Description:
Senior Business Analyst, leading financial services group, contract role, hybrid role, can be based in EITHER Shannon in Co Clare, OR in Dublin city centre location. Full Details:

Senior Business Analyst

 

We are a world leading financial services group, and due to continued expansion, we have an immediate requirement for a Senior Business Analyst. This is a one year contract. We have offices in Shannon in County and in Dublin city centre and this role may be based in either location at your preference. The role is a hybrid role, based onsite in either location for Mon – Thursday, and work from home on Fridays.

 

Role:
The Senior Business Analyst will work on the design and development of Windows and web-based applications, liaising with business partners and IT colleagues. The role will also involve process definition and optimization, implementation and change management.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a strong understanding of existing system and application landscape, as a building block for future integrated solutions (Document the as-is).
• Analyse business process and requirements change and transfer the knowledge to the development and test team (User Stories).
• Collaborate with IT colleagues from Architecture, Infrastructure, OnShore & OffShore Development, Test and Desktop Support.
• Liaise with peer system owners to ensure any impacts are properly understood, documented, and mitigated against from an up and downstream perspective.
• Support business users through User Acceptance Testing.
• Prepare accurate and detailed requirements documentation and functional specifications.
• Prepare accurate and detailed high-level estimates as part of the Demand Evaluation process.
• Communicate effectively with the business, the development and test team to understand functional requirements (e.g., screen, interface, report, GUI designs), and to ensure the solution meets these.
• Coordinate with the business users who test and evaluate applications, and resolve software issues, in conjunction with developers and testers where appropriate.
• Manage any change requests related to the working project plans to meet the agreed deadlines.
• Investigate data discrepancies and perform ad-hoc database queries as needed.
• Ensure compliance with all organisational, legal and regulatory requirements and standards including SOX compliance and Security.

 

Candidate profile:

• Educated to a degree level in Information Technology or Sciences
• Fluent spoken English, be currently based in Ireland and be already authorised to work freely for any employer in Ireland.
• Career level is 8 – 12 years experience, with at least 4 years professional experience as an IT business analyst.
• Background in software development with experience of working in an Agile development environment.
• Good understanding of Cloud technology and integration frameworks.
• Experience in Business Process and Data Modelling
• Experience of estimating effort and input into project planning
• Good understanding of relational databases and data models.
• Experience of Jira and/or Confluence.

 

Desirable (but not essential skills) include:

• Background of working in the financial services sector.
• Experience of working in a large delivery programme
• Knowledge of IT-compliance (SOX) and operational excellence models

 

If you would like to find out more about this contract, please feel free to contact me, Philip Brady, MD, in the strictest of confidence , by email at Philip@pbrecruitment.ie, or phone : + 353 61 450 679.

You can also contact me via LinkedIn or Twitter/X as follows:

Linkedin: http://ie.linkedin.com/in/philipbradyitrecruiter

Twitter: http://twitter.com/philipwitter

 

Thank you!

Date Posted:
01/08/24 - 17:24 Location:
Dublin | Limerick | Midwest Category:
Project Manager/BA Job Reference:
2404 Job Type:
Contract/temporary