Manager - Business Analysis

Job description

Reporting into a Senior Business Analysis Manager, you will operate as part of the Global Programme Group (GPG - specifically the Business Analysis function).

The GPG is a core Business Professional function that works directly with the Firm's senior leadership to shape and deliver the Firm's strategy. You will therefore work with a wide and varied range of internal and external business stakeholders to expertly define and deliver the most effective and efficient ways of working into the Firm. As part of the Business Analysis function, you will work closely with Programme, Portfolio and Project colleagues in GPG to ensure projects and programmes are successfully defined and delivered into the Firm.

Position Details:

- You will bring a strong, business analysis capability to an increasingly people and impact-focused environment. You will add value to projects by using your analytical capabilities to consider, define and accommodate impact(s) to end users and stakeholders from the outset.

- You will work on projects and programmes that may not only lead to changes in IT systems, but also the supporting Policy, Process and Practice all with a view to ensuring the most effective and efficient practices within the firm.

- You will lead a range of analytical activity across the Idea Lifecycle and work collaboratively with the business as well as project colleagues, providing a critical link between the two.

- You will be responsible for the successful analysis, definition, and delivery of business change across any project or broader programme of change. You will be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team, deploying skills across an end-to-end framework or lifecycle.

- You will have demonstrable experience of industry-standard approaches and utilise the full range of techniques available to a skilled, collegiate Business Analysis Manager.

- You will contribute towards the development of the Business Analysis function and the ongoing effort to embed and promote the Business Analysis framework and its merits. You will operate within the framework and from beginning to end in any given project or Programme, design and deliver new or refined ways of working into the business and assure business benefits

Required Candidate profile -

- A relevant Business Analysis or Change certification is desired.

- You will have experience of working within a global Professional Services organisation, preferably the legal sector.

- You will have demonstrable knowledge of business analysis principles, methodologies, tools, and approaches.

- You will have experience of working on global change initiatives and a solid understanding of how to take people and organisations through the change process.

- You will have strong familiarity with industry-standard business change and project management approaches, tools and methodologies