About This Role

• Lead and executes business analysis phase with business, IT and strategic partners on large/complex projects
• Defines the best method of achieving the required business outcome, applying a wide range of analytical tools and techniques, including process mapping, requirements engineering, gap analysis, statistical/database analysis and prototyping; in order to deliver clear recommendations
• Will ensure that the quality of the analysis and design (including appropriate challenge to the analysts) for a large project or programme are in line with the Diligenta Life Cycle
• Be responsible for performance management of Senior Business Analysts/Business Analysts to support their development and training needs, is a role model for Business Analyst discipline and advocate of best practice
• Mentors and coaches others (not just analysts). Identifying and building on opportunities for continuous learning. Actively promotes knowledge sharing and is familiar with all internal knowledge repositories/sources. Directs, seeks and share knowledge sources
• Produce clear and effective documentation presenting information in an intelligent and clear way in order to communicate requirements, business solution options and recommendations to different stakeholder audiences
• Develop close working relationships with senior stakeholders to drive decisions and provide Project and Programme Managers with clearly defined requirements and aligned business solutions to ensure a successful business outcome
• To reach business consensus, prepare and lead meetings, facilitate workshops and deliver presentations for a wide range of audiences, demonstrating consistently high quality of communication and strong powers of influence
• Contribute substantially to the ongoing development of Diligenta staff as a centre of excellence and to the wider objectives of Diligenta Change, taking a proactive responsibility for identifying and progressing improvements

• Educated to degree level in business, analytical or other relevant discipline, or having equivalent experience
  Hold or is working toward a financial services professional qualification (e.g. BCS Diploma, ACII, • FPMI, CF1-5) and demonstrate a track record in individual, personal skill and career development
  A systematic, discipline and analytical approach to problem solving, supported by strong interpersonal skills and confidence to select and apply relevant analytical and process engineering tools
• Is able to apply different techniques to resolve issues and analyse risk and impacts across a range of potential solutions
• Use clear and effective verbal, written communication and presentation skills,
• demonstrating the ability to communicate at senior levels of the organization to provide logical argument and to influence decision makers
• Strong attention to detail, good fact-finding skills and ability to make evaluative judgments based on both quantitative and qualitative information
• Interface: Confident and credible in dealing with internal and external business partners at a senior level, including 3rd party suppliers
• Has a clear focus on end customers and proactively engages with key stakeholders and decision makers and works effectively with these partners with a complete awareness that they are representing Diligenta and the Diligenta client
• Understanding what is and what is not politically and commercially acceptable within the organisation
• Proficient in a wide range of information/data presentation techniques, including the standard MS software applications and process modelling
• tools (e.g. Visio)
• Is able to see and articulate the bigger picture both in terms of requirements and solutions and where possible sharing with other Diligenta
• accounts
• Challenges constructively and is prepared to be questioned
• Empowers others to perform whilst maintaining accountability

The hiring manager to contact is: Barney Powell Email: barney.powell@diligenta.co.uk

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