Business Analyst - Hybrid

Business Analyst

Level 11

Location: Bradford, Chatham, Petersfield or London

Working Pattern: Our working style is hybrid, but we recognise the importance of collaborative working with our colleagues often 2 days per week in one of our offices

Benefits: Discretionary annual bonus, 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service), pension scheme with matched company contributions up to 10%, 1 paid day to ‘give back’

Don’t hesitate to apply for a role even if you don’t meet all the criteria; your unique strengths and eagerness to learn can be just as valuable.

You and Your Team:

As a Business Analyst at Vanquis Banking Group you will be a key player in the teams that deliver projects and innovative solutions for our customers and the business. You’ll be responsible for the Business Analysis on your assigned project or initiative as part of the Change function within the Group.

You’ll have the opportunity to use your BA skills, business knowledge and experience in the full spectrum of delivery from initial scoping, sizing and requirements analysis, through to solution design, build, test and deployment.

In your day-to-day role, as a Business Analyst, you will:

• Discover, analyse and understand the true business need and determine the business objective 

• Define and understand the impact of change to the business and its key stakeholders 
• Manage and influence key decision makers and stakeholders
• Elicit business requirements using a catalogue of business analysis tools and techniques 

• Review and analyse existing business documentation, processes, tasks and workflow information 
• Conduct interviews, workshops, surveys and site visits with stakeholders, projects teams and relevant business areas to elicit requirements (Business, functional and nonfunctional) 
• Define ‘As Is’ Processes, and model ‘To Be’ Business Processes 

• Propose effective business solutions and produce agreed documentation to support any recommendations 
• Support development and testing, including UAT and assisting successful implementation of the change 
• Support the development of the plan prioritise objectives/deliverables influencing the definition of an MVP and iterations of delivery

• Contribute to and provide estimates and plans for delivery of Discovery activity within agreed scope and deliverables 

• Contribution to the ongoing refinement of Business Analysis processes, documentation, standards and tools and techniques 
• Apply self-learning to improve own capabilities and gain knowledge of new systems and processes
• Adhere to the defined change, and Business Analysis lifecycle, producing the relevant documentation required to a high standard
• Contribute to continuous improvement and retros to continually improve the business analysis function

As a Vanquis Banking Group Employee you will:

• Comply with the organisations Information Security Policy, and all subordinate policies and local procedures.
• Protect the organisation assets in line with the requirements set out in the Acceptable Use Policy.
• Embrace and drive a continuous learning culture where the development of new skills and knowledge is paramount to the success of their role and career.
• Commit to involvement in regular performance and development conversations with their line manager and embraces a culture of in-time feedback and coaching.

What will make you stand out?

• Experience as a Business Analyst working within complex change environments and involvement in the end-to-end project lifecycle 
• Significant understanding and experience of Business Analysis frameworks, business processes management, business requirements and experience of different methodologies 
• Strong analytical skills 
• Ability to interpret complex data 
• Highly developed communication skills 
• Experience of delivering Change within a Financial Services environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills 
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge and application of the Microsoft office suite 
• Achieved or studying towards a Business Analysis certification / diploma
• Qualification in or attended course in Lean / Six Sigma, Agile, TOGAF, DevOps
• Highly proficient in standard Microsoft Office applications as well as proficiency in the use of MS VISIO (or similar software) to undertake analysis modelling 
• Able to demonstrate experience of working with autonomy within strict deadlines.
• Proven track record in driving and delivering business benefit changes.
• Experience of working as a BA within both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Experience and / or knowledge of the function of Product Teams within a business.

Desirable:

• Ability to present complex problems or solutions at the right level of detail for senior stakeholders.
• Experience of Azure DevOps or Jira – to capture and manage requirements and User Stories.

Our average process takes up to 4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team throughout the process.

As this role involves working within a regulated environment any offer will be subject to satisfactory background checks including criminal record check, credit check, fraud check and employment references.

Your working life:

 If you prefer to work part-time, we'll make this happen whenever we can - whether this is to help you meet other commitments or strike a great work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible.

Why work for us?

Back in 1880, our founder, JK Waddilove started to provide factory workers in Bradford, with essentials, when others wouldn’t, like coal and clothing.
Times have changed since then, society has moved on, and our market and customer needs have evolved. What has not changed though, is our long-established desire to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.
Today we have stayed true to our purpose, just as we’ve always done, in our communities, for our customers, in an evolving and changing world.
It’s why we are here, it’s how we will stay, and as Vanquis Banking Group, we can look to the future, and look back at our past with pride.

At Vanquis Banking Group we believe in looking after our colleagues, so we do our best to create a rewarding, engaging, and supportive work environment across our various divisions.

We let our colleagues know we appreciate their hard work by offering competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group wide recognition scheme. All colleagues are eligible to join a pension scheme, and, after six months’ service, you can join our ‘Save as you Earn’ and 'Buy as you Earn' schemes.

We offer a range of training and development opportunities to help each of our colleagues maximise their potential, whatever their role. From your first day working with us, we’ll help you settle into your new role and are happy to talk to you about your career aspirations.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone’s unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, martial or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age – your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, its our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we’re here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life. 

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available to help. You can contact us at [email protected]