Product Analyst (Digital Business Analyst)

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyse requirements for future and current products

• Plan, design and prepare data to support product development; determine data requirements and detailed mapping

• Lead and facilitate meetings/workshops and confidently present to internal and external stakeholders

• Act as a key interface within the enterprise with the ability to cross communicate requirements, needs and concepts

• Work within and support the scrum team, ensuring best practice principles are adhered to

• Support the product owner with in–sprint testing – planning, co–ordination and execution, ensuring that system changes delivered meet the systems design and the user story desired outcome

• Provide consultancy and / or the coordination of support for all stages of system and user acceptance testing along with Early Life Support/post implementation support

• Keep all stakeholders informed of progress, risks and issues on work (quality, timelines, budget).

• Complete weekly release status and other bespoke project reporting in line with the needs of key stakeholders/project managers

• Complete work to required quality standards and within agreed budget.

• Ensure industry knowledge and specific product knowledge is maintained. Keep abreast of regulatory change and industry trends.

• Build collaborative relationships and provide consultancy for internal and external stakeholders, representing SS&C as required.

• Work with key stakeholders to assist with maintenance of regulatory business artefacts, such as Process Maps, The Data Landscape and the Business Services Proposition.

• Consider the company's strengths and capabilities, technologies, quality, costs, customer interactions, and marketplace demands.

• Be a crucial member of the scrum team providing expertise to support product success

• Keep up to date with and analyse market opportunity to anticipate industry direction

• Apply technical, business, product and industry knowledge to product

Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Over 3 years' experience in Financial Services, ideally including business and technology roles

• Experienced and proven record of delivering products

• Logical database modelling and design

• Prior experience of Master Data Management and/or canonical modeling

• Proven IT analytical skills based on various analysis methodologies

• Client facing

• Strong and proven interpersonal skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Good influencer and negotiator

• Proven champion of change

• Self–motivated

• Ability to lead and take ownership

• Strong sense of ownership to ensure a high quality deliverable

• Working experience of Analysis and Design methodology

• Experience of working in Agile methodology

Desirable:

• Experience of UX/UI design

• Basic AS400 and SQL skills or their equivalents

• Experience delivering digital products within financial services

• Understanding of key technology providers and varying operating models

• BCS Diploma in Business Analysis or similar (or has started modules)

• Understanding and working knowledge of business architecture methodology (capability models/ user journeys etc.)

• Understanding of SS&C systems and technology infrastructure, both current and proposed.