Business analyst
Posted 1 week ago by Hays
£39 Per hour
Undetermined
Onsite
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of a Business Analyst involves working with a global financial institution's outreach team, focusing on regulatory compliance and data analysis. The candidate should have experience in business analysis within enterprise organizations, preferably in financial or professional services. Key tasks include responding to queries, analyzing data sets, and collaborating with senior stakeholders to develop solutions. The position requires a detail-oriented individual with strong Excel skills and client-facing experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand regulatory rulesets and their applicability to in-scope entities and clients.
- Respond to internal and external queries, including necessary analysis and research.
- Analyze and dissect large data sets according to applicable rule requirements.
- Design and create intelligent metrics and reports for multiple audiences.
- Work with cross-functional areas and senior stakeholders to ensure successful query responses.
- Follow predefined quality control processes and escalation routes.
- Support outreach activities including QA checks, monitoring, reporting, and tracking.
- Quickly grasp complex problems, complete accurate analysis, and develop solutions.
- Demonstrate strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
Key Skills:
- 2-5 years of relevant work experience as a BA.
- Good knowledge of the financial landscape.
- Detail-oriented with strong Excel skills, particularly PIVOT Tables and vLookups (ideally Macros).
- Experience working with large data sets for analysis and reporting.
- Client-facing experience preferred, especially in projects involving outreach to numerous clients.
- Attention to detail and intuition when dealing with clients and senior stakeholders.
Salary (Rate): £39.00/hr
City: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
We are working with a global financial institution to recruit a business analyst to work as part of the outreach team. The candidate must be an individual experienced in business analysis and with sufficient subject experience operating as a BA in an enterprise organization (preferably financial or professional services).
Key responsibilities:
- Being capable of understanding regulatory rulesets in detail and their applicability to in-scope entities and clients
- Respond to internal and external queries including completion of necessary analysis, escalation and research required to create an accurate response
- Analyze and dissect large data sets according to applicable rule requirements
- Design and create intelligent metrics and reports for multiple audiences
- Work with cross-functional areas and often senior stakeholders to ensure queries are responded to successfully
- Be able to follow predefined quality control processes and escalation routes
- Support outreach activities including QA checks, monitoring, reporting, and tracking
- Be able to quickly grasp complex problems, complete accurate analysis and work with the team to develop solutions e.g. new processes
- Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills
To be considered for this role you must possess the following skills/experience:
- 2-5years of relevant work experience as a BA
- Good knowledge of the financial landscape
- Detail-oriented, with strong Excel skills in particular, PIVOT Tables, vLookups (& ideally Macros)
- Worked with large data sets within Excel for analysis and reporting
- Client-facing experience preferred and in particular projects that involve client outreach to dozens or hundreds of clients
- Attention to detail and intuition when dealing with Clients and Senior Stakeholders
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