Technical Business Analyst
Technical Business Analyst with Financial Services experience, to join the Business Analysis practice.
Candidate Profile: The Technical Business Analyst will be responsible for technical business analysis of BI / applications development projects. The successful candidate will have a strong financial services background and solid analytical experience. Must have strong stakeholder management skills, and experience of working within large complex financial projects.
Core Technical skills:
(Essential)
• A minimum 2 years' experience of business analysis within banking / insurance involving Business Intelligence or applications development
• Good knowledge of Banking and financial products
• Experience of requirements gathering and analysis, and high level solution design
• Ability to present complex analytical concepts to all levels of the business
• Ability to determine, develop and document data requirements, modelling assumptions and model results
• Experience working with large volumes of data
• Skilled in data manipulation analysis using SQL, Excel, and / or Access
(Desired)
• Experienced in SAS, MSBI or Business Objects
• Business Intelligence applications (Data Warehouse, Data Marts, Reporting, Data Mining)
• Experience of structured methodologies and tools (UML, DSDN, etc.)
• Understanding of risk concepts (credit/operational/market) Basel II, Solvency II
• ISEB certified
General Responsibilities Requirements:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - ability to communicate both at a detailed level and at a high summary level
• A good team player and also able to work independently
• Abilities to build cross functional and external relationships
• Effective negotiating and influencing skills
• Willing to work on Client sites, potentially for extended periods
• Willing to travel for work purposes and be happy to stay away from home for extended periods
• Willing and able to travel internationally
Internal Responsibilities: (Internal responsibilities whilst not on client site such as 'keeping up to date with latest market developments etc')
Education/Qualifications/Experience (Any academic or professional qualifications that are a pre-requisite for the role)
• University degree (mathematics, business or equivalent)