Senior Business Analyst/Lead Project Manager (Payments/Financial/Banking) - Contract - London, UK
Posted 1 day ago by Cactus IT Solutions UK Ltd
Negotiable
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London, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Business Analyst role is situated within the Technology, Strategy & Architecture division of a bank, focusing on technology change initiatives. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to elicit and analyze complex business requirements, particularly in large-scale transformation projects. Candidates should possess strong project management skills and a proven track record in both public and private sector project delivery, ideally with experience in payments and central banking. The role emphasizes the importance of stakeholder management and effective communication to drive successful change initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Elicit, analyze, and create a shared understanding of business requirements for technology change initiatives.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and business colleagues.
- Manage complex business requirements and large-scale transformation projects.
- Utilize data and insights to influence decision-making and drive change.
- Deliver projects throughout the entire project life cycle, including planning, estimating, and RAID management.
- Negotiate and influence business decisions at senior management level.
- Prioritize work effectively and manage conflicting deadlines.
- Build constructive relationships with internal and external colleagues.
Key Skills:
- Strong project management skills with a track record of successful project delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively.
- Leadership skills with sound judgment in decision-making.
- Proven interpersonal skills and collaborative working style.
- Recognized project or programme management qualification (e.g., Prince 2, MSP, APMP, PMP).
- Experience managing complex projects with multiple dependencies.
- Ability to quickly gain the trust of a new team.
- Experience in public and private sector project delivery.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Senior Business Analyst (BA) role that sits at clients Technology, Strategy & Architecture (TSA) division in the Technology Directorate. Business Analysts enable the Bank to meet its objectives by working on technology change initiatives.
As part of cross functional teams and working closely with our business colleagues, BAs elicit, analyse and create a shared understanding of requirements to enable successful implementation of our change initiatives. Role Requirements You have experience in eliciting, analysing and managing complex business requirements, working on large-scale transformation projects, using data and insight to influence decisionmaking and drive change.
Lead PM:
Role Requirements
We are looking for a collaborative, organised, and motivated colleague with strong consensus-building skills and a track record of successful public and private sector project delivery, preferably with payments and central bank experience. If that sounds like you, and you have some relevant experience, then we would welcome your application.
Essential criteria
- Strong project management skills. A track record of successful project delivery throughout the entire project life cycle, including project planning, estimating and RAID management (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies),
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to negotiate, persuade and influence business decisions at senior management level
- Excellent organisational skills. Strong aptitude for effectively prioritising different pieces of work and delivering to tight deadlines, and a demonstrable ability to manage conflicting deadlines and priorities
- Leadership skills. Able to use judgement and provide sound justification for decisions, tailoring approach to delivery based on experience
- Proven interpersonal skills and a collaborative working style. The ability to build effective, constructive relationships with internal and external colleagues, drawing on their expertise and collaboratively problem-solving.
- A recognised project or programme management qualification eg Prince 2, MSP, APMP or PMP.
- Experience of managing complex projects with many dependencies
- Evidence of the ability to gain the trust of a new team quickly
- Public and private sector project delivery experience
