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EMEA IT ApplicationsJob DescriptionWe're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do.
The Team
Norton Rose Fulbright is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to support the implementation of varied IT projects across our offices in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA). The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with business and IT stakeholders to analyse and implement applications that support core business processes.
The Lead Business Analyst will oversee a team of Business Analysts, working alongside/supporting them to ensure the successful delivery of our annual IT change portfolio. Additionally, the team will provide ad hoc analytical support for strategic decision-making, including the development of business cases and financial data models.
The Role:
The Lead Business Analyst will have the following key responsibilities:
Project Implementation :
Providing input at key points in our software delivery lifecycle such as:
Create business requirements documentation
Map as-is and to-be business processes
Analyse how system changes will impact these processes
Establish new ways of working with support teams and ensuring these are documented
Gather data from various sources and create dashboards
Analysis :
Create business cases by assessing the cost/effort and value
Model different scenarios based on potential decision paths
Assess various vendor solutions and their applicability to the use case making impartial data led recommendations
Manage new software requests to IT and ensuring the appropriate delivery teams are involved
Leadership :
Provide support to Business Analysts
Ensure there is consistency in the team’s output
Collaborate with other team leads to prioritise workload
Support and mentor BA through apprenticeship programme
Strategic Evolution :
Adopt new technology to enhance the BA team
Understand industry evolutions and bring new ideas to the wider team
Identify new ways the BA team can enhance the IT departments ability to deliver projects and/or service provided to the wider business
Skills and Experience Required:
Experience leading functional technology teams, especially in business analysis
Strong and articulate communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders
Good problem solver with a logical and methodical approach
Self-motivated learner that is curious to expand their own knowledge
Experience in a large scale IT projects including systems integration and change management
Understanding of project management methodologies, architectural frameworks and key ITIL disciplines
Experience with data modelling tools such as PowerBI
Experience with business process design and notation tools such as BPMN or UML
Experience in a legal or professional services practice (desirable)
To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential.
Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.
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What We Do
We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3,500 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; consumer markets; transport; technology; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.
Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.
Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com/legal-notices
