Hargreaves Lansdown
Senior Business Analyst

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About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to join The Investment & Programme Management Office (IPMO). In this role you’ll combine strong Business Analysis skills with exceptional stakeholder engagement and collaboration capability. As Senior BA, you’ll build partnerships with key stakeholders and work to deliver end to end business solutions. You’ll have a good range of knowledge and operate in both product and project environments.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading business analysis activities on medium to large sized projects and initiatives, using appropriate tools and methods to clearly translate business outcomes to design options and solutions.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to ensure impacts to the business are understood, assessed and that intelligent controls are integrated into design solutions, to deliver maximum value and mitigate risk for both the organization and our clients.
- Maintain a key partnership with Product to understand the business in detail across processes, security and data to most effectively shape the solutions to meet the strategic outcomes.
- Maintain a key partnership with Technology to drive cohesion between product initiatives and the technology principles and design outcomes.
- Adhere to governance standards, whilst constantly seeking ways to adopt efficient approaches to improve the capability of Business Analysis.
- Take accountability for own performance and that of more junior BAs within the project, product, initiative areas of responsibility.
- Demonstrate self-driven development in Business Analysis disciplines, driving the capability standard on a continuous basis.
- Proactively shares knowledge and is confident coaching and mentoring others.
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About you
Essential
- Works collaboratively with BA colleagues and takes responsibility for business analysis activities on medium to large sized projects, initiatives, workstreams or features, using appropriate tools and methods to clearly translate business outcomes to design options and solutions.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to understand deep-rooted business process and system alignment.
- Proficient stakeholder engagement and influencing - capable of leading stakeholder debates, influencing and challenging constructively, taking the time to understand the business needs and build strong, trusted relationships.
- Ability to independently navigate challenges and problem solving – driven to make things better and simpler for our clients fostering an attitude of continuous improvement to deliver maximum value to the business and will look at problems differently and really drive to make us better.
- Ability to actively contribute to and enhance a collaborative team environment, driving an open and blame free culture to achieve common goals.
- Substantial experience in business analysis delivery; with practical knowledge of working across both traditional and agile methodologies and understands the approach to decide which will deliver greatest value aligned to the strategic outcomes.
- Experience in mentoring others, passing on knowledge and growing the BA community
- IIBA Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) or similar.
Desirable
- Achieved or is working towards the BCS Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis or similar.
- Agile business analysis qualifications.
- Banking and/or financial industry or similar regulated environment experience.
Interview process
This will be a 2-stage interview process including a case study.
Working Schedule
Based in Bristol head office, BS2 0TR. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We offer a hybrid flex working pattern with a minimum of 3 days in the office per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)


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Why us?
Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.
To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.
What's on offer?
- Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review
- 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**
- Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
- Enhanced parental leave
- Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
- Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
- Private medical insurance*
- Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
- Health screening programme
- Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
- Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
- Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
- Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
- Two paid volunteering days per year
- dependant on role level
** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year
Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.
Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.
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