Business Analyst

LendInvest is the UK’s leading fintech platform for property finance. Since starting out in 2008 we’ve lent more than £4 billion of mortgages and have helped to put thousands of new or improved homes into the UK housing market. In that time we’ve built a truly international capital base. Today, our funders and investors include pension funds, insurers and global institutions like HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Citigroup and National Australia Bank. In 2019 we became the first UK Fintech to securitise a portfolio of buy-to-let mortgages. We are a multiple award-winning company and have been proudly profitable since 2015. In July 2021 this all came to fruition as we IPO’d on the London Stock Exchange.

About the Team

Our operations, technology and data teams work closely together to create the best quality products, systems and tools to improve business efficiency across the board. Our technology team is split into three cross-functional teams, led by product managers, that are delivering along specific value streams. There are many interesting challenges ahead, and our teams need support from talented Business Analysts who can help us solve complex business problems and assist our product teams in building the best solutions.

About the Role

As a Business Analyst you will be part of our operations team, reporting to the Head of Product Management. You will work closely with all product managers and engineers, depending on the needs of each team, whilst also liaising with stakeholders from across the business. Your main focus will be to gather requirements from the business, to understand and improve their processes, and to help coordinate the delivery of change initiatives aligned to our strategic goals. In particular, the role requires experience in the analysis and gathering of requirements, process mapping / design and project management to coordinate multiple project initiatives and associated workstreams. The role will suit a self-starter, high performing individual with a broad skill-set working across operations and technology functions.

Day to Day

• Establish and maintain a deep understanding of our business lending operations
• Take part in daily stand ups
• Understand and document business problems and identify areas for improvement (to achieve our strategic goals)
• Capture functional / operational requirements and verify with stakeholders
• Perform gap analysis and impact assessment of current and desired future state models
• Provide conceptual solutions to often complicated business problems / requirements and make recommendations, with consideration of associated risks and timescales
• Document user stories and task activity to contribute to product backlogs
• Coordinate work with other business team and Product Managers, including managing dependencies across workstreams
• Lead, motivate and influence a broad range of personalities
• Present information in a professional and effective style, whilst responding to questions from all levels of management
• Help create business procedures and related documentation, including training materials

About You

• Be proficient in agile techniques to manage product delivery and be able to adapt delivery styles where necessary
• Have a high level of prioritisation skills, knowing what to note and what to ignore
• Have a good appreciation for business and technical architectures
• Be adept at documenting business processes and data models
• Be commercially aware
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills
• Be able to identify any critical issues that threaten projects and handle them resolutely
• Exhibit solid stakeholder management skills
• Is able to juggle multiple initiatives of varying sizes and play different roles to get the job done
• Enjoy operating and thriving in a fast-paced and challenging environment
• Ideally has knowledge and experience within the property and lending sector

Benefits

Competitive salary + company bonus scheme
Hybrid & flexible working policy
️ 33 days’ holiday (including Bank holidays)
Private healthcare (Vitality)
Enhanced parental leave
Matched pension contributions up to 4%
‍ 10% of week to spend on learning new technologies
Support for attending conferences and professional learning & development
Employee Assistance Programme & Mental health support
Regular performance reviews to promote a culture of growth and development
Life assurance 4x salary
Volunteering day
Discounts via Perkbox
Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Monthly socials & annual offsite
Free lunch every Thursday