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Trainee Business Analyst

Employer
SOCIETE GENERALE
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
Feb 14, 2023

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Job Function
Accounting/Audit/Tax
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
Description of the Business Line or Department
  • The COO UK Projects team is a team of project professionals reporting to the Head of Change and Transformation or a Programme Director, and ultimately reports to the UK COO .
  • It aims at supporting the organisation by providing assistance and expertise in projects delivery across the UK Platform.
  • Its activities are focused around SGLB/SG UK transversal projects, primarily those which are linked to major organisational or strategic change or regulatory or market driven or otherwise mandatory or where there is a significant amount of GBSU change.


Summary of the key purposes of the role

This role reports directly to the Head of GBSU COO UK Steering

The role holder will be supporting a Project Manager as a Business Analyst for delivering key projects within the London Platform and is support for the following in either 'support' capacity or providing key support dependent on the programme/project structure and requirements:

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  • Work alongside a team of experienced individuals in a project environment and complete the documentation of various deliverables as and when required
  • Delivery of change within the change portfolio as assigned
  • Undertake analysis as required to assist senior BA/PM to make necessary decision on the strategy and scope of the target solution and budget and approach of the project
  • Help on the Development and maintenance of key project artefacts, ensuring robust project management lifecycle methodology has been applied to projects and documents are drafted, reviewed and approved in accordance with the team guidelines / project requirements
  • Participate to the control of project risks and issues in particular ensuring they are properly resolved, or escalated to the appropriate level with corrective actions
  • Ensuring that the deliverables are completed on time, within budget to the required level of quality
  • Completing the documentations for the budget with particular attention to external costs if appropriate
  • Preparing the documentation for the project steering committees and liaising with senior stakeholders / sponsors of the project
  • Preparing the communication throughout the project
  • Preparing the project closure and transition into business as usual


Summary of responsibilities

Carrying out the core responsibilities below - either in a 'support' capacity of the Programme Manager.

Pro -active stakeholder management
  • Ensure the agreed project management methods, standards and processes are maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Assist the Project Manager and Team Managers in the production and maintenance of project plans.
  • Develop and maintain the project library, filing, recording and reporting systems.
  • Develop and implement appropriate configuration management procedures
  • Co-ordinate the production of all reports and produce project summary reports.
  • Set up and maintain systems for recording project costs.
  • Define and document procedures in accordance with agreed methodology
  • Advise and assist project team members in the application of project procedures, disciplines and recording and reporting standards.
  • Maintain risk and issue logs and change control records.
  • Develop and support effective communication mechanisms between the project teams.
  • Undertake any other administrative tasks as specified by the Project Manager
  • Contributing to and the leverage the team's knowledge capital and developing the team's thought leadership
  • Helping the Business Line or Support functions to shape new projects including seeing where the Change and Transformation team to assist in delivery


Competencies
  • Project management skills: development and implementation of appropriate governance frameworks, financial management, risk management, stakeholder management
  • Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to influence, build effective relationships and communicate successfully with the key decision makers
  • Able to deal with ambiguity and to seek out, assimilate and analyse information on a wide range of topics
  • Commercial acumen: collaborative and pragmatic approach to solving issues with awareness of business priorities and related risks
  • Coordination skills (internal and external colleagues)
  • Ability to work autonomously and be responsible for following matters through to completion
  • Solution and delivery focused, service-oriented and proactive
  • Team player with excellent emotional intelligence, enjoys sharing information, works collaboratively, sets and supports high standards of performance in self and others
  • Strong risk culture and reliable professional conduct demonstrates risk awareness and good conduct behaviours, knowledge of and compliance with internal policies

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