Business Analyst

Aldermore Group – why we exist

Let us tell you a bit about us

We’re Aldermore – the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity;

Group Change is a delivery function for the group’s businesses responsible for shaping and implementing; strategic investments, agile and small change, continuous improvement and internal consultancy.
Covering:

• Change Leadership – thought leadership, best practice tools and techniques
• Programme and Project Management
• Business Analysis and Design
• Continuous Improvement
• Project Management Office Services: Quality, Governance, Reporting, Financial Management
• Change Management and Training
• Internal consultancy – change expertise

The function supports all of Aldermore group’s businesses.

What will your day look like?

• Defining the business analysis approach, planning and estimating business analysis work, for the activities you are assigned to. Clearly communicate these to the appropriate stakeholders and keep the Project Manager updated on progress.
• Building effective relationships with business and technical stakeholders in order to provide a business analysis service to programmes, projects and change initiatives. In addition, form longer term trusted partner relationship with the stakeholders you engage with.
• Act as the connection between the business and the IT and Change teams, translating complex technical language into simple and meaningful messages that can be understood by all.
• Identifying stakeholders needs through thorough investigation and elicitation ensuring they align to the strategic needs of the business area and organisation.
• Challenge scope and spot scope creep that does not adhere to strategic needs or deliver business value.
• Clearly articulate needs of the business in accurate requirements using the appropriate method for the programme, project or change initiative.
• Managing and maintaining requirements through the change lifecycle including attributing, traceability, reuse, storage and accessibility.
• Conducting business process re-engineering activities including documenting As Is and To Be business processes through process mapping and design, using these to undertake gap analysis in conjunction with requirements definition.
• Elicit, analyse and define the business data impacted by the change and represent it using appropriate data models, flows and glossaries in conjunction with requirements definition.
• Investigate, challenge and make recommendations on the use of technology and process change to make improvements in efficiency, customer experience and consolidation/re-use of technology across the bank.
• Evaluate potential solution options against the requirements captured, making recommendations based upon their alignment to business needs. Where applicable support the procurement process where a new solution is required.
• Delivering a business analysis service for the full change lifecycle from idea generation through to business adoption. This includes supporting delivery phases past requirements in a validation and consultative role ensuring the change being delivered is in line with the requirements defined.

We champion equality by supporting the exceptions to the rule and getting finance to where it’s needed.

We lend the money people save with us, to people who want to get on in life; build businesses and create employment, buy property for people to live and work in, and purchase vehicles to move families and goods around.