Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Northampton - hybrid 3 days a week in office
Contract: 6 months
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Full-time Monday-Friday
Brief overview of the role:
Join us as a Senior Business Analyst supporting Global Transaction Banking to achieve its strategic objectives by owning the end to end requirements lifecycle for strategic and regulatory change initiatives, providing leadership and ongoing development to more junior team members. You will lead the business requirements phases end to end – producing clear sets of requirements which enable the business to realise their required benefits. Have responsibility for the delivery of pragmatic business and operational design solutions which maximise benefits while achieving the desired business outcomes, ensuring relevant controls are in place to safeguard the customer experience.
Key Responsibilities:
* Requirements Management: Lead the complete business requirements lifecycle, from identifying and analyzing problems to defining clear requirements that align with strategic objectives and drive impactful change.
* Solution Design & Alignment: Develop and document robust business requirements and collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure proposed solutions meet expectations, business goals, and are aligned with regulatory standards.
* Feasibility & Business Case Support: Conduct comprehensive feasibility studies to assess the viability and effectiveness of new solutions, and support the creation of business cases to justify necessary investment.
* Process Optimization & Change Management: Design and optimize operational processes. Support change management activities to ensure the seamless implementation and successful adoption of new processes.
* Project Monitoring: Monitor and report on project progress to ensure timely delivery within budget constraints.
Required Skills and Experience
* Senior Business Analysis Expertise: Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst for 5+ years.
* Requirements and Solution Development: Strong ability to define business problems, gather comprehensive requirements, and develop effective solutions.
* Stakeholder Management: Expertise in engaging with and managing stakeholders, ensuring clear alignment between business objectives and technical delivery teams.
* Financial Services Knowledge: Understanding of regulatory requirements and their specific impact on the financial services industry.
* Operational Design: Experience in business process modelling, robust operational design, and risk assessment.
* Project Methodologies: Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
* Business Transformation: Experience supporting business transformation initiatives and applying change management principles.
* International Payments: Specific experience in the domain of international payments.
* Target Operating Model (TOM): Experience in the successful delivery of a Target Operating Model for a specific process.
* Core Competencies: Excellent communication, strong leadership, analytical thinking, and effective problem-solving skills, with the capacity to manage and work across multiple simultaneous projects.
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full-service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations, and functional services across the Group.
Values
Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.
Diversity
Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included, and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays’ vision and goals.
Hybrid
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
Your Benefits
As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there are discounts at a wide range of high street shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues — from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.