A well-known organisation within the Financial Services sector is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support on a number of projects on a six-month fixed term contract basis.

This role will report directly into the Project Manager and can be based in Letchworth or Warrington with 2-3 days a week remote working.

Main responsibilities:

• Support the project manager with the delivery of cross-functional change projects
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate project governance is followed through project lifecycle
• Work with business stakeholders and third-party suppliers to ensure that projects deliver to agreed plans
• Assist the business with the documentation of business requirements, project deliverables, and test plans
• Hands-on support for key projects and programmes
• Producing reporting for Projects and Systems Committee
• Ensuring appropriate project governance and controls are in place and followed throughout the project lifecycle
• Identification and management of risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
• Management of MS Project Plans
• Maintenance of project action logs
• Support business areas as needed with production of business requirements, project deliverables, and test plans
• Liaising with internal and external project stakeholders
• Provide regular updates to the Project Manager

Personal attributes:

• Experienced Business/Project Analyst who has worked on end-to-end project lifecycle - preferably within financial services
• Able to prioritise work and to manage across multiple projects
• Proficient in MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Experience in Risk, Issue, Assumption and Dependence identification and management
• Able to self-motivate and work with limited supervision
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• PMO experience preferred
• Comfortable working in dynamic fast paced environment
• Excellent communication, including written, verbal, and strong presentating experience