Business Analyst
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000Start date: ASAPLocation: LondonContract type: Permanent
Job description
Cordius are recruiting for a large international law firm with over 1,100 employees and more than 170 partners. This position is an amazing opportunity to work with a top 30 law firm and gain access to work with industry-leading professionals.
The IT Business Analyst (BA) is responsible for a full range of activities which ensure the operational effectiveness and excellence of the firm for key financial systems. The BA will design and document workflow and make appropriate recommendations that will positively impact operational effectiveness.
Key components:
Attributes/Skills Required
Ideally, proven track record and experience (or very strong potential) within an administrative role to include the following:
Should you feel suitable for the role or wish to pursue similar roles in the area, please don't hesitate to contact Daniel at Cordius - Derby on 01332 287766
The IT Business Analyst (BA) is responsible for a full range of activities which ensure the operational effectiveness and excellence of the firm for key financial systems. The BA will design and document workflow and make appropriate recommendations that will positively impact operational effectiveness.
Key components:
- Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.
- Interpreting client needs, determining how they fit into global priorities and managing expectations by building collaborative relationships.
- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
- Proactively communicate and collaborate with SH staff and external suppliers to analyse information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artefacts as needed: Business Requirements Document, Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface designs.
- Taking responsibility for design and analysis of software improvements.
- Own work to delivery (including the development, testing, UAT and training phases), overall management of the testing cycles for software releases.
- Competently presenting to an audience either orally or in written materials, with the ability to get a point across whilst listening to others.
- Work independently with users to define concepts and under direction of project managers.
- Proactively seeking process improvements – including global policies or procedures, as well reporting and use of systems, with the aim of improving accuracy, consistency and efficiency.
- Documentation preparation, including functional specifications, communications and training documents.
- Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
- Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
- Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support team
Attributes/Skills Required
Ideally, proven track record and experience (or very strong potential) within an administrative role to include the following:
- Excellent people management skills
- Excellent project and change management skills
- Able to work under pressure and prioritise conflicting demands
- Self-motivated with good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work independently and meet strict deadlines
- Aptitude for problem-solving
- Professional, diplomatic and tactful especially when in pressured situations
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with both internal and external client
- The ability to communicate confidently and effectively at all levels
Should you feel suitable for the role or wish to pursue similar roles in the area, please don't hesitate to contact Daniel at Cordius - Derby on 01332 287766
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