Job description
Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.
We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:
- UK & Ireland’s premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
- 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
- 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
- Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
- Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!
Job Description
We are looking to hire a Senior Agile Business Analyst who is expert in requirements management with a particular focus in Capital Markets and the Financial industry including fixed income markets, including how bonds and other securities are issued, traded, and managed.
Using your analytical skills, you will be able to investigate problems and identify opportunities for improvement, support decision making and prioritization, and define success measures. You will understand the business and policy constraints that need to be considered and be able to assess their impact.
You will be able to work without close supervision, and collaboratively with other disciplines in a team to deliver valuable results, and manage stakeholder relationships within client projects to a senior level. Where needed, you will be able to lead a team, raising risks and issues to the appropriate people.
Qualifications
Essential skills and experience:
- Significant experience in Capital Markets, having worked at major big banks
- Strong grasp of fixed income markets, including how bonds and other securities are issued, traded, and managed.
- Understand financial industry standards, compliance with laws, rules, and regulations, and exercise sound ethical judgment.
- Expert in managing business, functional, reporting, and data requirements. Analyse business and user needs, document use cases, and translate business requirements to resolve problems and define technical solutions.
- Facilitate communication between business leaders, IT stakeholders, and third parties. Communicate risks and impacts, and provide reports and presentations in the right format and language to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Understand research and user experience, using findings to inform decision-making and balance user needs against business priorities.
- Contribute to the design of system enhancements, identify process optimization through automation, meeting user needs and inclusion of emerging technologies. Deliver end-to-end process mapping (current, interim, and future states) as required.
- Test systems to ensure they meet requirements, identify problems, and support the testing of technical solutions focusing on business and user value, functionality and usability throughout the systems development life cycle.
- Troubleshoot complex issues by evaluating business processes and systems. Raise appropriate risks and issues to senior stakeholders with mitigating actions.
- Experience working independently, leading a team, and managing the execution of deliverables.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Agile methodology.
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company’s profits.
- Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
- Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
- Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
- Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
- Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
- Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
Expected Salary Range $140,000 - $155,000
Ashley Smith - Talent Acquisition Capability Partner
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