Working with the business and technology stakeholders to define, agree and socialise requirements for ESG Data Sourcing and Transformation, needed for the Consumer base within the bank.
Work with architects and engineers to ensure that both functional and non-functional requirements can be realised in the design and delivery in a way which respects the architecture strategy.
Analyse complex datasets to derive insights to support requirement definition by completing the data profiling of vendor data.
Define & document business requirements for review by senior stakeholders, in JIRA and other documentation tools such as Confluence, Draw.IO.
Defining acceptance criteria with stakeholders and supporting user acceptance testing to ensure quality product delivery, supporting the Defect Management.
Responsible for reviewing User Stories along with test cases based on appropriate interpretation of Business Requirements
Liaising with business teams and development teams in Agile ceremonies such as Product Backlog Refinements to review the User Stories and to prioritise the Product Backlog, to support the requirements in its path to release in production environment.
To act as a point of contact for the Development Teams for any business requirement clarifications
Provide support to the Functional Analysts within the Development Teams to produce Analysis artifacts
Designing & specifying data mapping to transform source system data into a format which can be consumed by other business areas within the bank
Supporting the design and conceptualization of new business solution options and articulating identified impacts and risks
Monitor, track issues, risks and dependencies on analysis and requirements work

Your skills and experience

Mandatory Skills

4+ years business analyst experience in the Banking Industry across the full project life cycle, with broad domain knowledge and understanding of core business processes, systems and data flows
Experience of specifying ETL processes within Data projects
Experience of a large system implementation project across multiple Business Units and across multiple geographies. It is essential that they are aware of the sort of issues that may arise with a central implementation across different locations
Strong knowledge of business analysis methods (e.g. best practices in Requirements Management and UAT)
Demonstrates the maturity and persuasiveness required to engage in business dialogue and support stakeholders
Excellent analysis skills and good problem solving skills
Ability to communicate and interpret stakeholders needs and requirements
An understanding of systems delivery lifecycles and Agile delivery methodologies
A good appreciation of systems and data architectures
Strong discipline in data reconciliation, data integrity, controls and documentation
Understanding of controls around software development to manage business requirements
Ability to work in virtual teams and matrixed organizations
Good team player, facilitator-negotiator and networker. Able to lead senior managers towards common goals and build consensus across a diverse group
Ability to share information, transfer knowledge and expertise to team members
Ability to commit to and prioritise work duties and tasks
Ability to work in a fast paced environment with competing and ever changing priorities, whilst maintaining a constant focus on delivery
Willingness to chip in and cover multiple roles when required such as cover for Project Managers, assisting architecture, performing testing and write ups of meeting minutes
Expertise in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint)
Proficient ability to query large datasets (e.g. SQL, Hue, Impala, Python) with a view to test/analyse content and data profiling

Desirable Skills

In depth understanding of the aspects of ESG reporting
Knowledge of ESG data vendors