Propositions Development Analyst

WRAP PLATFORM, RETAIL PLATFORM, PROPOSITION DEVELOPMENT

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

- Liaising with Customers in the business in a proactive and challenging manner
- Retail platform/Wrap Platform experience needed
- Strong proposition analysis skills with at least five years experience of working in a retail platform or distribution environment
- Business analysis experienced linked with your previous proposition development roles
- Commercial awareness, ability to support the commercial aspirations of the business
- Strong understanding external market technology solutions for business problems in the Business Unit
- Attention to detail and be able to work effectively during pressure periods
- Good communication skills, with proven ability of working with all levels of personnel, including influencing and negotiating, and active participation and contribution with senior management
- Understanding business process/systems/marketing/legal requirements and communicating these to colleagues

PURPOSE OF ROLE

- Engaging with Users to understand, develop, extend and clearly define their business problems, business requirements and when required representing these in Concepts
- Apply the platform's service principles to the proposition to determine the service proposition for the target market(s) by channel
- Working with the sponsors to challenge and gain supporting evidence for the commercial assumptions made in drawing up the business case
- Identifying and evaluating process options to address business problems
- To assist in the process of making final recommendations to solve business problems and updating documentation accordingly
- Assisting the Stakeholder/Programme Manager/Senior User in compiling the Business Case for the recommended solution(s) and documenting, validating and challenging appropriately the assumptions made in the case

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

- Work with business & systems stakeholders to agree scope, requirements and content of projects and develop the standard Business requirements documentation for that stage in the initiative
- Manage (and measure) all project requirements through the project life cycle
- Develop your business analysis skills in conjunction with the projects you are working on
- Contribute to the smart use of human resources from the expertise pools available
- Communicate on-going progress acting as the prime conduit between the Project Manager(s) and the business teams
- Liaise with business analysts & project resources in other office locations
- Liaise with 3rd party service providers during the initial stages of a project
- Maintain strong working relationships with key internal groups, including: The Front Office, Customer Services, Technology. Finance, Oversight and the Project Teams

PLEASE NOTE WE DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THEREFORE SHOULD YOU NOT HEAR ANYTHING FROM US WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF APPLYING PLEASE ASSUME THAT ON THIS OCCASION YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

Platform People act as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for temporary recruitment, as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

AS PART OF ISO9001 AND THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS, INTERVIEWS MAY BE RECORDED FOR TRAINING AND QUALITY PURPOSES.