IT Business Analyst, Applications

The Role:

IT Business Analyst with excellent applications experience is required by a prestigious City based financial services organisation. Within this role you will be the IT application owner of a number of key business applications throughout the whole product lifecycle including, as appropriate, selection, implementation, vendor management, enhancement, software releases, and decommissioning. This is a technical role with a high level of stakeholder engagement and elements of both business analysis and project management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the business for the elicitation and analysis of business, functional and non-functional requirements of existing and new business applications.
• In collaboration with architects and other the IT teams, construct a solution design to meet the business requirements using a vendor supplied or in-house developed solution with inhouse or externally supplied development and deployment teams.
• As an application owner, own the life cycle of a product from inception to decommission
• Management of vendor supplied business applications.
• Management of maintenance through upgrades, support releases and patches.
• Single point of contact for application support including the management of critical incidents coordinating between the internal IT team and software vendors as appropriate.

Key Requirements:

• Application driven business analytical experience.
• Ideally you will have experience of web platforms/configuration management Systems, corporate intranets and business applications.
• Demonstrable project management and business analysis skills and experience, ideally with certifications/qualifications or significant practical experience.
• Financial services experience ideal.
• Vendor management skills and proven track record of working with technology vendors/suppliers
• Have a global outlook to business application deployment and usage.
• A think out of the box attitude.

This is an incredibly varied and fascinating role within an established, yet growth organisation.

For a full consultation on this role please email your CV ASAP