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Senior Business Analyst

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, operating in the risk, scientific, technical, medical, legal, and exhibitions sectors.

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Employee count: 5000+

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About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the role:

This position is a senior-level position that will work with one or more Business Units, supporting multiple complex assigned projects aimed at delivering solutions and services that meet strategic targets. The role will predominately focus on gathering and analyzing work group data, defining current processes and requirements, researching best practices, and identifying and documenting process improvements and functional specifications.

Responsibilities:

  • Analyze, define, and document complex requirements and business processes.
  • Develop specifications, process flow, and conversion strategies.
  • Contribute to the development of new tools, processes, and solutions to meet desired product needs.
  • Maintain stakeholder expectations and raise appropriate issues to managers as necessary.
  • Develop “trusted advisor” relationship with senior stakeholders through effective communication and efficient, quality execution on projects.
  • Gather business requirements and translate them into user stories/functional specifications.
  • Identify and document process improvements and functional specifications based on research of best practices and analysis of work group data.
  • Perform analysis on existing systems; identifying options for potential solutions and assess for both technical and business suitability.
  • Ability to maintain automated test scripts.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field. At least 3-5 years of experience in a hybrid Business Role/Product Owner / Business Analyst/ Systems role, preferably focused on internal business systems.
  • Able to define, own, and communicate the roadmap
  • Prioritise business backlogs with Global Tech and Product Teams and oversee the delivery of enhancements, integrations, and automation features.
  • Strong communication skills that allow for effective communication across all levels of the organization.
  • Written communication skills including process documentation.
  • Business requirements gathering.
  • Experience in gathering business requirements and translating them into user stories/functional specifications on complex or large projects.
  • Previous experience of working in an agile environment and using recognized development methodology; e.g., Agile, SCRUM, and KANBAN.
  • Support data migration, system integration, and change management initiatives.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

  • Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

  • Medical Aid

  • Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)

  • Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy

  • Study Leave

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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Education

Bachelor degree

Experience

3 years minimum

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About RELX

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We are a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients, and lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice. We also assist businesses and governments in preventing fraud, and help consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance. We serve customers in more than 180 countries and have offices in about 40 countries, with a dedicated team of over 36,000 people, nearly half of whom are in North America. Our history dates back to 1993, with the merger of Reed International and Elsevier, and in 2015, we rebranded as RELX. This evolution reflects our transformation from a traditional publisher to a data and analytics powerhouse, driven by technology.

At our core, we are a technology-driven company. We employ around 11,000 technologists, with more than half being software engineers, and we invest significantly in technology annually. We believe in the power of combining our unique and extensive content and data sets with powerful technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. This allows us to build sophisticated information-based analytics and decision tools that deliver enhanced value to our customers across our four main market segments: Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical (STM), Legal, and Exhibitions. We are committed to innovation, constantly challenging the status quo to meet our customers' needs. Our values guide us in everything we do; we have a passion for winning, a sharp focus on our customers, and we place the highest priority on recruiting, developing, and retaining outstanding people. We foster a collaborative and boundaryless environment where our people can grow their careers and make a meaningful impact.

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