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Business Analyst Financial Services Overview: Intec Select are currently partnered with one of the UK's largest Life Insurance brokers who are looking for a Business Analyst to join their growing business. As a Business Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in driving informed decision-making and strategic planning by collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to analyse business processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement solutions that drive efficiency and growth. Working within an Agile environment, you will also perform duties such as user story creation, defining acceptance criteria, backlog refinement and supporting the team in achieving sprint goals. Role & Responsibilities: Conduct thorough analysis of business processes, systems, and data to identify areas for improvement and optimization. Creating, prioritising and refining user stories with support from Product Owners. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define project objectives, and develop actionable insights. Reaffirming end-user requirements are being met, adapting the backlog and remaining flexible to changes in prioritisation or technical challenges. Utilize analytical tools and techniques to interpret complex data sets and generate meaningful recommendations. Provide support for defect management when running UAT for a specific project or using the JIRA platform to record any production related defects. Monitor project progress, track key performance indicators, and provide regular updates to stakeholders. Working closely with the Data Team, to monitor and analyse all reports and reporting needs regularly. Keep up to date with new technology systems and advances. Essential Skills & Experience: Proficient in the stages and cycles of software development. Proven track record in a Business Analyst role, including developing business requirements and technical specifications. Experience working in Financial Services or regulatory environments ideal. Confident using JIRA & Confluence Experienced using Microsoft Suite, particularly Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint. Ability to translate operational requirements into user stories for the development team. Capable of collaborating with various stakeholders across Operational and IT teams. Strong stakeholder engagement and management skills. Delivers high-quality documentation, including risk and benefit assessments and initial wireframes or diagrams. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Package: £50-55K basic salary Hybrid working 3 days in the office Competitive Bonus Excellent Benefits
Business Analyst (SQL VBA Python) London to £85k Are you a tech savvy Business Analyst with SQL skills combined with a good understanding of finance /asset classes? You could be progressing your career at a small, hugely successful Hedge Fund, working on complex and interesting systems with continual learning opportunities. As a Business Analyst you will work across a range of asset classes (e.g. Fixed Income, Commodities, Equities, FX, etc.), collaborating with various teams to understand their requirements. Responsibilities will include critically evaluating information from multiple sources; acting as the conduit between the client and development team / 3rd party vendor; design and documentation as well as overseeing the implementation and configuration of the solution to the end business user. You'll facilitate clear communication across business units, updating on progress, compromises and delivery timescales. Location: You'll join colleagues in impressive Central London offices with flexibility to work from home one day a week. About you: You have strong Business Analyst / Project Management experience within a finance environment, buy-side preferred You have a good understanding of a range of asset classes e.g. Fixed Income, Commodities, Equities, FX You have advanced requirements gathering, analysis and documentations skills You have strong technical skills with SQL (including advanced queries and joins), VBA Excel and Python scripting You have experience of collaborating with software development teams across the full lifecycle, ideally including testing You're collaborative and pragmatic with excellent written and verbal communication skills Salary & benefits: As a Business Analyst you will earn a competitive package: Salary to £85k Bonus Pension, Life Assurance Health and Dental care Employee Assistance Programme 25 days holiday Continual learning and career development opportunities Apply now to find out more about this Business Analyst Technology (Technology SQL VBA Python) opportunity. At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.