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Well.... Look no further as we have a wonderful permanent opportunity for you to join us in helping to shape and lead the design and requirements across a number of large workstreams within our Retirement Institutional business.

This will be a unique opportunity to use your Business Analysis leadership skills to help bridge the gap between Business Analysis and Business Architecture, focussing on improving the quality of our overall Business Analysis work, through embedding a Business Analysis centre of excellence and bringing our Business Analyst teams along on the journey.

What you'll be doing

• In your new role you'll work with the most senior client/user management to define strategies, drawing up requirements specifications, conducting feasibility studies, producing high level and detailed business models and implementing solutions, which will have a measurable impact on the profitability and effectiveness of the organisation.
• You'll also be reviewing and evaluating proposals to initiate change activity, identifying fit with the agreed divisional Roadmap and challenging with sponsors where conflicts and contention exist so that the integrity of the divisional Roadmap is maintained.
• Critically reviewing and evaluating any proposed solutions identifying alignment with business requirements, making recommendations to senior managers ensuring they are fully aware of key risks and assumptions, and marrying up technical limitations with operational realities.
• As a Lead Business Analyst, you'll be allocating business analysis tasks within this area to more junior analysis staff as required and take full responsibility to ensure work is delivered to the required standard.
• You'll be defining, developing & delivering processes & systems to ensure a consistent and good level of service that means customer expectations are met and consistent with what we have communicated.
• You'll be taking the lead in all matters with regard to the management of employees, ensuring that management discretion is used in a consistent manner and that the area follows the Group’s policies and procedures including the Partnership Agreement to maximise business performance.
• You'll finally be ensuring that appropriate prioritising, planning, resourcing and contingency for customer issues are integrated into programme and resource plans so they are central to delivery.

What we're looking for

• Excellent communications, interpersonal and presentation skills in order to influence internal and external stakeholders
• The willingness to embrace new technologies and influence other parts of the business to adopt.
• The willingness and ability to work without the constraints of a fixed office or desk location, focusing on outcomes and benefits, rather than tasks and measures.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Background in Pensions, Annuities, Asset & Liability Management and/or Investments and understand of products, regulations and the UK Pensions market
• Extensive business analysis experience required and proven track record of change/transformation.
• Adaptable and creative approach to business analysis
• The experience of leading a team of Business Analysts

Benefits

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 30 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You'll receive a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary, and you can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.