Senior Business Analyst

Coventry Building Society ,
Coventry, West Midlands
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £38,400 per annum

Overview

Be the Change We’re a Sunday Times Top 100 Employer and our people help us deliver our mission of putting members first. We’re a simple business providing savings and mortgage products, and we’re good at it Our customers and our teams expect more from technology, so we’re looking for exceptional people to join us in our Change team to help us shape the future of our organisation, uplift our Change capability and deliver our transformation Change roadmap. We’re not just looking for the ordinary though We want people who can ‘Be the Change’ and have a ‘can do’ attitude with loads of passion and drive. We want you to help us change - you won’t be afraid to do things differently, take ownership, show resilience and tenacity. By ‘Being the Change’ you’ll bring not only your technical expertise but a passion for life-long learning with a growth mind-set - so when things change in the future, you’ll learn new ways of doing things and encourage others to follow. Whether you’re an accomplished inspirational leader, a successful team member or individual contributor - we need your support to help us improve our Change capability and deliver our transformation Change roadmap. Take a look at the opportunities within our Change team we’d love to hear from you. Senior Business Analyst technical role requirements: You’ll be excited by change and have experience of all areas of business analysis including early design discussions, shaping and scoping the project, right through the project lifecycle, including implementation support. Experience of taking the lead for business analysis on projects or programmes, with responsibility for the approach, critical assessment and quality of delivery. Experience of analysis, facilitation and business readiness on a wide variety of projects and large complex programmes is essential. Acting as a role model in leading and motivating a team, you’ll have experience of leading and directing other analysts or business staff, and forecasting resource needs for the analysis workstreams. Able to build strong relationships with business stakeholders and other project delivery resources, with a clear focus on the successful delivery of the change objectives. Able to understand the overarching business strategy and the impact that deisgn decisions have on stakeholders, you’ll be able to articulate issues and design concepts clearly to stakeholders and project team members, You will be able to influence opinion at all levels of the organisation, listening, challenging and collaboratively solving to deliver both business and programme outcomes, and not afraid to challenge the status quo to find a better way of getting things done whilst influencing others to follow. You’ll be able to interpret and challenge business needs and work with technical teams and solution owners to understand how their solution can deliver against these requirements. Able to maintain a line of sight across multiple workstreams or projects, you will be able to look for contradictions and gaps in proposed changes and make recommendations for solutions. Experience of working in a regulated environment (ideally Financial Services) Professsional business analysis qualifications, and a good working knowledge of a variety of change management methodologies (waterfall and agile) and the software development lifecycle. A brilliant problem solver, with an innovative attitude and the ability to deal with complex issues when they arise. Our Benefits In addition to salary we offer a wide range of benefits, including: Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus the option to buy up to 10 additional days or sell five days of leave Annual ‘Success Share’ bonus scheme Ongoing training and opportunities for personal development Paid leave if you’re a carer to help you through significant life events Group Personal Pension Plan with matched contributions Various recognition awards Christmas parties, Sports and Social, discounts, competitions and lots more Two days paid leave to volunteer as part of our Community Programme And more