Business Analyst

About Goodbody

Goodbody is a leading financial services firm, committed to serving and growing client relationships for 150 years. We are a full service, investment-led business offering wealth management, asset management, investment banking and private equity services. Our staff of over 400 work in offices across Dublin, London, Cork and Galway. We’re proud to offer prospective employees a professional, collegial work environment that encourages diversity of thought and background. Our reputation in the Irish market for putting customers first is as consistent as the company’s long-standing commitment to giving back to the communities that we work in.

About the Business Analyst role

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Business Change team as a Business Analyst. You will be working as part of a team of problem solvers, who deliver on the change and transformation agenda for Goodbody, collaborating with business stakeholders and working closely with our technical teams.

Business Accountabilities include:

Business Analysis & Project Delivery;

• Acting as a first point of contact for all business queries.  This will include fielding and responding to standard day to day business queries.
• Perform data analysis and reporting to assist in the development of business, financial and regulatory reports as well as general data analysis to support change and Management reporting.
• Support the day-to-day management and communication with Goodbody’s key outsourced providers.
• Consult closely with business users to capture their requirements, understand their work and communicate any technical constraints to them with a view to optimizing the effectiveness of implementations.
• Acting as an interface between business units, technology teams and support teams creating deliverables including Process Maps, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and User Acceptance Tests.
• Driving and executing small and mid-sized change projects (including requirements gathering, solution design, solution execution, testing, implementation and training – and producing documentation related to each step).
• Provide support for large change initiatives.
• Ensure compliance is maintained with internal procedures.
• Develop best practices and tools for business analysis, change management and project execution.

Qualifications and Experience

• Good foundation in Financial Services
• Experience of using SQL and the MS Office suite.
• Excellent attention to detail and a willingness to engage at a detailed level.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal & written) with ability to build effective relationships with business and technical teams.

Ideal Characteristics

• Problem solving and Decision making.
• A high level of analytical ability, strong numerical ability with an innovative approach to problem solving and a creative mind-set.
• Strong Communication skills.
• A technical knowledge and understanding of IT platforms as they relate to the Financial Services Industry.
• Understanding customer needs and applying a client-oriented focus with a strong emphasis on quality and efficiency.
• Experience in managing deadlines, coordinating activities, escalating risk.

Goodbody is focused on helping our employees thrive, and we do this by bringing to life our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) ‘Together we prosper’. Our firm’s purpose is to create long-term prosperity, and we cannot execute on our purpose without the right talent at Goodbody. To make sure we attract and retain industry-leading, passionate and inspiring talent, we’ve built a vibrant culture based on inclusion, opportunities to grow and a commitment to ‘do the right thing’, one of our core values. We live this by offering:

• Regular employee events through our universal inclusion programme fostering a sense of belonging and celebrating differences. And an ‘always on’ approach to social, financial, mental and physical wellbeing. 
• A benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, educational sponsorship and health insurance, along with a hybrid working model to promote better work/life balance
• Opportunities to give back through sustainability initiatives, volunteering and on-site and online meetings with our charity partners

Goodbody is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please include a note in your application or email us directly at HR@Goodbody.ie

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Appointment to this role is subject to the candidate's eligibility to work in Ireland. Where agency assistance is required, our Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Goodbody by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role. Goodbody operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the HR team will engage directly with our recruitment partners. 

Goodbody Stockbrokers UC, trading as Goodbody, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. In the UK, Goodbody is also subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority. Goodbody is a member of Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange. Goodbody is a member of the group of companies headed by AIB Group plc.