Job Title: Business Analyst_PM

Location: Pune

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Working Flexibly

We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a career, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.

If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

Introduction:

The role is primarily focused on Strategic Initiatives which are key for the continued growth of Barclays. There are a number of initiatives related to products that CSPT support. The person will be required to perform analysis with the program leads in order to understand the process flows and then understand how the changes impact CSPT flows. To help provide estimates, so this can be provided back to the programme. The BA will then need to support any development testing or regression testing, depending what the requirements are.

As part of the CSPT team the person will be responsible for the implementation of a number of strategic initiatives, enabling more controlled and efficient settlement processes. The role is to support business and systems analysis, tasks to support delivery to the business. The role will entail

• Complete ownership of BA deliverables and drive the requirements end to end till go-live
• Requirements gathering, agreement of functional requirements via user stories and data analysis
• Working with development teams to define solutions that meet the business and system requirements, design reviews and alignment with architecture guidelines
• Work with business users through project delivery from requirements, support through testing and implementation to deliver agreed business benefits
• Co-ordinate with testing, development, release and RTB teams to integrate the solution, through build, test and successful deployment, ensuring adherence to Barclays policies
• Co-ordinating & supporting business users through changes and UAT
• Support testing across GBS & Java applications
• Support all aspects of messaging from both a design and delivery perspective.

The role will require working closely and collaboratively with colleagues in Pune, London and Prague. The team leader is based in Pune

What will you be doing?

• Ability and willingness to take ownership and lead BA tasks and liaise with relevant colleagues/teams to secure successful acceptance and delivery
• Be part of a delivery team that drives a set of user stories from inception through detailed acceptance criteria using behavioural driven requirements, analysis, design, development, testing through to delivery and release.
• Support tech deliveries that identify operational saves & own components of the same form a technical perspective.
• Analyse and validate business requirements and marry with the developers proposals to meet the requirement , using data driven analysis or assisting/leading user workshops. Demonstrate ability to navigate though inconsistencies to bring users to a common understanding with each other or in line with project vision.
• Define and document functional requirements either by use of user stories or functional requirements, and provide input to product backlog maintenance and refinement sessions. Lead functional walkthroughs, demonstrating ability to negotiate and finding a compromise on expectations where required.
• Detailed gap analysis and design tasks, across multiple applications and technologies to propose solutions and assess the impact of change on systems, interfaces, processes and people.
• Identify or provide solution options, pros/cons and present recommendations using appropriate level of documentation for complexity/audience (eg Diagrams, working examples, data insights) and consult to get agreement. Work with members of team or audience to resolve conflicts of opinion or divergence from strategic direction of area/firm, resolve through appropriate design authority/forums.
• Work with development team to understand technical design, database, configuration and migration script dependencies, confirm estimates and agree how will be delivered and tested.
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs. Identify and challenge concerns around technical debt or where solution may be over complex and is in proportion to commercial benefit
• Support and coordinate multiple end user groups in multiple time locations and sites during UAT, investigation of defects, through to resolution with development team and retesting.
• Provide input to overall schedule and sprint planning, raise any blockers and input to overall project RAID log.
• Significant interaction with Operations and Technology teams in multiple locations; build strong and trusted relationships with user and other technology community. (Analyst to Director level)
• Provide Level 3 production support analysis as required
• Work with release teams to ensure that production releases are planned out with minimal or no disruption to customers and business users. Ensuring CSPT release and change control process is followed.
• Identify process and efficiency improvements in the team's development process, deliver tools and actively seek opportunities to implement proposals and remove blockers to move to DevOps model
• Be able to apply knowledge and experience as well as industry best practice when assessing needs/solutions
• Establish best practice in coding, release and change mgmt space and evaluate any performance impact across applications
• Influencing / networking - developing internal and external business relationships and using own knowledge, skills and experience to influence others opinions and actions

What we're looking for:

• Experience in executing Investment Banking technology projects as a Business Analyst
• Extensive knowledge of Capital markets and Investment Banking Domain - trade capture , confirmations settlements , accounting plus project implementation experience in these areas
• Experience in Requirements gathering , documentaion of requirements ( Busienss and Functional req document) , Capturing flows through visio diagrams , test scenarios prearation , coordination with Ops/Tech teams
• Experience coordinating User acceptance testing
• Experience of managing tasks across different functions and across non co-located teams
• Experience of data migration, analysis and definition, and onboarding of new business
• Experience in analyzing data - and knowledge and usage of SQL queries
• MS Word , Excel , Powerpoint

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Good communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to face off with various levels of seniority
• Team Player and demonstrate collaboration within and across teams.
• Aptitude and willingness to work on cross functional tasks
• Proactive and delivery focused, with ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to multi task and adapt to changing requirements/priorities and context
• Ability and willingness to take ownership for BA tasks and liaise with relevant colleagues/teams to secure successful acceptance and delivery
• Ability to identify feasible options, problem solve and collaborate to get agreement or make necessary decisions.

Where will you be working?

• Pune

Be More at Barclays

At Barclays, each day is about being more - as a professional, and as a person. 'Be More @ Barclays' represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It's the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.

Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.

Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect

We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.

Integrity

We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service

We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.

Excellence

We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.

Stewardship

We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower

Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.

Challenge

Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.

Drive

Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.