Business Analyst

  • Skipton building Society
  • Skipton, Yorkshire
  • Dec 08, 2021
Full time Banking

Job Description

Job Introduction

Are youpassionate about delivering change and agile ways of working? Do you want tomake a difference? Be part of a workplace ranked 7th in The Sunday Times 100Best Big Companies to Work For, a dynamic and mindful team where you canproudly be yourself. At Skipton Building Society, we have a number of excitingChange roles available.

If you are ready to take up a vital role shaping some of our excitingprojects and epics, how about joining our talented team, where we work togetherto delight our customers and colleagues. We value diversity of thought,expertise and knowledge. When you join, you'll be a part of a collaborativeenvironment where everyone's voice is valued and new ideas are encouraged.

Are you;

- An experienced Change professional, passionate about T-shaped skills?

- Able to lead change, be agile in your thinking and approach?

- Able to focus on the customer and colleague with an innovative and open mind?

- Able to facilitate conversations, events, ceremonies and workshops with stakeholders to understand problems clearly in order to find the right solutions?

- Able to thrive in self-organising teams?

- Able to articulate complex technical jargon in a way that makes sense to our non-technical stakeholders?

- Able to collaborate, influence and motivate a wide variety of colleagues?

- Driven to continuallylearn, reflect and adapt approaches you and the team use to find better, moreeffect
ive ways of working?

We have somegreat opportunities available for Change professionals to join our growingchange and hub teams.

You'll need a strong ability to work collaboratively, supporting andchampioning the growth and development of colleagues, demonstrating highemotional intelligence with strong leadership skills, be a brilliantproblem-solver and have an inquisitive appetite to continuously develop andlearn. You'll enjoy working with a variety of people, be able to inspire andmotivate and you'll be self-driven and self-organising.

You'll beable to flex your skillset to meet business demands, applying the mostappropriate approach to enable us to deliver change successfully. You'll beable to facilitate scrum events, workshops and refinement activities to turnbusiness problems into user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

Ultimately,the business will be relying on you and the team to make sure the solutions wedeliver are practical, achievable and of value. Most importantly, you'll beable to clearly identify how what we are doing adds value and moves us towardsour strategic priorities.

What you'll be doing

- Facilitating scrum events and/or refinement sessions - Contributing towards and creating user stories to ensure a shared understanding across the team - Operating with agility and with product responsibility - Provide expert advice and translating technical jargon - Acting on opportunities to adopt trends and new concepts - Contributing to course corrections (i.e. retrospective / lessons learned / feedback loops) - Fostering a fail-fast culture of innovation and professionalism within the team where there is clear ownership and accountability - Ensuring adherence to agreed principles, guardrails and governance - Fostering excellent relationships with team members, relevant partners, suppliers & internal / external stakeholders - Playing an active role in our Communities of Practice to pass on knowledge and build expertise

What you'll bring To be succ
essful in this role:

- You'll have 5+ years as a Change professional (such as Project Manager/Scrum Master or Business Analyst) - Experience of both agile and more traditional delivery mechanisms (e.g. waterfall) - Possess strong decision making and prioritisation skills; have experience overseeing and managing complex problems - Problem-solving and logical thinking to create minimum viable product outcomes - Customer and colleague centric - Operational and systems thinker - Proven ability to establish rapport, credibility and influence others to drive results across a matrixed organisation - Strong leadership and excellent communication skills - It would be advantageous if you have certification in agile (ICAgile, Scrum, Kanban etc.) - It would be advantageous to have knowledge of / experience in Financial Advice and Investments

About Skipton Building Society

At Skipton Building Society we are not just another Financial Services Institution we are a mutual organisation, which means we are owned by our members and believe in placing them at the heart of everything we do. The same goes for our people. We can only be successful as a business if we have great people and we believe in treating people as individuals. Our values are Trust, Ownership and One Team which reflect the attitudes and way of working everyone here displays on a daily basis, and which are key to the delivery of the outstanding level of personal service we offer our customers.

We're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where every colleague has an opportunity to fulfil their career potential. We respect and appreciate the value that our colleagues' unique differences can bring and offer consideration for anyone seeking a more flexible work-life balance. If you have a need for flexibility then please let us know.

Why Work For Us

We're committed to payingour people fairly for the role they undertake and provide a wide range ofbenefits to support our colleagues' finances and wellbeing,
including ourEmployee Assistance programme, the opportunity to buy extra holidays andshopping discount vouchers You'll be able to shape your career within your team and can expect astructured learning and development programme where you'll be valued recognisedand rewarded.

More information on our benefits can be found here

Skipton are an equalopportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled orqualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability,religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age