Company Overview
Third Bridge is a market-leading investment research firm. We provide integrated solutions for the world’s top investors and business leaders to help them make smarter and faster decisions. No other company in the world provides the same holistic investment offering: our superpower is the combination of human insights and unique investor-led content with a global expert network. We serve over 1,000 investment firms, offering clients 24/7 coverage through our team of 1,500 employees located across twelve offices.
Technology & Product Function Overview
The Technology & Product function is led by our Chief Information Officer. We are investing heavily in product, data and technology capabilities, enabling us to deliver innovative products and solutions, and deep insight market intelligence to our clients.
Through the implementation of new technology products, we allow the business to work faster, more intelligently and we are uncovering more and more business opportunities as a result. The function is in a transitional and transformational phase and we are looking to build out the team with people who are able to help guide and shape what the future looks like.
Job Description
About the role
A Business Analyst, you will be a fundamental part of 1 or 2 Delivery teams working alongside Architects, Engineering, QA & Delivery you responsible for designing process, eliciting and documenting the detail requirements, user stories & AC’S. You will support the delivery of solutions to our clients, Colleagues and ultimately bring large contributions to helping Third Bridge deliver on its strategy.
What will you do?
* Leading the breakdown of high level requirements and process into detailed user stories with defined AC’s
* Creating the target state business processes and data flows
* Requirement elaboration and refinement – working alongside engineers and to ready these requirements for development, implementation, and configuration.
* Prioritising and breaking down requirements in relation to sprint plans and product roadmaps.
* Ensuring the product backlog is prioritised and the development teams are able to successfully deliver new features
* Assist UX and Product Owners in creating functional designs.
* Map out dependencies and business impact.
* Documenting key process flows required for customer and/or carrier use of the product(s) - identifying and flagging any opportunities for improvement.
* Mapping required metadata to key API requests and responses – understanding the flow of the metadata through the functions and feature set.
* Writing release notes and supporting technical documentation for both internal and external stakeholders.
* You will help set the standards and frameworks to deliver best in class business analysis
* Promote, demonstrate, and share knowledge on business analysis best practise with peers
Qualifications
What will you bring?
* Experience working on complex software products (PaaS, API and SaaS focussed)
* Experience in API and data mapping
* Experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies (e.g Scrum, Kanban)
* Ability to elicit requirements using a variety of tools and techniques
* Experience in building and documenting Business Analysis artefacts, such as; Process flows, requirement documents, user stories, Data models, use case diagrams, user/customer journeys
* Ability to cope well under pressure and manage multiple projects or tasks
* Working with both on and offshore development teams
* Ability to cope with changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
* Participating in product sprints and ceremonies
* Championing the product vision, ensure everyone is on board & it is broken down to achievable milestones
* Breaking down requirements from epics into user stories for the development teams to deliver.
* Strong communication skills (written and oral)
* Engaging and leveraging supplier/3rd party relationships
* Utilising data and market insights to inform decisions and direction.
Additional Information
How will you be rewarded?
We truly care about our people so in return for your work, you’ll get:
* Flexible working - We want to encourage office attendance for the purpose of collaborating in person with your colleagues, on an as-needed basis. This in turn gives you the flexibility to decide when you come to the office based on your team's interactions.
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 28 days after 2 years of service
* Summer Fridays - finish early during the summer months to make the most of the weather
* Mental and Professional Wellness:
* Modern Health – 6 counselling and 6 coaching sessions per year
* Talk Therapy sessions
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) sessions
* 2 paid charity days each year
* 2 personal days per year to use for events such as moving house, your birthday or life admin
* Free breakfast and snacks in the office
* Private Medical Insurance - up to family cover
* Pension contributions increasing with tenure
* Personal annual learning and development budget
* Female mentorship program
* Employee affinity groups including ESG, Environment, Mental Health, Diversity & Inclusion and Women at Third Bridge
* Life insurance - x4 base salary
The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the country they are applying.
We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you are not 100% sure if you are right for the role, please apply anyway and we will be happy to consider your application.