Business Analyst - Immediate Start

We are hiring a creative Business Analyst to join our incredible team at Eolas Recruitment in Dublin.
Growing your career as a Full Time Business Analyst is a great opportunity to develop excellent skills.
If you are strong in people management, planning and have the right mindset for the job, then apply for the position of Business Analyst at Eolas Recruitment today!

My Dublin City Centre based client is recruiting for a Business Analyst to join the team on a permanent basis. This role will be working on a hybrid model.

My Dublin City Centre based client is recruiting for a Business Analyst to join the team on a permanent basis. This role will be working on a hybrid model. The Business Analyst will define scope., requirements, & requirement artefacts across the programme of projects across Client, Strategic and BAU Change. The Business Analyst will be a key role in the eliciting of requirements from a mix of technical and non – technical business resources and translating them with developers and signed off as part of the project delivery lifecycle. The Business Analyst will be part of the Change Team and is a subject matter expert (SME) The Business Analyst will work across all of the departments, including Operations, IT, PMO, CRE, Compliance, Lending, Finance & MI, and clients to ensure business requirements are defined & delivered to provide maximum benefit to the business.

Job Responsibilities

• Requirements & Design
• You will host workshops to elicit requirements from business/clients, challenging status quo & mindset to ensure the best possible design & benefit realisation
• Conduct high quality business analysis & provide clear business requirement documentation/ functional specs
• Identify & escalate important systems issues
• Playback of requirements back to business/client
• Communication/translation of the requirements to IT
• You will ensure appropriate approvals for sign off of requirements
• You will provide support to UAT team understanding requirements for translation to test scripts, handover on data structure knowledge
• Process Definition
• You will work with SMEs to capture to be processes & supporting documentation always with a customer first mindset.
• You will ensure sign off of process documentation in a timely fashion to allow for controlled delivery throughout the project lifecycle
• You will engage with the Project Manager, Change Leadership and/or functional leaders to document business improvements and/or issues.
• Data Reconciliation/Issues
• Supporting the data query log activities
• Supporting and driving closure of data issues
• Methodology/Training
• Documents are clear, concise, and accurate

Experience Required

• Have a minimum of 3 years’ experience working as a business analyst in financial service or insurance sector.
• Have significant experience & knowledge of supporting change in a mortgage servicing business; on/offboarding, digital/customer journey/transformation/BAU change
• Have experience in MS Office including Word, Visio, & high degree of knowledge in Microsoft excel & experience analysing large data sets
• JIRA experience
• Have experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools
• Have experience of data analysis & ability to present complex information in an understandable manner to all areas of the business
• Problem solving & root cause identification skills
• Be able to work effectively at all levels in an organization
• Have strong understanding of all aspects of systems implementation & software development life cycles
• Have strong financial analysis skills with the ability to review, understand & interpret loans interest & billing history
• Have a proven track record of excellent communication & customer service skills enabling successful collaboration with key stakeholders and ability to translate client requirements into tangible requirements/ deliverables
• Have experience working with technical & business teams to translate internal & external business needs to drive functional and technical requirements

Essential and Desirable Skills

• Recognised IT Qualification
• Recognised Project Management Qualification
• Have experience & knowledge on various loan product types
• A third level Financial, Accounting or Business-related qualification would be a distinct advantage

Educational Requirements

• 3rd Level Qualification
• Professional Qualification in Business Analysis

Working Hours & Benefits

• Hybrid Working
• Pension
• Bonus
• Life Assurance
• Death in service
• Health Insurance

Benefits of working as a Business Analyst in Dublin:

● Learning opportunities
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Advantageous package