Business Analyst - up to £75,000

An international Law Firm is seeking a Business Analyst with experience of working in either the professional services or the legal sectors, to be based at its prestigious headquarters in the City.

The main remit of the role will be to support various projects - both business and infrastructure - and to define requirements for all new systems and processes.

The successful candidate will have an understanding of the legal industry and ideally having worked with lawyers or experience of working within a professional services environment.

Responsibilities

To analyse, map and evaluate the current business processes and working practices across the entire firm and the systems that support them.

Making recommendations for improvement and change where necessary

Identifying emerging solutions and technologies that will help contribute to a cycle of continual improvements across the firm

To work closely with other members of the Business Change & Strategy teams to help ensure that new systems / projects are implemented in such a way that they deliver the expected benefits for the Firm. This includes Organisational Change Management elements of project delivery

Understanding the needs of the firm in relation to the performance of elements of the business and the provision of commercial solutions.

Actively engaging with senior stakeholders across the organization

Build long lasting relationships with key stakeholders

Translate user requirements into functional specifications

Working with users, developers and other technical resources to refine requirements

Communicate the agreed requirements to relevant business and support areas to ensure they are understood and met

Prepare and implement handover plans

Support QA process in defining and delivering test plans

Playing a key role in organisational Change Management planning and activities relating to the project delivery

Skills & Experience

Educated to degree level in Computing or IT would be preferred, or equivalent professional experience

Proven track record of working in a Legal or Professional Services environment

Process mapping for key business processes

Change and project management methodologies

Experience of working within a large IT teams

Engagement working with intapp or other professional services platforms preferred but not essential

This is an excellent opportunity to work for an international Law Firm, so please send your CV to Laurence Mulry for immediate consideration.