Do you have experience of providing Business Analysis expertise, on a Financial Services transformation project?
This consulting opportunity is to support our client, a leading wealth management company, in delivering key services as part of their advice transformation programme.
The project needs a consultant who has:
- demonstrated experience with business process mapping, gap analysis and readiness planning within a regulated environment, preferably financial services
- proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business impacts
- strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across business, technical teams and external stakeholders.
You will be required to attend workshops in Southampton at least once a week.
Key services:
The key services that you will be asked to provide are:
- Lead business process mapping, gap analysis, and impact assessments to identify areas requiring change or support.
- Engage and work collaboratively with stakeholders across business and technical teams to gather requirements, clarify objectives, and ensure alignment on business readiness priorities.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and actionable readiness activities.
- Develop and maintain readiness plans, ensuring all business functions are prepared for upcoming technology implementations.
- Conduct and track change impact assessments, ensuring mitigation strategies and readiness activities are effectively managed.
- Coordinate readiness deliverables such as training materials, communication plans, and cutover schedules.
- Provide regular progress reporting and status updates to senior stakeholders, highlighting risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Support the continuous improvement of business readiness frameworks, ensuring best practice approaches are embedded across the programme.
Mandatory Requirements:
Successful consultants will be able to demonstrate:
- Background in Financial Services, or other equivalent regulated sectors.
- Strong business analysis capabilities and experience.
- Experience supporting business readiness for large-scale technical implementations.
- Track record of working across the organisation, including with teams who represent external stakeholder communities.
- Experience in managing readiness activities such as training, communications, and cutover planning.
Working Pattern: Remote with travel to Southampton at least once a week for workshops
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
Duration: Initial 6 months