Business Analyst - Life & Pensions / Insurance

Business Analyst – Life / Pensions / Insurance - Edinburgh

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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. From day one 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 are:

• Experts in capital markets, insurance, banking and payments 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
• Focus on maintaining our nimble, agile and entrepreneurial culture

Life / Pensions / Insurance

About the Role

The key role of the Insurance Consultant is central to delivering a range of challenging projects within UK Insurance. We are seeking people with insurance expertise across Life and Pensions, General Insurance and London Market to help deliver a range of projects in the UK.

You will be joining a strong team with deep expertise and an exciting set of client engagements with a focus on digital transformation.

Have you got a background in :

• Change and transformation within Insurance
• Digital Transformation or Data Analytics
• Product Management or as a Product Owner in Agile ways of working
• Regulatory change e.g. IFRS17

Then we’re looking for you!

You will be identifying the strategy and drivers for change and effecting change across business and IT. There is a lot of scope to progress within this role.

About You

• You will share our vision and passion to make business and operating models more resilient and efficient, with an aim to drive better wealth accumulation, investment returns and retirement outcomes
• You will have operational or change experience in the asset management industry
• You will want to challenge the status quo and explore new methods and technologies that can benefit our clients
• You must be passionate about delivering change from strategy through to solution implementation
• Capco projects can touch on many parts of an asset management business, so we need people with knowledge and experience of fund manufacturing, sales & distribution, portfolio management, trading, fund operations and associated technology platforms and solutions.
• You will bring knowledge of how asset managers deliver value to end-clients, control their costs and grow their business
• You will broadly know the rules and regulations that they comply with and will possess expertise in a business process area, key systems, or the client and intermediary relationships they serve

AS PART OF THE CONSULTING TEAM AT CAPCO, THE BUSINESS ANALYST WILL

• Work across multiple teams within your client’s organisation to perform requirements elicitation
• Have experience working within Wealth & Asset Management as a Business Analyst and/or in a hybrid role capacity as a Business Analyst
• Ability to analyse and document complex business processes, users stories and functional requirements
• Perform gap analysis and redesign business process flows
• Assist the Project Manager / Scrum Master in creation of project plans and/or sprint planning
• Prepare for and facilitate client meetings & workshops with stakeholders at all seniority levels
• Manage tasks on Jira Kanban boards
• Develop and produce metrics & reporting where required, and present this to clients and stakeholders
• Work to mitigate risks by continuously monitoring incidents/risks and escalating where required
• Work closely with product owner (where applicable) to ensure business requirements are translated into functional solution design

Skills and Experience

• Experience working in Business Analyst roles within Life & Pensions
• Systems implementation
• Knowledge of Pensions Landscape
• Life & Pensions Product knowledge
• Large scale transformation
• Agile methodology
• Experience working closely with technology delivery teams to ensure the solutions delivered satisfy the requirements
• Experience in maintaining project schedules, plans and Jira tasks
• Knowledge of the SDLC, as well as Waterfall and Agile project delivery methods
• Excellent attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective and flexible communication skills
• Excellent organizational & strong stakeholder management skills

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
• Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits, including maternity / adoption / shared parental leave and paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause and bereavement

NEXT STEPS

If you’re looking forward to progressing your career with us, please do not hesitate to apply. We are looking forward to receiving your application.

To learn more about Capco and its people check out the website on www.capco.com