Value Stream Business Analyst
Value Stream Business Analyst
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Job Description
Were 1st Central a market-leading insurance company utilising smart data and technology at pace. Rapid growth has been based on giving our 1.4 million customers exactly what they want: great value insurance with an excellent service. And thats the same for our colleagues too; we won Insurance Employer of the Year at the British Insurance Awards 2024 and our Glassdoor score is pretty mega too!
Are you an experienced Business Analyst looking to take your career to the next level
Were on the hunt for experienced Business Analysts to join us in our new Value Stream Business Analyst roles where youll be responsible for leveraging analytical techniques to understand and translate value stream needs into clear concise and testable requirements.
Youll work closely with the Value Stream Product Owner in the generation and management of the backlog facilitating communication and collaboration between stakeholders and engineers and will support change end-to-end from definition and impact assessment through to execution delivery and business readiness.
We value flexible working arrangements so you can choose to work remotely or maybe you live within a commutable distance from one of our offices in Salford Quays Manchester Haywards Heath West Sussex or Guernsey and want to work in the office occasionally.
Core skills were looking for to succeed in the role:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong negotiation and influencing skills
Strong workshop and meeting facilitation skills
Strong anticipatory statistical and information analysis skills
Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of initiatives
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Proven interpersonal skills and an ability to influence senior colleagues and peers
Whats involved:
Youll support the Head of Value Stream in the creation and management of the Value Stream Roadmap
Youll collaborate with stakeholders and business consultants to understand their needs and translate them into clear concise and testable backlog items
Youll support the definition of change including benefit analysis impact assessment and risk analysis
Youll analyse business problems and opportunities identifying areas for improvement and defining success measures
Youll map out and document business processes identifying areas for improvement in process models
Youll facilitate communication and collaboration between stakeholders product owners and engineering teams
Youll participate in sprint planning daily standups and all other ceremonies
Youll support the Value Stream Product Owner in the definition and management of the Product Roadmap
Youll support the Value Stream Product Owner in the refinement and prioritisation of the backlogs breaking down work ready for iterative development and value delivery
Youll support the Value Stream Product Owner in the maintenance of the backlogs ensuring it reflects the evolving needs of the Value Stream
Youll create user stories and acceptance criteria
Youll support engineers and test-engineers in user story understanding supporting decomposition of user stories into tasks and their estimation and ensure solutions meet the business need
Youll use business analysis documentation techniques to support team understanding including use cases wireframes flow documents etc
Youll instigate prepare facilitate and lead meetings workshops and presentations for a wide range of audiences demonstrating consistently high qualities of communication and strong powers of influence
Youll collaborate with Value Stream team members to ready work ahead of PI Planning events
Youll contribute to the setting of standards and processes for the Business Consultancy & Analysis Community of Practice and ensure these are adhered to and best practice is followed to support a fully agile change and development environment.
Youll identify and support the work to ensure the adoption and roll-out of change
Youll comply with the requirements and act in accordance with the Group Code of Conduct and Fitness and Propriety policies at all times
Youll ensure compliance with Company Policies Values and guidelines and other relevant standards/ regulations at all times
Experience & Knowledge
Ability to quickly understand the objectives structures operations and policies of a business area
Ability to quickly understand the capabilities and roadmap of a product group and how those capabilities are leveraged to deliver business value
Experience of solution delivery using cloud components
Demonstrated ability to engage both engineers and stakeholders to achieve target outcomes.
Knowledge of business process management workflow and integration methods and tools
Demonstrable understanding of a range of Business Analysis and Change Management tools and techniques
Proven experience of applying business analysis within an iterative and Agile change framework aligned to Value Streams within close engineering collaboration
Experience in selecting and executing elicitation and documentation techniques such as Interviews Exploratory Prototypes Facilitated Workshops Focus Groups Observation User Task Analysis Wireframing Documentation study and Surveys
Experienced in facilitating change within a value stream setting to include defining/re-engineering existing and new processes as well as the development of new services and products
Experienced at building relationships with and managing internal and external stakeholders
Ideally an insurance or financial Services background although other backgrounds will be considered
Knowledge of FCA requirements (including Consumer Duty)
Significant experience in Business Analysis
Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong negotiation and influencing skills
Strong workshop and meeting facilitation skills
Strong anticipatory statistical and information analysis skills
Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of initiatives
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Proven interpersonal skills and an ability to influence senior colleagues and peers
Qualifications
Business Analysis and/or Business Architecture certification/formal qualification is preferred
Behaviours
Understands advocates and augments the business and technology strategies and more specifically EA development and service delivery. Is prepared to sell the EA process (overall not just for enterprise technology architecture) its outcome and ongoing results and to lead the communication or marketing activities needed to ensure enterprise success and use.
Commercially focussed and results driven
Self-motivated and enthusiastic
An organised and pro-active approach
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
A flexible approach and positive attitude
Emphasis on attention to detail and accuracy
Takes initiative to make decisions
Strives to drive business improvements to contribute to the success of the business
So if youre up for the challenge and would like to join our vibrant and busy team we want to hear from you today.
What can we do for you
People first. Always. Were passionate about our colleagues and know the best people deserve an extraordinary working environment. We owe it to them so thats what we offer. Our workplaces are energetic inspirational supportive. To get a taste of the advantages youll enjoy take a look at all our perks in full here.
Intrigued Our Talent team can tell you everything you need to know about what we want and what were offering so feel free to get in touch.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
