Lead Business Analyst

Lead Business Analyst

My high profile banking client is currently recruiting for a Lead BA to work for their business based in either Edinburgh or Bristol on an initial 4 month contract.

Summary:

• Responsible for understanding the requirements to deliver this transformational project
• Comfortable with ambiguity but able to take a structured and documented approach
• Experience of agile delivery welcome but project likely to be primarily waterfall
• Experience of Life and Pensions essential
• Ability and competence to undertake analysis activities alongside working with (and possibly leading) others
• Undertaking roles in which analytical thinking is applied to produce business improvements within the business environment across a variety of situations and complexities.
• Experience using a wide range of business analysis tools and techniques
• Exemplary stakeholder and communication skills
• Knowledge of project development lifecycles & processes and wider organisational functions within IT
• Good Leadership skills

Personal

• Excellent stakeholder management at all levels
• Leadership qualities: ability to mentor junior personnel and provide guidance on work packages
• Ability to work with little or no guidance
• Attention to detail in all aspects of the analysis and ability to draw conclusion quickly in a limited timeframe
• Ability to balance multiple tasks without a negative impact on quality

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.