Senior Business Analyst - Distribution Data


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Schroders

Listed on

22nd February 2019

Location

London

Salary/Rate

Competitive

Salary Notes

Competitive

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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Schroders Global Technology (GT) function is organised into a number of teams, distributed across Schroders' global offices, with technology hubs in London, Luxembourg, Singapore and New York. The software engineering and technology change function is split between 4 domains: Investment, Portfolio Operations and Data; Distribution and Product; Corporate and; Digital. In addition there are teams which operate as shared services to provide Technology Infrastructure, Production Services (production support, release and access control), Quality Assurance, Information Security and Business Management (change management, assurance and reporting). Our application estate is comprised mainly of commercially available off the shelf software packages best suited to Schroders' operational needs, complimented by a number of internally developed proprietary systems to support the specific needs of the clients and products that our colleagues support. The Global Technology vision is to ensure a stable operating environment that can function at multiple speeds, that focuses on value delivered to our external and internal customers. With a culture of excellence through collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement, Global Technology will enable Schroders to deliver the best outcomes for clients and shareholders. In order to ensure that the emergent technology needs of our clients, regulators and internal stakeholders are able to be met quickly and effectively Schroders is undertaking the Leading Enterprise Agile Programme (LEAP) within Global Technology. In order to ensure this is achieved without compromising the stability and security of the platform, Schroders Global Technology is implementing a bespoke agile operating model, based on the SAFe methodology, which ensures that technology support and infrastructure is unaffected and the requisite governance and control is in place. Overview of role Principal Agile Analysts are core members of the Capability aligned agile delivery team, responsible for contributing to all aspects of the analysis, design, development, building and testing of solutions within a sprint cadence. Each team member is aligned to a single Capability aligned agile team and, while the Principle Agile Analyst's core contribution will be leading the analysis and design aspects of software development, they also contribute to development and testing activities. Principal Agile Analysts are innovative and passionate BAs who demonstrate a superior level of skill, experience and professionalism relative to their peers. Key duties       •     Support Capability [Product] Owners and Epic Owners/ Analysts to ensure that features and stories to be delivered by the Capability team are suitably well defined and structured
      •     Responsible for leading analysis tasks which contribute to the delivery of working software required by the Capability [Product] Owner
      •     Responsible for contributing to the analysis, development, build and testing of working software required by the Capability [Product] Owner
      •     Accountable for ensuring user stories are delivered to the ‘working system' definition of done within agreed sprint 
      •     Accountable for ensuring committed PI Objectives and Sprint Objectives are met
      •     Responsible contributing to agile planning, including sizing stories, parsing user stories into tasks etc.
      •     Working with colleagues from other agile teams and shared service teams to both communicate and accept dependencies
      •     Supporting the System Team in readiness for the System Demo
      •     Participate enthusiastically and effectively in Schroders Agile ceremonies
      •     Ensuring continued improvement through conducting regular retrospective reviews and executing high priority actions that emerge
      •     Committing to increasing their skills and experience in non-core specialisms (Dev, Test)
      •     Supporting other team members to improve their analysis skills and experiences
      •     Performing the role of Scrum Master for the agile team if required to do so
      •     Supporting the development of the wider GT organisation through leadership of communities, guilds or key involvement in other non-core activities General and Technical skills       •     Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies, ideally SAFe
      •     Wide experience of business analysis across a number of different capabilities, systems or teams; number of different (positive) experiences is valued higher than length of experience
      •     High level of technical skill in use of business analysis techniques, methodologies and artefacts to support agile software development
      •     Knowledge and experience of development or testing skills and tools and common programming languages is preferred
      •     Experience of working with global colleagues and stakeholders and sensitivity to cultural differences, time zones etc.
      •     Extensive knowledge and experience of contributing to the development of technology solutions, both in house developed bespoke applications and commercially available off the shelf solutions
      •     Excellent understanding of the business context of the Capabilities
      •     Excellent ability to communicate how the work [features and stories] delivered by the Capability teams contributes to Epics
      •     Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken Qualification       •     Educated to at least undergraduate degree level
      •     Basic professional qualifications relating to the asset management industry (such as IMC) and business analysis (such as ISEB) are preferred  Personal Attributes       •     Passionate about mastering and innovating best practice in business analysis
      •     Inspiring and collaborative leader, model of agile leadership approach
      •     Friendly, approachable, enjoys working with people from a variety of backgrounds
      •     Capable of remaining positive when under pressure
      •     Continuous improvement mind-set, challenges the status quo and seeks self improvement
      •     Problem solver, comfortable taking the initiative in challenging and ambiguous circumstances

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