Business Analyst

Looking to develop a Business Analysis career with an award-winning business in the financial services industry? AJ Bell could have just the opportunity for you.

Reporting to a Lead Business Analyst you'll sit within our Advised Business Analysis Team supporting the product development.

Your responsibilities:

• Work alongside the Advised Product Team to drive innovative development of the advised product suite (including AJ Bell InvestCentre and AJ Bell Touch) and to ensure the successful delivery of continuous improvements, new products & functionality and to ensure we meet regulatory obligations.
• You will help create high quality user stories for new and existing front-end web and mobile app solutions working with colleagues on the discovery, design, build and testing phases of the initiative also ensuring that gap, impact, and risk analysis is completed.
• You will seek to identify areas where improvement in systems and processes will lead to an improved customer experience and /or greater efficiency.

We are looking for a Business Analyst with:

• Proven experience of working closely with Product Owners, development teams and other business stakeholders
• Experience in writing user stories, modelling processes, and documenting requirements
• A proven track record of delivery on both large software development projects including system and technical changes as well as smaller individual changes
• Experience in working in an agile environment.
• Experience of facilitating and managing workshops and meetings (virtual or in-person)
• Question, understand, and challenge the stakeholders, articulating both technical and business understanding to them.
• Experience of working in the Financial Services Industry (preferred not essential)

About Us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 484,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £76.2 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1300 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years.

What we offer:

• Competitive starting salary
• Generous holiday allowance increasing up to 31 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Hybrid working policy
• Casual dress code
• Discretionary bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Free shares scheme
• Paid study support for qualifications
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme from day one
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• On-site gym and personal trainer led classes
• Paid volunteering opportunities
• Free social events and more

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.