Business Analyst - Retail Banking - Actuarial - Solvency II

ROLE - Business Analyst

DURATION - 3/6 months

LOCATION - Bristol

PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME

To introduce a strategic, robust and flexible reporting solution.

CORE SKILLS

Business Analyst is to gather, analyse and develop business requirements, producing supporting documentation which will enable the business to accept the changes into the live environment.  MUST HAVE ACTUARIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.

Key accountabilities are:

- Requirements - Developing requirements with Business contacts by using business analysis techniques  - working closely with IT/Architects to ensure best solution, presenting findings to stakeholders and obtaining buy in
- Designing and facilitating activity to support the production of business analysis deliverables
- Producing Use Cases/Requirement Specifications and other BA deliverables, ensuring these are completed in accordance with established processes, practices and procedures, and meet pre-defined standards of quality
- Engagement and management of stakeholders to support the delivery of analysis work.
- Working closely with BA team, identifying, mitigating and escalating risks, issues and dependencies
- Accountability for Current and Future State Process Flow mapping - defining end to end activities, ownership and controls
- Value stream mapping and process improvement

Experience:

- Actuarial knowledge is essential        
- Experience of working in Finance and with actuarial teams
- Ability to build relationships with and manage senior stakeholders for business sign off and requirements collection
- Ability to work within a team environment, working to tight deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to fill in for the PM when the PM is on holiday
- Highly self motivated and not afraid to push things forward
- Able to make relationships to facilitate supportive behaviours from the business community
- Ability to plan their own work and manage their own time
- Ability to document and communicate effectively all the items that could be on a project RAID log
- Knowledge of Solvency II is desirable, specifically the ICA+ process
- Experience of LEAN principles is desirable