eFinancialCareers

• Company

  PRUPIM

• Location

  UK-London

• Remuneration

  Competitive Pay + Excellent Benefits

• Position Type

  Contract

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  07 Jul 2008

• eFC Ref no

  441383

1 Year Contract: An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Business Analyst to join a development team within a major property fund investment company. This role will provide combination of analytical and project management activity, working with Microsoft .NET C# and VB6/Com applications.

The position will be working directly with the business representatives at all levels within the organisation, undertaking business and systems analysis for new developments and enhancements to existing systems. The role also involves project management of technical staff and supporting key users with acceptance testing, training and system implementation.

The candidate will have worked on several enterprise strength applications within a structured development environment, adhering to and promoting standards and procedures. A thorough understanding of systems analysis and design methodology will be necessary as will an experience of working across all aspects of the project management life cycle, deploying bespoke systems and commercial-of-the-shelf packaged software solutions.

The successful applicant will be required to communicate effectively with other business analysts and project managers, training analysts and technical development staff, as well as produce high quality business/user documentation. The ability to chair project meetings and present their ideas to key stakeholders within the business is also essential to this role. Strong financial services/investment management knowledge is required.

Responsibilities

Managing development projects, analysing and designing solutions for the ‘Front Office’ business areas.

Managing project resources, preparing project plans and meeting project timescales within budget and to the agreed level of quality.

Producing analysis documentation clarifying business requirements and providing clear rationale for development projects, including feasibility study, security/risk assessment and cost/benefit analysis.

Interacting with users at all levels to accurately determine business requirements.

Recommending appropriate business and technical solutions. Producing high quality business/user documentation.

Following application development procedures and adhering standards.

Contributing to and maintaining development policies and procedures documentation.

Maintaining positive and effective relations with business representatives and members of the IT team.

Key Requirements

Understanding of and involvement in the entire application development lifecycle.

Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Experience of working with ‘Front Office’ user teams.

Able to work to tight timescales in a controlled manner.

Quantative financial understanding and knowledge required. Ideally IMC qualified (or studying for).

Working knowledge of SQL and relational database design and experience of C#/.Net GUI design.

Experience of working within a structured environment (e.g. Prince2).

Experience of Microsoft Project; Powerpoint and Word essential.