view for planning and scoping change initiatives spanning across several project workstreams and programmes to enable effective strategic decision making against organisational goals Drive the Agile business analysis framework throughout the Agile/Scrum development process Take the lead on complex project/change initiatives to identify and agree appropriate business analysis approach and deliverables with the Programme Manager and Lead Business Analyst Perform capability assessment against current business system and functionality to provide a view of project viability and promote the breakdown of delivery into iterative chunks against business needs Effective requirements analysis, definition & documentation to create feature backlog to be prioritised by Programme Manager and Business Owner Build relationships with key stakeholders across the business and technology functions to enable effective decision making and challenge where applicable to remove blockers and support the momentum of change delivery Act as internal consultant, advocate and advisor for developing and maintaining industry agile best practice within the Business Analysis team and organisation Shaping Perform business impact analysis to provide the programme/project manager with a high-level view on the sizing and complexity of a project/initiative, to assist with the assessment of the overall viability Shape, define and agree project scope in conjunction with the programme manager Elicit requirements using variety of techniques i.e. workshops, interviews, surveys Problem assessment Investigate & critically assess business problem/opportunity against strategic planning and change priorities Investigate & critically assess business problem/opportunity against business goals & strategy Contribution towards business cases that accurately depicts proposed project and is tailored to intended consumer(s) Design Liaise with architecture to validate solution design against requirements End to end business process design Facilitate and support prioritisation exercises to define MVP and further iterations Governance Ensure standards, policies and frameworks are adhered to through collaboration with 3 levels of defence Ensure requirements are met to ensure business case delivery is achieved Liaise with test team to inform on and support test strategy and ensure completeness of requirement coverage in the approval of test scenario definitions Custodian of requirements throughout project lifecycle Engineering support Support in the speedy and efficient movement of business requirements through the sprint cycle Input to the backlog content and prioritisation as part of scrum team Coordinate and facilitate 3rd party showcase of functionality Maintain traceability of requirements horizontally through to solution delivery and vertically against strategic scope and objectives What do we need from you? Considerable experience in business analysis Technology & Change background Proficient in agile & waterfall software development lifecycles Strong knowledge and practical experience of performing analysis within Agile/Scrum methodologies Experience with user requirements analysis and documentation including BPMN, use case and user stories in both waterfall and agile environments Excellent communication skills written and verbal Ability to build rapport with business stakeholders and influence and drive decision making Strategic/critical thinker & problem solver Experience using design tools for business modelling and representation of the change What would we ideally like from you? Previous experience within a Retail Banking or other Financial Services environment Holds Business Analysis certification (Diploma) Proficient with Confluence/Jira Experienced in BPMN2.0 modelling language What you’ll get from us: Competitive Salary Annual Share Option – performance related Incredibly generous Company pension scheme, candidate contributes 2% (maximum of 13% of Atom input – candidate can put in more) ‘All About Me’ fund - £200 per year to spend on personal development 25 days holiday 8 statutory days - rising by half a day with every year in the company Private Medical Insurance for you and full family Health Cash Plan – expenses paid on Optical/Dental/other appointments/treatments Life Insurance – 4 times annual salary Critical illness cover – 1 x lump sum annual salary Cycle to work Scheme Continuous development – professional qualifications. Challenging and exciting working environment PLEASE NOTE: You must have the legal right to work in the UK to apply for this role as Atom Bank are unable to support Visa Applications/Sponsorship This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89842369