Business Analyst

• Company

  Brightwater

• Location

  Ireland-Dublin

• Remuneration

  negotiable

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  29-Oct-2013

• eFC Ref no

  1291547

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Exciting new permanent position for a Business Analyst to join a leading Financial Services company located in Dublin City Centre.

Our client, a leading Financial Services company, has an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to join their Dublin City Centre team. The successful candidate will have 8 years experience in the Financial Services industry, preferably in Funds, Asset Management and/of Life Insurance, and 5 years experience in a Business Analyst role.

Requirements:

• To deliver high, medium and low level requirements gathering phases for identified change/project deliveries.
• To assist the business stakeholders in the prioritisation and phasing of requirements across various projects and to manage any conflicting issues and priorities between stakeholders.
• To design and develop detailed functional and non-functional system requirements.
• To take responsibility for the management of changes throughout the course of a project.
• To lead feasibility studies and presentations to senior management as required.
• To coordinate, facilitate and drive the established in-house project management process for selected cross functional change initiatives and projects.
• To chair monthly meetings and prepare reports for the Board of Directors in relation to the governance and control of projects.
• To formalise and document all functional aspects of the systems in use by various departments in collaboration with the host department and third party providers.
• To liaise with the Compliance, Risk and Internal Audit department to ensure that all corporate governance documents are kept up to date.

Requirements:

• Qualified to Masters level in a relevant technical discipline.
• PMP, Prince2, Agile (DSDM / Scrum), CBAP or ISEB BA certifications or equivalent are a distinct advantage
• A minimum of 8 years experience in Financial Services ideally in Funds, Asset Management and/or Life Insurance, with at least 5 years’ experience in a Business Analyst role.
• Relevant experience working in a BA capacity for the implementation of business intelligence projects.
• Significant exposure to change management and project management in financial organisations.
• Excellent communication and organisation skills.
• Strong PC skills with proficiency in MS Excel, Access, Visio, Project, Word and PowerPoint.
• Have a keen understanding of Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies along with a working knowledge of one or more recognised analysis methodologies.
• An in depth knowledge of regulatory issues within the asset management and life insurance industries.
• Good working knowledge of RDMS. Skills in SQL, Master Data Management, SSIS, SSAS, ErWIn, IBM Cognos 10 a distinct advantage.
• Working knowledge of the Italian language would be an advantage.

For more information on this Business Analyst job or other Investment, Banking or Funds jobs contact Sara Goulding at Brightwater on 01-6621000 or click apply below

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