Business Analyst

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We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join our technology team on a 9-month fixed term contract (maternity cover).
In this role you’ll have the satisfaction of contributing to and influencing the development of tools and applications utilised by some of the biggest names in the UK financial services industry, including our market leading Defaqto Engage software for financial advisers. What you’ll be doing
Our Business Analysts are involved in the full product lifecycle from project discovery and idea development, through requirements gathering and specification, to software testing and release.
You’ll take the concepts agreed by our product steering group; identify, analyse and document the detailed requirements; then work collaboratively with our development team to ensure on time and in budget delivery of robust software to meet business and customer needs – all within an agile development environment. What you need to succeed

Proven track record as a successful Business Analyst within a web software development environment

Interface design / user experience skills, creating wireframes to help solidify the application workflow and design key user interactions

Experience creating process diagrams, use cases and user stories with testable acceptance criteria to help deliver right-first-time functional enhancements

Strong numerical capability – comfortable working with complex data and calculations

Ability to work with ambiguity – extracting information effectively from stakeholders, generating ideas and evaluating options

Independent and proactive approach - a tenacious, results-focused individual who takes personal ownership for seeing a project through to completion;

Collaborative approach, able to work positively and effectively with wide range of people across the business

An understanding of the financial advice process would be highly desirable, or at least the interest and willingness to develop in depth knowledge of the industry – training will be provided
What we offer you

Company funded critical illness and life assurance cover

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Defaqto FitPlan - contribution to gym / sports club fees or fitness equipment

Happy to talk flexible working

Group personal pension plan, with an employer contribution of up to 10% of salary

5 working weeks of holiday per year, with the option to purchase up to an additional week

Access to our regular wellbeing programme including free Zoom fitness classes, meditation, yoga

Access to our free Employee Assistance Programme

Interest free season ticket loans for those who travel by public transport

Lots of fundraising events for charity to get involved in!

Fintel plc and all the businesses within it adopt a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.
For these reasons we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.