Mercer Marsh Benefits is seeking candidates for the following position based in the London office:

ASSISTANT BUSINESS ANALYST, ANALYTICS



What can you expect?

The MMB Analytics team are key to driving forward the analytics proposition internally within MMB and to Clients, operating as experts within the business in order to help the organisation provide a competitive advantage through analytics.
Having grown in size and remit in recent years, the team are looking to continue this trend going forward and hence will be looking to you to embrace this challenge.
Acting as an Assistant Business Analyst for the MMB Analytics team, you will be expected to assist the team in product and technical documentation, setting up and joining workshops or meetings and documenting actions or notes. We expect you to make sure that best practices and high documentation standards are maintained throughout the product development lifecycle, working closely with the Product and Technology teams to ensure that products are successfully delivered, enabling the build of products at a global, regional and country perspective that contribute to achieving the teams objectives.


What you will be rewarded with

The chance to contribute to and shape the product analytics strategy for new market leading analytics solutions.
Being at the forefront of an ever changing analytics landscape that drives value to our clients.
An opportunity to join a successful, innovative and fast growing team working on new solutions and technology.
We offer and embrace a hybrid working model that nurtures a collaborative working environment in the office 3 days per week allowing 2 days per week to be spent working on a remote basis.
Competitive Benefits Package including: 25 days annual leave, up to 4 days of flexible bank holidays, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more.


We will count on you to:

Assist the Senior Project Manager and Product Owners in creating project plans and status reports.
Assist with the daily management of operational functions within the MMB Analytics team, including preparations and actions for standing meetings.
Assist with the documentation and evaluation of business and technical processes, enabling the development of solutions alongside the MMB Analytics team.
Convert high-level product features or requirements into user stories, providing the development team with the required information.
Gather critical information from meetings and across the team, to produce useful feedback and help mature the product backlog.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation throughout a product(s) development lifecycle.
Manage, update or collate materials and required information for team meetings.
Participate in product design walk-throughs, functional test plans and implementation sessions.
Work alongside the Business Analysts to define, document and deliver solutions.
Work with Product and Development team(s) on sprint planning meeting and backlog refinement.
Work with the Senior Project Manager, Product Owner(s) and Technical Lead(s) to create and monitor product requirements.
Work with the Enablement and Product team(s) to create user documentation, training material and user guides.


What you need to have:

An awareness of SaaS product delivery and a strategic mind-set.
Strong communication skills, presenting information in a format appropriate to the audience.
The ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to management and the MMB Analytics team in concise and easy-to-understand formats.
A proactive and self-starter attitude, taking initiative and comfortably scoping, driving and executing on initiatives driven by the team.
An understanding and ability to follow what best practice documentation looks like.
Ability to maintain discretion and deal appropriately with confidential information.
Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
Energetic, cheerful, personable and willing to learn.


What makes you stand out:

Excellent documentation or note-taking skills that can enable the team.
Knowledge of Agile methodology and its principles.
Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
Knowledge of the market, analytics or relevant technologies.

Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercers approximately 25,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the worlds leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $20 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit (link removed). Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin colour, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at (e-mail removed)