Business Analyst Project Management Hybrid role

RESPONSIBILITIES

The key responsibilities of the role include (but not limited to):

-Confirm and engage with stakeholders (internal, external and 3rd party) to understand and articulate current and future Operating Model.
- Provide high quality documents to Clients and key Internal Stakeholders as required
- Ensure all gaps/developments identified, and steps to resolve/complete are agreed and documented.
- Monitor progress and maintain regular, timely & accurate communications to all stakeholders.
- Representing the project at standard governance & steering meetings where appropriate.
- Provide reporting to various stakeholder audiences, setting & managing expectations at all stages.
- Establish clear rolesfeed into Lessons Learnt for the benefit of future projects and encourage others within project team to record and advise of other potential process improvements.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

- Project Management certification (PMP or Prince2 preferred).
- Strong knowledge of Fund Administration with particular emphasis on Transfer Agency/Banking.
- Previous transition/platform migration experience is desirable.
- Previous experience of change management/project management in an equivalent role
- Experience of managing delivery of product solutions in line with client's model requirements
- This role requires excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong execution and management skills.
- Must be able to work effectively with all levels of staff and management in IT, business units and vendors.
- Leadership skills and organizational skills are required to develop goals and to manage and motivate team members towards goals.
- Experience with large scale projects, and cross-team collaboration is a must.
- Creativity in solving problems and finding solutions will be needed for success.
- Candidate must be able to challenge status quo when needed to remove barriers and increase efficiency.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

- Excellent client-facing skills, to assist managing the relationship throughout the project with respect, honesty, clarity and focus on delivery
- Commercially-oriented, able to manage and control budgets across multiple project initiatives. Good analytical skills of financial (eg to discuss cost/benefits across project areas)
- Deliverypositive committed attitude towards excellence, managing expectations and maintaining positive relationships with sometimes multi-layered/complex stakeholder audiences
- Excellent influencing & persuasion skills, gaining commitment from internal, client and 3rd party contacts to deliver project requirements and getting support from senior management internally to implement actions key to project success
- Motivational leader of people. Respected as one who treats all colleagues and reporting staff fairly. Promotes opportunities for all where possible within project activities
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and comfortable writing and delivering stand-up presentations to internal/external audiences at all levels
- Quickly establishes respect and credibility in discussion and negotiation with peers and senior colleagues. Gets commitment to best/most efficient resolution of issues from others
- Attention to detail - including application to commercial sensitivity and info security
- Competent user of: MS Outlook/Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Project/SharePoint etc