Business Analyst
Location: Stratford upon Avon
Salary: Up to £60,000 + up to 17.5% annual bonus + excellent benefits
About the role:
To support an increase in demand from high profile projects and business change initiatives across NFU Mutual, we have a great opportunity for multiple Business Analysts to join our Business Analysis Services team. This growing team provides analysis services to key stakeholders across NFU Mutual to enable successful, forward-thinking business change that meets the needs and expectations of both our organisation and our customers. We currently have a significant number of change programmes in key areas of our business including projects in digital customer management, finance, general insurance policy management systems and regulatory change.
As a Business Analyst, you’ll facilitate communication and effective interaction between stakeholders and our development teams. You’ll understand the end-to-end software development lifecycle and assist the business in applying both iterative and waterfall methodologies effectively. You’ll collaborate closely with Developers and Testers, ensuring requirements are understood and align to solution outcomes.
About you:
An experienced Business Analyst, you’ll be an effective communicator, and be confident engaging with a variety of stakeholders. You’ll be a great team player and demonstrate adaptability and flexibility when required. You’ll confidently engage with business sponsors, project teams and vendor resources to ensure project and business objectives are met. Meticulous and analytical in your approach, you’ll clarify the impact of proposed solutions to establish costs, risk and options, and present appropriate recommendations in a concise, traceable, and flexible manner.
Minimum Requirements:
* Delivering Business Analysis services across the full business change lifecycle.
* The end-to-end software development lifecycle (iterative and waterfall methodologies).
* Process documentation and engineering (UML and/or BPMN notations).
* Requirements elicitation and management (functional and non-functional).
* Conducting impact assessments for complex business changes.
Working within an insurance or financial services environment and experience coaching and mentoring more junior team members is also desirable.
Benefits and Rewards:
* Up to £60,000 annual salary (depending on experience)
* Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
* Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
* A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
* Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
* £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
* Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
* Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
* Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
* Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
* Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
* Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
Working at NFU Mutual:
We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only 2 companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year.
Closing date: 28th October 2024
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