Business Analyst
Job Description
Job title: Business Analyst
Company: Coventry Building Society
Job description: The role of Business Analyst is to undertake the analysis if information within a business domain to enable effective change delivered by a team. Working closely with the Product Owner, Scrum Master and the development team, they have responsibility for supporting the analysis approach, within the team and supporting critical assessment of activity and helping to shape and create the Product Backlog. They are accountable for the delivery of defined artefacts within the team.
A core part of the role is to work closely with all other team level roles to ensure the clarity of and alignment to delivery and maintenance of artefacts within the agreed Product Backlog as committed outcomes set through increment planning activity. The role requires significant interaction with business stakeholders and third parties to help ensure customer and value-based outcomes are captured in the product backlog of work.
To support the alignment to the product strategy and roadmap, with the ability to translate the stakeholder’s vision of the product into the business needs and communicate it to the team members to make them understand the expectations To support the Practice in the continuous improvement of Business Analysis capability at the Society, helping ensure that the Practice is leading the way in collaborative, effective, straightforward, and high-quality Business Analysis.
Our benefits include:
- 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- Personal pension with matched contributions
- Life assurance (6 times annual salary)
Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society .
About you
- Develops effective communication channels with stakeholders, both inside and outside the immediate team.
- Able to influence decisions and command credibility, building and managing relationships within immediate team and with key stakeholders.
- Experience of supporting, and developing teams to optimise business analysis, backlog activity and value delivery.
- Experience of Agile Business Analysis, having worked in Agile frameworks.
- Understanding of Agile and Lean mindset, frameworks and practice
- Strong analytical background and proven ability in analytical reasoning, including being able to add context to business activities and help drive conclusions.
- In depth knowledge of process modelling and visualising business needs (user features, personas, use case analysis etc)
- An effective communicator able to communicate with to both technical and non-technical audiences in a clear, concise style of presentation in oral and written work.
- Ability to analyse data and present it in a way that tells a story.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, can handle the unexpected with flexibility.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work with a collaborative approach and build trust with others effectively
- Outstanding teamworking and collaboration skills
About us
As a mutual, we’ve always worked together to improve the lives of others. As one of the largest building societies in the UK, over 3,000 of us share that goal, in our branches and Head Office. Our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and total support for our wellbeing.
We’re serious about race, age, faith, disability, sexual orientation, and equity for all. By being yourself, you’ll make us stronger.
You can build so much more than a career. Come and make a difference in our Society, that’s been voted a ‘Great Place to Work’ by our team.
Flexibility and why it matters
We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.
Location
Hybrid
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Coventry Building Society is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (firm reference number 150892 www.fca.org.uk). Coventry Building Society. Principal Office: Coventry House, Harry Weston Road, Binley, Coventry, West Midlands CV3 2TQ.
Expected salary: £40000 – 45000 per year