End Date
Tuesday 12 September 2023
Salary Range
£56,421 - £62,690
Agile Working Options
Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working, Job Share, Reduced Hours
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Business Analyst
SALARY: £56,421 - £62,690
LOCATION(S): Bristol, Edinburgh or London
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
About this opportunity
We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive. We are undertaking one of the biggest transformations ever seen in the UK Financial Sector.
Working within the Strategic Ledger Lab in the Finance Platform, Business Analysts are responsible for assisting with the realisation of value for the LBG Group Finance Ledger product. The product encompasses the following Finance capabilities: Ledger Accounting, Group Consolidation, Ledger Data Integration and Ledger Reconciliation and Attestation. The product spans the associated technology, processes, data and people.
Day to day you’ll be;
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Supporting the Product Owner/Project Manager to understand business problems, critically evaluating business ideas from a customer and a commercial point of view.
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Identifying underlying business needs to be addressed, challenging existing practices and ensuring requirements will address the defined business problem.
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Supporting the Product Owner/Project Manager to translate business needs into project objectives, features and requirements.
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Providing challenge, conflict resolution, validation and proposed solutions as appropriate.
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Supporting the team with testing preparation and acceptance testing to ensure the solution meets the identified business need, and be accountable for capturing acceptance criteria that fulfil the team’s definition of "Done".
About us
If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
What you’ll need
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You’ll be an experienced BA with an excellent track record in a delivery focused role with experience in identifying the business needs, shaping initiatives and analysing requirements, as well as supporting the testing and implementation of agreed solutions.
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Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
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The ability to interpret the data and analysis requirements from a deep understanding of the business context.
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A great communicator, capable of delivering clear messages to a variety of stakeholders and teams providing clear understanding for colleagues, both verbally and in writing.
And any experience of these would be really useful
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A flexible approach, open to learning new skills.
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A well-developed analysis & communication kit bag.
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Experience of both Agile and Waterfall delivery
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A natural facilitator, negotiator and decision-maker, collaborating across all disciplines within the Lab.
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Ability to influence positively - demonstrating similar values and behaviours to our Group's and encouraging this in team members and across the analysis community.
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
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A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
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An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
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Share schemes including free shares
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Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
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30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
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A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.