Business Analyst – Back Office/Operations
London- (x3 Days in Office)
£500-£600pd
emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector, we power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.
We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication in delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.
We are currently looking for dynamic individuals to join our Business Change Practice as Business Analysts; allocated to a multi-disciplinary squad delivering a range of change projects.
This role is working across a range of Operations/Back Office functions, introducing new and/or changes to existing regulations, processes, systems, controls and infrastructure.
The role:
Responsible for effective partnership with Operations, Technology, Operational Risk Management and other groups to continuously enhance (design, implement, and deliver) global Operations change initiatives.
Proactively independently and in collaboration with Operations seek out control and process weakness and provide SME solution recommendations
Identify control weaknesses & gaps, report results, raise Issues (as needed) and track to resolution by collaborating with Ops-Transformation and broader Transaction & Processing Risk colleagues so that issues have matching implementable actions and ownership through to closure.
Responsible for completing tasks within broader projects to agreed timescales, whilst keeping stakeholders up to date on progress and escalating any blockers.
Building and maintaining an excellent relationship with Operations, ORM and other stakeholders.
Assist in creating and submitting timely Governance updates on progress against plan, key issues identified and escalating accordingly.
Key Skills and Experience:
To succeed in this role you will need:
Demonstrated experience as a Business Analyst with a focus on Back Office/Operations
Experience in Trade Operations/Post trade support settlements function within Financial Markets/Trading arena
Essential - An understanding of Trade Lifecycles and Cash Equity Settlements, CFD's
Excellent leadership, ownership, accountability and delivery skills
Strong ability to perform targeted “deep-dive” assessments
Strong understanding of broad range of functions and processes across Operations/BO, risks and related controls, associated with Markets businesses
Comprehensive understanding of control design and ability to independently perform controls effectiveness assessment
Strong communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level.
Experience in project management implementation
Our people
The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.
The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle.
We pride ourselves on;
Providing our people with a supportive culture, rooted in our values and driven by our purpose.
Promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, well-being, and learning and development.
Providing increased agility and flexibility within our hybrid working model
Investing in employees’ growth through ongoing training and development
Autonomy to take ownership of projects, making decisions and demonstrating individual expertise
Providing an transparent performance and career management experience.
Our consultants are integral to delivering successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and build lasting value in disciplines such as:
Solve sophisticated, ambiguous business, change and technology problems, bringing structure and meticulous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little strategic direction
Build, develop and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs
Drive, enable and support the business, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of emagine to our clients through opportunity identification/qualification, solution development/presentation
Interested?
At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds.
If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately, our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential.
“emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin”