Senior Business Analyst

Job Description

Job title: Senior Business Analyst

Company: Linklaters

Job description: About Linklaters

Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Job Purpose

You will be part of a team of Business Analysts who form part of the broader Linklaters’ Projects and Change Delivery group. The Business Analysis team are high performing, supportive and inclusive team, working on global business change and technology programmes and projects in close collaboration with lawyers and other Business Teams.

The Senior Business Analyst is a highly experienced and capable analyst, leading the BA activities on the most complex, high profile and business critical projects and programmes.

You will be comfortable working directly with senior stakeholders across Business Teams, lawyers (including partners) and third-party suppliers.

Key Skills

• Requirements Gathering
• Communication
• Presenting
• Problem Solving
• Process Mapping
• Agile and Waterfall Methodologies
• Gap Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Workshop Facilitation
• Business Process Improvement
• Collaboration

Responsibilities

• Engage in Business Analysis to the highest standards across the full project lifecycle covering problem statement definition, requirements management, process mapping, business change analysis, operating model design, data and financial analysis and running UATs.
• Work collaboratively to understand and define scope / objectives / benefits of new projects / programmes and agree BA deliverables along with timeframe for delivery.
• Run large and complex workshops with diverse stakeholder groups, in person, virtually or a hybrid format.
• Elicit requirements within Waterfall or Agile methodologies and document functional and non-functional requirements.
• Support any third party selection processes by providing the business requirements.
• Run / support UAT by producing UAT scripts, running UAT sessions and capturing feedback.
• Support the Testing team; provide acceptance criteria, review test scripts and system testing and close out any questions raised.
• Support the training team to produce any necessary materials for project rollout to end users.
• Take an active role with project and programme team members to identify risks and issues and suitable mitigations or solutions to rectify them.
• Perform analysis using the most appropriate format for the project and project stage.
• Support the BA team manager in the effective execution of their role, including, as examples, recruitment, new joiner onboarding, best practice definition, peer reviews, training delivery and acting as an ambassador for the team.
• Promote the value of Business Analysis across the firm and why the role is pivotal to the successful outcome of a project / initiative.
• Manage complex and challenging stakeholders to successful outcomes.
• Advocate and conduct knowledge sharing across the BA team with mentoring opportunities available. Demo analysis tools and techniques in BA team meetings.

Required

• Advanced understanding of Business Analysis tools and techniques across the full project lifecycle and mentors others in the team.
• Experience working across large and complex projects and programmes spanning multiple geographical locations.
• Proven experience of working with a wide range of business stakeholders including lawyers, partners or heads of function.
• Demonstrates a degree of technical knowledge to be able to interface with technical teams confidently, understanding key concepts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to confidently communicate with the business at all levels of seniority in their language and translate these conversations to technology teams (and vice versa).
• Significant experience of a wide variety of business analysis industry knowledge, methods and tools, including Azure DevOps, Mural, Visio, Tableau, Power BI, Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), Business Process Modelling Notation, Waterfall and Agile Delivery, UAT test scripts, Workshops and RFPs.
• Analytical thinker with strong attention to detail and the ability to build strong relationships with team members and senior stakeholders across the business.
• Ability to define plans, provide direction and technical leadership on complex, high-impact programmes, and projects across all phases of the project lifecycle, ensuring best practice is suitably applied.
• Comfortable and adept at dealing with ambiguity, conflicting priorities, complex and technical information with an ability to flex style as needed to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Ability to operate independently with limited supervision with sound judgement as to when to involve others / escalate.
• Able to assess commercial impact of project decisions, from a position of detailed understanding of corporate strategy and objectives.
• Works well with others and collaborates across teams building long lasting relationships.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively and work under pressure.
• A good listener but also asks probing questions to fully understand what’s needed.​

Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you’ll be making to our success. These include:

Health & Wellbeing:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments

Finance:

• Pension and flexible savings options
• Income protection and life assurance
• Mortgage advice and will-writing services

Family & Lifestyle:

• Electric car and cycle to work schemes
• Emergency family care
• Additional holiday/birthday leave
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs

Our comprehensive benefits across Health & Wellbeing, Finance & Protection and Family & Lifestyle, are designed to reward the vital contribution you’ll be making to the firm’s success.

If you think this role would suit you, please click apply below. We look forward to hearing from you!

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Expected salary:

Location: London

Job date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 07:15:22 GMT

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