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Business Analyst / Project Manager - Consultant / Senior Consultant

Capco

Capco

IT, Operations
Edinburgh, UK
Posted on Jul 27, 2024

Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you’re encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It’s important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can. We believe that everyone brings something different to the table – so we’d love to know what makes you different.

ABOUT CAPCO

Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry.

We are:

  • Experts in banking and payments, capital markets and wealth and asset management
  • Deep knowledge in financial services offering, including e.g. Finance, Risk and Compliance, Financial Crime, Core Banking etc
  • Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there
  • Focused on maintaining our nimble, agile and entrepreneurial culture

ROLE DESCRIPTION

We think about Business Analysis and Project Management a little differently, and if you do too then we want to hear from you. Our next generation teams think and act strategically, using data-driven insights to provide the backbone for large programmes and portfolios of work. We use design thinking to develop meaningful reports, rapid prototyping and agile development to automate the heavy lifting of the day-to-day running and collaborate with our offshore support teams to streamline administrative tasks, ensuring we can maintain focus on guiding delivery.

Capco are looking for experienced financial services Business Analysts and Project Managers across multiple levels. This role offers the chance to advise and deliver change projects as part of a long-term strategic partnership with leading financial institutions.

Roles will have a global focus and will entail collaborating with Business, Operations, Finance, Compliance, Technology, analysing and developing business and technical requirement, effective ways of working and identifying and reporting risks, issues and dependencies.

The preferred candidate will be expected to:

  • Be a self-motivator working in a team of Capco and client colleagues
  • Work closely with stakeholders (both technical and non-technical) to perceive new and better ways of working
  • Help to drive the use of Agile methodologies to help the organisation become more agile
  • Recommend areas for change and then provide support to the business as the changes develop to ensure continuous improvement
  • Collaborate with all parts of the business including 3rd parties


SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Experience working within Financial Services as a Business Analyst and/or in a hybrid role capacity as a Business Analyst/Project Manager
  • Solid experience of process mapping/process re-engineering
  • Ability to understand change required to pensions calculations
  • Proven ability to conduct process mapping and customer journey analysis
  • Change Management Methodology – proven delivery experience working in a project environment with different methodologies
  • Proven stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Change Management Implementation - Being involved in projects from Business Case creation through to User Acceptance Testing co-ordination, test planning and execution
  • Requirements Gathering – the ability to produce structured functional specification, including experience of User Story. proven ability to run effective workshops for client business users
  • Data Analysis and Interpretation - the ability to critically evaluate information gathered across multiple sources, reconcile variances, and recommend proposals to clients
  • Strong academic record coupled to good problem-solving skills and analytical mind-set
  • Excellent Communication and Stakeholder Management Skills - the ability to communicate to a variety of audiences across business function and level and tailor messages appropriately
  • Senior Business Analysts will have some experience leading teams, an understanding of project management and planning.

Business Analysts/Project Managers will also have experience in:

  • Practical project management, including formation of project governance framework and organizational structure
  • Creation of project charters, project plans, key dependencies, requirements collection, issues, risks and scope changes throughout all phases of the project RAID logs etc.
  • Leading Working Groups and Steering Committees.

Why Join Capco?

You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry.

We offer:

  • A work culture focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients
  • and employees
  • Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen
  • existing expertise
  • A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners
  • and directly with clients
  • A diverse, inclusive, meritocratic culture