Associate Business Analyst

We now have a fantastic permanent opportunity within our Retail Protection business for an Associate Business Analyst where your role will be to support and learn from other Business Analysts to target business areas and system support teams to understand and analyse user/business needs.

This will be an opportunity to apply your existing skills and knowledge towards identifying functional, information and data dependencies at each stage, map business processes and system interactions and interfaces for ongoing business changes and IT transformation, whilst progressing your skillset and knowledge to establish independence in role. 

To give you a flavour of what you'll be doing in this role we have outlined some of the key accountabilities below:

• Formulating, eliciting and documenting requirements/user stories from stakeholders.
• Supporting the design and facilitation of workshops, stakeholder interviews, discovery activities 
• Validating user stories using research, system analysis, data and customer insight to make informed decisions on priorities and focus.
• Supporting Business Analysts, the Lead BA and Product Owner in identifying EPICs, User Stories, building and prioritising the product backlogs, encouraging innovation and the identification of customer-centred journeys, to better serve our customers.
• Contributing to the management of and influence stakeholder alignment and communication at various levels across multiple business areas and divisions

As part of our selection process and screening we will be looking for the following knowledge and experiences/abilities:

• A demonstrated background as a change agent, perhaps having worked as an SME for a transformation programme or process analysis
• Experience working with senior stakeholders (Area Managers, Team leaders)
• Ability to demonstrate supportive, communicative and collaborative approach to working in a team
• A summary understanding and applied knowledge of network communication, data models and large datasets to perform key analysis
• Exposure to Agile and Waterfall Frameworks
• Knowledge of tools such as Jira & Confluence

Legal & General is a leading financial services organisation, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.  

We’re one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurers. Connecting to form a unique business model which drives value for our customers and society. And enabling our people to create impact through work that is meaningful and valued.  

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.  

We strive to be open, mindful, and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs. It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose. 

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.