Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Grade 7 (£42,708 - £47,754)

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37 Hours Permanent

Do you have excellent Business Analyst skills and extensive knowledge of change management principles and are looking to develop in the pension industry? Are you looking to work for one of the largest pension funds in the UK? We may have the role for you!

About WMPF

WMPF is one of the UK’s largest pension funds providing local authority pension benefits for employees across the West Midlands.

We manage and administer the pension interests of over 330,000 scheme members, 800+ employers and currently have over £21 billion in assets under management.

We are recruiting for a Business Analyst to join our continually growing Finance, Resources and Transformation Service Area.

Our brand-new offices are based at the i9 building in Wolverhampton and is an excellent location for transport links by car, bus, train and tram.

What the day will look like

Responsibilities include:

• Develop knowledge of the organisation, its aims, objectives and priorities, and to understand the impact of the major business change programmes of the Fund and the effect they will have on the organisation and other change initiatives, becoming a catalyst for change, helping to drive through the initiatives and the realisation of business benefits.
• Develop productive and effective relationships with business customers, meeting with all levels of business user to understand the business and requirements.
• Define and analyse existing KPIs & underlying processes to identify areas for improving efficiency and effectiveness through waste reduction, removal of non-value-add activities, and exploiting opportunities to increase levels of STP.
• Map and document business processes, ensuring all systems dependencies and interfaces are captured, inherent risks identified, and appropriate controls defined.
• Prepare procedures documentation to support the development of key business processes, ensuring roles and responsibilities across the process are clearly set out and understood.
• Prepare systems and data maps to ensure data capture, storage and flows between systems are understood and optimised where possible, whilst also considering overall data integrity.

About you

You will be an experienced and proactive Business Analyst with a strong background in regulatory or financial services, skilled in process mapping, stakeholder engagement, and driving operational improvements through data, systems, and process analysis.

You will be delivery-focused, collaborative, and able to work independently to support and lead projects that align with the Fund’s ambitious transformation goals.

For more information please email WMPFRecr or to apply for this post please visit the following website:

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Why choose the West Midlands Pension Fund?

You will receive a generous holiday entitlement (starting with 26 days a year plus bank holidays). We usually work two days a week in the office and three from home.

We have a modern office environment that offers a relaxed working atmosphere with study and breakout areas, meeting rooms and kitchens with free tea and coffee making facilities. There are also cloakrooms, bike stores, showers and lockers available.

Other benefits whilst working for the fund include the employee awards scheme and on-the-job development where you will be provided with comprehensive study support for professional exams, formal education & structured training and the potential to advance within a growing organisation.

Working at the fund is a great way to start or develop your career and will give you the opportunity to explore, question and collaborate.

You will build your skills and knowledge but also a network where everyone is here to help support you learn and develop in a place where you can thrive both professionally and personally making a shared impact.

We are delighted to have been accredited PASA, Investors in People, customer service excellence and we have Bronze Organisational Membership with the British Dyslexia Association and are working towards their Smart Award, which further underlines our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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