Job Title: Buisness Analayst-Core Systems

Location: Belfast

Hours: Full time, Permanent Hybrid

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A bit about us:

We're part of a global bank and are proud to be a Top Employer UK, providing a great place to work in an open and inclusive environment.

We're here to provide simple and straightforward consumer finance solutions and we work with many well-known retailers and brands to help their customers finance their purchases in a responsible way.

We care about making a positive impact for our colleagues, customers, partners, and the wider community. That's why we live by our values of we're positive, we're brave, and we own it.

The Role:

We are seeking a skilled analyst with a background in Core Systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of financial services and products, and familiarity with back-end operations, particularly with back end (Green screen) applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Query Development: Design and implement queries to extract data from back-end systems for analysis and reporting purposes.
• Regression Control Checks: Perform regression control checks to identify deviations from expected patterns or behaviours within our systems, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
• System Monitoring: Monitor the performance and functionality of back-end systems, identifying and resolving issues in a timely manner to minimise disruptions.
• Risk Mitigation: Collaborate with stakeholders to identify potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Process Optimisation: Continuously assess and optimise back-end processes to enhance efficiency, streamline operations, and improve overall system performance.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of queries, control checks, and system configurations to facilitate knowledge sharing and ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, finance, and compliance, to address system-related issues and implement solutions.
• Dashboard Creation: Develop interactive dashboards using data visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) to present key findings, trends, and insights derived from back end system data.
• Communicate to Senior Management: Prepare and deliver presentations to senior management, effectively communicating analysis results, actionable insights, and recommendations to inform decision-making processes.

Desirable Skills & Attributes:

• Tableau or PowerBI
• Uni Data / Uni Basic
• Dashboards
• Database Queries
• Incident / defect management

Could this be you?

We believe it's a positive attitude and passion to make things happen that matters most.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you. Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch, we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.

What's in it for you?

As well as working for a Top Employer UK 2023 and being part of a team that changes customer's lives, there are some excellent benefits too. We offer a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, and our Health Cash plan scheme. You also receive access to our multi-award-winning flexible benefits platform designed to provide you with the best range of benefits available to suit your lifestyle including life insurance and private medical insurance. There are also perks which give you fantastic discounts off eating out, cinema tickets, days out and much more.

Equal Opportunities Disclaimer

We promote equality of opportunity and is committed to ensure that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.