MO Business Change Specialist

Description

MO Business Change Specialist

• Executing all required project related activities across the full project life cycle
• Gathering, defining, agreeing and documenting requirements to ensure traceability and favourable project control
• Where required, to provide insight and analysis into possible future projects and business cases ensuring accurate estimates for benefits and other project deliverables are SMART.
• Where needed, provide cover for project managers in executing project management phases such as but not limited to, initiation, planning, execution, control and monitoring and closure tasks.
• Where needed, provide accurate status tracking and reporting, Issue Management (including workshops when required), Managing actions, Dependency Management, chairing/attending Governance meetings and when required escalation to Senior Management.
• Maintain all project documentation to required internal standards.
• Acting as an expert and Champion in terms of promoting and abiding by our project management approach, principles and methodology.
• Where required, completing all necessary processes documentation and procedures to promote projects into the production environment, including the management of deployment dates, plans, sign-offs, migration planning, training plans and contingency/back-out plans.
• Supporting the executing associated Change Management tasks related to the portfolio, sub portfolio of projects or change initiatives.
• Where appropriate, project tracking, control and reporting to CMMi Level 3 standards. To include management of risks, issues, dependencies, actions, budget tracking, change control and regular reporting
• Supporting our client and project integrated change control process. This may also mean dealing directly with our client in a professional manner.
• Where required be a subject matter expert for project team members and the ability to perform varying levels of business analysis when required to do so
• Where appropriate working with IT in managing vendors and or clients
• Collation of materials, chairing and minuting the project documents and internal/external meetings. Using the appropriate brainstorming, facilitation techniques and business analysis tools and techniques to ensure requirements meet the business need.
• Dealing with all levels of the organisation from developers to senior sponsors
• Effective project risk management
• Work with teams across multiple locations (including but not limited to London, Glasgow, Paris and Chennai)

Key internal stakeholders:

• The Business (Local and Global Production Teams)
• Local and Global IT/IT Development Teams
• Sponsors and Senior Management
• IT Development and Support Teams in London and Chennai
• Product and Strategic Operating Model (SOM) Team
• IT Service Delivery Teams in London and Chennai
• PMO Team
• Head of Operations (key stakeholder)
• Global Head of Middle Office (key stakeholder)
• Heads of UK IT and Engineering Teams
• Other internal Business Areas

Key external key stakeholders:

• AFS Clients
• Vendor liaison (including but not limited to FIS, XSP, Intellimatch, Tradeflow, brokers and other third parties).

Senior Managers and Conduct Regime (SMCR) status: Conduct Rules

Is this a Training & Competence role? No

Competencies required for the role:

Essential:

• Delivery focussed Business Analyst
• Experience of our business more specifically Middle Office Fund Administration/Accounting Operations such as Asset Servicing (Income & Corporate Actions), Transactions Management (Treasury, Trade, Derivatives and Cash Management), Reconciliations and Reporting.
• Client facing experience (preferred)
• Ability to deal with all levels of the organisation from developers to senior sponsors
• Collaborative approach and good interpersonal skills
• Expert in delivering business analysis tools and techniques
• Ability to drive a solution/s through to completion
• Experience in delivering analysis through business process modelling, requirements gathering, traceability, testing and support business control management (preferred)
• Experience managing vendors, particularly when dealing with testing phases of projects(preferred)
• Team player
• Strong team player and where required manage other BA's
• Good interpersonal skills

Qualifications required for the role:

Essential:

• A Level or equivalent educational qualification

Desirable:

• Degree and/or
• Business Analysis and/or Project Management Qualification (Business Analysis qualification preferred)

Technical Experience

Required:

• Strong Business Analysis skills
• Strong interpersonal and people skills
• Proven track record for project support and delivery
• Financial industry experience preferably Middle Office Operations
• Strong negotiating skills
• Client facing experience
• Good knowledge of the development life cycle
• Experience managing vendors and testing life cycles