Business Analyst/Portfolio Analyst

FCA

Business/Analyst/Portfilio Analyst

London, Leeds or Edinburgh

£650 per day hybrid working

The BA role is key to the continuous process of identifying, selecting and managing the portfolio of change initiatives in alignment with the MEMA Strategic Priorities.

Part of the Market intelligence and abuse programme;

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that the portfolio has complete and up-to-date information on all of its initiatives (e.g. projects and BAU initiatives). This includes maintaining the MEMA Project & Initiative Inventory which is the portfolio's central repository of project and BAU initiative information.
• To assist in Board decision making (e.g. additional investment or the initiation of new projects), ensuring that all portfolio initiatives are ranked and prioritised based on current information (e.g. value & 'do-ability').
• Performing additional assessment and validation during the Proposition Approval ("Idea") stage of new portfolio projects.
• Maintaining and updating the MEMA portfolio Roadmap. This artifact sets out and tracks key milestones in the delivery of each Strategic Priority.

This role will also support the following Portfolio Delivery Team tasks:

MEMA Portfolio Management:

• Identifying metrics impacted by portfolio initiatives
• Making recommendations on how to better balance the portfolio
• Assessing whether existing projects/BAU Initiatives are enough to deliver individual Strategic Priorities
• Identifying and taking appropriate action if expected/successful Project delivery is at risk
• Compiling MEMA Board packs and supporting upward Governance (e.g. gaining EFDC approval).

Governing Sub-Portfolio projects:

• Managing decision inputs and provide support for EFDC decisions (inc. recommendations)
• Assessing Project drawdown/resource requests & making recommendations
• Stage Gate reviews - reviewing self-assessment before submission to the Portfolio Board for approval.

Portfolio Delivery Management Processes & Controls:

• Assisting in the Business Planning process (inc. securing sub-portfolio budget allocation)
• Input into RAID, reporting and stakeholder management processes.

Periodic Review of the MEMA Portfolio & Strategy:

• Identify & confirming changes to be addressed in the MEMA Strategies
• Defining Board recommendations.