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We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.
Our investment banking client has been present in the UK for more than 150 years, they're a long-term partner to British business. Today, the Group is formed of 10 divisions and employs 9,300 staff based in 21 core locations right across the country. Their role is simply stated: help clients achieve their goals by combining local know-how and global reach. In so doing, they seek to make a positive, sustainable contribution to both the UK economy and society.
On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Business Analyst - Scrum Master for a 6 month contract based in London (hybrid - 2/3 days in the office).
Purpose of the Role:
This role combines business analysis and Scrum Master, with time split between analysis and managing the sprint with the lead developer and the development manager.
The focus of the business is the continuous delivery of a mobile application for both Android and IOS. To this effect, we are seeking to appoint a Business Analyst / Scrum master within the GM IT Research & Content team (part of Client & Sales Facing Cross-GBL) with proven experience in working with the business and IT teams to analyze ongoing functional change within complex chains of systems and validate the implementation by actively participating to the UAT phase.
The role is highly client facing and will involve a strong interaction particularly with Product Management, Sales, Trading and Compliance in the Front Office.
Responsibilities of the role:
As a Business Analyst - Scrum Master you will be responsible for:
- Run the Sprint for the Mobile Team: follow agile methodology to plan/prioritize/release, run the daily/weekly meetings.
- Liaise with business sponsors and users to capture business requirements and provide functional specifications.
- Define, coordinate and execute front to back business level testing and the validation of new business-critical functionalities and/or bug fixes.
- Daily engagement with users to gather feedback and details about the usage of the applications maintained by the team.
- Provide and maintain user guides.
- Liaise with Development teams to ensure accurate functional coverage and validate test scenarios.
- Ensure all functional requirements are fully satisfied to a high quality prior to release.
- Identify and escalate risks and issues.
What we require from the candidate:
- Scrum master experience, running an agile process within IT.
- Business Analysis skills.
- Ability to liaise effectively with developers, business and other stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and interpersonal skills as well as reporting capabilities.
- Experience in defining and executing end-to-end tests on trading systems.
- Experience in defining and detailing acceptance criteria.
- Experience with working with in-house development teams.
- Experience working in an Agile delivery methodology.
Next steps
If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.
This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.
AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business.
