Finance Senior Business Analyst (12-months FTC) - part-time

Coventry Building Society have an exciting new role for a Senior Business Analyst with specialist Finance and accounting knowledge, to undertake the coordination lead for business analysis within a team. Working closely with the Release Train Engineer, Product Owner, Scrum Master, they have responsibility for supporting the analysis approach, within the team and supporting critical assessment of activity and helping to shape and create the Product Backlog.

A core part of this role is to work closely with all other team level roles and with Financial subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure the clarity of and alignment to delivery and maintenance of features aligned Portfolio strategy and committed outcomes as set through increment planning activity. The role requires significant interaction with business stakeholders and third parties to help ensure customer and value-based outcomes are captured in the product backlog of work.

Benefits

Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

We are looking for someone with excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence business decisions and command credibility at all levels, building and managing relationships. You'll have experience of managing, supporting, and developing teams to optimise business analysis, backlog activity and value delivery. Along with experience of Agile Business Analysis, having worked in Agile frameworks and Lean mindset, frameworks and practice.

The role will initially be focused within our Finance and Treasury portfolio so an understanding of Financial processes, data and systems would be beneficial.

Candidate must have direct experience and knowledge of financial general ledgers, accounting principles and reconciliation of data between general ledgers. You will have the ability to trace data lineages and accounting journals in detail. Furthermore, you will have experience of building test harnesses to validate and reconcile accounting records exported/imported between accounting platforms.

You'll come from a strong analytical background and have a proven ability in analytical reasoning, including being able to add context to business activities and help drive conclusions. An in depth knowledge of process modelling and visualising business needs (user features, personas, use case analysis etc).

We require someone who is an excellent communicator who is able to communicate with to both technical and non-technical audiences in a clear, concise style of presentation in oral and written work. With strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work with a collaborative approach and build trust with others effectively. You'll have knowledge and experience in an agile / scrum environment with a demonstrated appreciation for working within a scaled environment. Well versed with SAFe and understanding of working aligned to Agile Release Trains

As a mutual, we've always worked together to improve the lives of others. As one of the largest building societies in the UK, over 3,000 of us share that goal, in our branches and Head Office. Our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and total support for our wellbeing.

We're serious about race, age, faith, disability, sexual orientation, and equity for all. By being yourself, you'll make us stronger.

You can build so much more than a career. Come and make a difference in our Society, that's been voted a 'Great Place to Work' by our team.

Flexibility and why it matters

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we'll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.