Principal Business Analyst

Location: Chatham or London

Life feels better when you love your job…

Here at Vanquis we do, and it is what we believe has contributed most to our success.

Our business has grown so much since we started in 2002 and we've achieved this growth by encouraging our employees to put ideas forward, make decisions and constantly improve the service we provide for our customers.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our technology and change team as a Business Analyst where you will utilise a software delivery background providing technical solutions across a variety of different project streams. Working in an agile environment you will be responsible for providing technical delivery for a range of prototypes. Working within this team you will work closely with wider product teams to ensure business requirements are delivered to an exceptional standard. Utilising your business knowledge across initial scoping, requirements analysis, solution design through to test and deployment.

Key Skills:
• 5-10 years’ experience working as a BA or similar analytical / consultant role.
• Proven track record in driving and delivering business benefit changes.
• Experience of working in both waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience of working alongside a Product Team as a BA and Just In Time analysis.
• Experience of working on large complex IT and Regulatory projects.
• Experience and / or knowledge of the function of Product Teams within a business.
• Analytical experience in extracting and interpreting data into statistical information and presenting to business users.
• Advance knowledge in following Microsoft tools – Microsoft Excel, Visio, PowerPoint
• Able to demonstrate experience of working with autonomy within strict deadlines.
• Awareness of Banking and card issuing, preferably with some general knowledge of the various elements and suppliers is desirable

Responsibilities include:
• Act as domain expert and / or SME for assigned Product or Project.
• Constantly building and expanding your domain knowledge and sharing this with others.
• Comply with the organisations Information Security Policy, and all subordinate policies and local procedures.
• Protect the organisation assets in line with the requirements set out in the Acceptable Use Policy.
• Embraces and drives a continuous learning culture where the development of new skills and knowledge is paramount to the success of their role and career.
• Commits to involvement in regular performance and development conversations with their line manager and embraces a culture of in-time feedback and coaching.
• Identifying and analysing requirements from stakeholders from other business areas or Product Teams.
• Analysis of new and existing systems and processes to support impact assessment and provide technical detail for new developments.
• Contribute towards refinement of requirements, support testing and work alongside the technical team(s) to identify and plan out the appropriate solution(s).

Please note: Once the closing date has been reached, we will review all CVs. Should we wish to progress your application we will contact you within four weeks of the closing date. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful.

On occasion, we identify alternative roles that may be suitable for applicants and therefore we may retain your CV for up to 6 months for this purpose. If you do not wish us to contact, you or hold your CV on file for 6 months please contact us.

We welcome applications from every area of the community, regardless of age, gender, race, nationality, colour, ethnic origin, disability, sexuality, religion or beliefs, and believe that everyone should be treated fairly and consistently. We are TCF (Treating Customers Fairly) ambassadors and believe that everything we do as a company should benefit our customers