Trade Reporting Business Analyst (Permanent)

An exciting permanent opportunity has arisen for a Trade Reporting Business Analyst to join our client, a leading financial institution to assist with their on-going, middle-office delivery of regulatory changes.

Key skills & experience required:

• 5 Year+ previous experience of working in a PMO role
• Highly skilled in use of MS Office tools, particularly MS-Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Clarity and MS-Project
• A Background in Financial services ideally in a Regulatory based change environment 10 Years' experience in a global regulatory change role in a capital markets environment
• Working in a large scale Business Transformation / IT Programme
• Ability to develop macros/ visual basic skills
• PMP or Prince Certification or awareness
• Experience of using other Programme and Project Management tools (e.g. SharePoint, Clarity, MS Project, Visio)
• Strong business writing skills with ability to communicate complex ideas simply and convincingly, ask insightful questions, break analytical challenges into workable components, and draw meaningful conclusions
• Highly motivated, with strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills, possessing follow through, ability to manage, monitor, track, and clearly communicate progress on multiple initiatives
• Setting out collation of relevant data and status updates, in line with wider governance reporting timelines; able to provide a level of quality assurance, challenge and remediation updates as required
• Experience of Product Based Planning a distinct advantage
• Evidence of effective relationship management (both internal and external)
• Track record in working in global teams
• Excellent documentation and communication skills
• Positive 'can do' attitude
• Ability to work effectively to strict timelines and deadlines

Business Analyst responsibilities for the candidate will include:

• Supporting the Programme Director in delivering the Programme TOR
• Facilitating and continuously improving core control processes (e.g. Risk and Issue reviews)
• Programme status reporting
• Maintaining key Programme governance artefacts (e.g. TOR's, Steering Committee minutes, financials, RAID logs etc.)
• Undertaking specific pieces of analysis to support Programme stakeholders, as required
• Providing secretariat solutions to key Programme meetings
• Co-ordinating central communications for the Programme
• Coaching Programme team members on key processes, tools and controls
• Providing a Programme secretariat and making sure that HSBC policies and procedures for Change delivery are adhered to
• Ensuring alignment of status reporting, financials and plans with the Business Manager and Programme Planner

If you have similar experience to that outlined above, please forward your CV today.

Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.