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Job Summary

  • Dublin
  • Permanent
  • JN -022023-1924721
  • Jan 30, 2023
  • €50k - €70k
Job Description

Business Analyst

Business Analyst
The primary purpose of the Business Analyst role is to define scope, requirements &
requirement artefacts across the Programme of projects across three pillars: Client,
Strategic, BAU Change. The Business Analyst is a key role in the eliciting of requirements
from a mix of technical and non-technical business resources and translating them with
developers and signed off as part of the project delivery lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements & Design
 Host workshops to elicit requirements from business/clients, challenging status quo and
mindset to ensure the best possible design and benefit realisation
 Conduct high quality business analysis and provide clear business requirement
documentation/functional specs
 Identify and escalate important systems issues
 Playback of requirements back to business/client
 Communication/translation of the requirements to IT
 Ensuring appropriate approvals for sign off of requirements
 Provide support to UAT team e.g. understanding requirements for translation to test
scripts, handover on data structure knowledge

Process Definition
 Working with SMEs to capture to be processes and supporting documentation always
with a customer first mindset - i.e., SOPS, procedures, policy updates
 Ensuring sign off of process documentation in a timely fashion to allow for controlled
delivery throughout the project lifecycle

Communication
 Proactively engage with Project Manager, Change Leadership and/or functional leaders
to document business improvements and/or issues.

Data Reconciliation/Issues
 Supporting the data query log activities
 Supporting and driving closure of data issues

Methodology/Training
 Contribute to methodology reviews to ensure Pepper methodology stays relevant, adapts
to lessons learned and provides appropriate and proportionate governance
 Facilitate knowledge share sessions across the team

Essential Skills & Experience

 Candidates should be highly professional, self-motivated with excellent communication
and problem-solving skills.
 Minimum of 3-5 years' experience working as a business analyst in financial
services/insurance
 Significant experience and knowledge of supporting change in a Retail mortgage
servicing business; on/offboarding, digital/customer journey/transformation/BAU change
 Experienced in MS Office including Word, Visio, and high degree of proficiency in
Microsoft excel and experience analysing large data sets
 JIRA experience
 Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools
 Experience of data analysis and ability to present complex information in an
understandable manner to all areas of the business
 Problem solving and root cause identification skills
 Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization
 Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively
 Strong understanding of all aspects of systems implementation and software
development life cycles
 Strong financial analysis skills with the ability to review, understand and interpret loans
interest and billing history
 A proven track record of excellent communication and customer service skills enabling
successful collaboration with key stakeholders; ability to translate client requirements
into tangible requirements/ deliverables
 Experience working with technical and business teams to translate internal and external
business needs to drive functional and technical requirements

Essential Qualifications
 3rd Level Qualification
 Professional Qualification in Business Analysis

Desirable Skills and Experience
 Recognised IT Qualification
 Recognised Project Management Qualification
 Experience and knowledge on various loan product types i.e., Simple vs. Compound
Interest, Billing amounts, Capital & Interest loans, Interest Only loans, Part and Part
loans and Interest Rate types i.e., Fixed rate, Variable rate, Tracker rate.
 A third level Financial, Accounting or Business-related qualification would be a distinct
advantage

Competencies
 Business Requirements and Process mapping
 IT Knowledge - General
 Accuracy & Quality
 Analytical Thinking
 High Attention to Detail

 Communication & Interpersonal Skills
 Communication Skills- Written
 Problem solving
 Team Working
 Conflict Management
 Good Stakeholder Management Skills

*Please note as this is a permanent role, the candidate must uphold an EU/UK Passport or Valid Stamp 4 Visa to be considered*
Excellent salary on offer which ranges from €55,000 - €65,000 depending on experience. Ifyou or anyone you know would be a good fit for this unique opportunity, I would love to hearfrom you. You can reach me by email: or telephone: (01) 4485660 for more information. Do you have a friend looking for a new opportunity? For every candidate that is referred to us and then placed in a permanent or temporary role for 3 months or more, the referrer will receive a €250 one for all voucher.

Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.

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Consultant Details

Consultant Details

Sean Pardy
Sean Pardy