Business Analyst Ilkley, England
Job description
SmartSearch’s distinctive Anti-Money Laundering verification software protects our clients by offering the most advanced and comprehensive features available from an AML provider.
SmartSearch has grown rapidly by fostering an incredibly collaborative and supportive culture. As we continue our ambitious growth plans, we will strive to remain a truly exciting, rewarding, and unique place to work.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
This is an opportunity to further a career in Business Analysis as part of the SmartSearch Product team. You will produce industry-leading SaaS products in an energetic, friendly environment which values being bold, smart, inclusive and honest.
Alongside Product Owners, you will collaborate with data suppliers and stakeholders across the business, from the discovery phase of new initiatives through to implementation with delivery teams, to refine product requirements and support development teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead investigations into new features, facilitating discovery workshops and joining customer calls to understand the problems and find solutions
- Elicit requirements in line with the product vision and roadmap
- Strong empathy and understanding of the importance of user experience and how customer needs can be met in new product designs
- Demonstrate awareness of long-term business goals (3-5 year plan) in relation to the product roadmap
- Communicate requirements –via user flows, user stories, or other means to ensure requirements and acceptance criteria are understood, for both ‘happy path’ and exceptions
- Model supplier APIs for the product; understand background context, business rules and how data can be used to achieve value for the customer
- Collaborate closely with delivery teams; understand the product architecture and design options from an early stage
- Assist Quality Assurance with validation of the product to ensure software features and processes are fully understood and aligned with an optimized and intuitive UX
- Contribute towards improvement in ways of working; promote better ways to deliver the product and working together as a team
- Approach your work with enthusiasm and have fun delivering amazing products!
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE AT SMARTSEARCH?
- We are a multi-award winning Tech company with an aspirational mentality
- Our recognitions include being named in the renowned RegTech100 list for 2022, Great Place To Work Certified in Oct 2022 and we’re one of the fastest growing companies In Europe
- We have fantastic facilities at our head office in Ilkley which has direct train links from Leeds and Bradford and on-site parking
- Employee welfare and fulfilment is a priority. We provide comfortable breakout areas, wellbeing champions, mental health first aid, reading spaces, prayer room, an onsite gym, gaming area, healthy vending machines, and fresh fruit delivered weekly
- Under our flexible hybrid work policy you will have hybrid working options so you can also benefit from working from home
- There are excellent progression opportunities due to our growth and you will have personal development goals, regular feedback and support
- Regular training will develop your skills and the Mentor Scheme offers fantastic support for your progression
- Our excellent benefits package includes up to 30 days annual leave per year
- Employee referral bonus and various weekly recognition schemes help us to demonstrate our appreciation and teamwork
- Employee engagement and activities committee that plans social and charitable activities throughout the year
- Two big company celebrations per year - summer and winter events
- Company pension scheme, comprehensive private medical scheme and life insurance
- We are a diverse and inclusive group of people and proactively encourage D&I and supporting social responsibility through our DE&I Group, charities, support for local schools, wellbeing champions and partnerships with external suppliers
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN A CANDIDATE?
- Experience of the SDLC is essential, as a Business Analyst or in a role with transferable skills
- Experience of applying Agile methodologies in a software development environment
- Experience creating user flows and data mapping
- Eye for identifying the underlying requirement/rationale
- Able to demonstrate awareness and responsibility for a multi-year vision of the product roadmap
- Analytical thinking, can model requirements from high to low level of detail
- Flexible in approach, can identify and challenge assumptions
- Ability to collaborate with employees from all departments and at all levels within SmartSearch
- Self-starting, can lead own work and build relationships across the business
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills – the ability to listen, understand, influence, and inspire
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £40,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Financial planning services
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Transport links
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Ilkley: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ilkley
