Senior Business Analyst

Join us as a Senior Business Analyst at Barclays, where you'll take part in the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. As a part of the team, you will deliver technology stack, using strong analytical and problem solving skills to understand the business requirements and deliver quality solutions. You'll be working on complex technical problems that will involve detailed analytical skills and analysis. This will be done in conjunction with fellow engineers, business analysts and business stakeholders. 

To be successful as a Senior Business Analyst you should have experience with:

• Minimum Bachelors or equivalent degree from a recognized university.
• Years experience of Business analysis (requirements gathering and validation, specification development, data analysis, test design and execution) using structured methods or a recognized methodology.
• Experience with full Systems Development Lifecycle.
• Financial markets product knowledge which includes knowledge of front-to-back trade flows processing and a broad range of investment banking products (Equities, Fixed Income cash and Derivatives) and trade lifecycles.
• Quick learner, strong analytical and problem-solving skills and should possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent ability to communicate effectively with Business & IT development teams.
• Ability to validate business requirements and develop functional specifications - .
• Ability to work closely with technical teams to design both technical and procedural solutions.
• Very good technical understanding of Python, Unix, SQL server, Oracle PL/SQL & Sybase.
• Strong understanding of data relationships.
• Exposure to conducting impact assessments and gap analysis, data mappings.
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation such as Functional Specs, Data Flow Diagrams, Presentations and Spreadsheets is needed.
• Should be skilled in using MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint).

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Experience of working with the Compliance/Risk function within an Investment Bank.
• Familiarity with Surveillance applications (Actimize, SMARTS, Tradinghub, Trackwizz etc).
• Ability to manage a small team independently.
• Background in project management would be considered a plus.
• Must be independent and creative in approach to problems and issues; assertive and proactive.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Pune.

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities. 

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.