Business Analyst / Project Manager

Lewis Silkin works with leading businesses to protect and enhance their most important assets - their ideas, their people, their brand and their future. We call it: Ideas. People. Possibilities.

With offices in London, Oxford, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin and Hong Kong, we are recognised by clients and industry alike as being distinct for our unique culture, market-leading practice areas, sector focused approach and for providing solutions to complex, multijurisdictional business challenges, with a pragmatic and human touch. We have two things at our core: people — both ours and our clients’— and a focus on creative, tech and innovative businesses.

Our culture is encapsulated by an ethos of bravery and kindness, guided by our values of Integrity, Clarity, Unity and Excellence (our ‘I-CUE’). We aim to provide a supportive environment for our people, clients and wider community and embrace diversity & inclusion, ensuring people are able to bring their full selves to work.

The legal industry has faced significant and rapid change in recent years, which has impacted both client expectations and the delivery of legal services. In this climate, the key to providing excellent client service will be our ability to embrace new ideas, technologies, and ways of working to help us challenge the present and shape the future.

As a Business Analyst/Project Manager, you will be a core member of the firm’s Projects & Change team and play an exciting and key role in supporting delivery of the firm’s strategic objectives and innovation projects, including the implementation of a budgeting and cash flow solution and an upgrade to Elite 3e.

We are open to discussing location with the successful candidate, ideally we are looking for someone to be able to come into the London offices twice a week.

• Lead the end-to-end business analyst/project management activities on typically finance related projects, which will include complex projects within a programme.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, understand and anticipate their needs with the ability to think creatively and problem solve efficiently.
• Work across the business and with third parties to agree the project objectives, scope, budget, success factors, resource requirements, deliverables, outcomes and benefits.
• Produce and maintain the required project documentation e.g. process flows, project plans, design documentation, requirements, risks and issue logs, status reports in alignment with the LS Change framework.
• Gather and analyse data to produce reports and other information for the management team to review.
• Lead and motivate cross functional teams to deliver.

What you’ll bring

• Experience in finance related project management and business analysis.
• A proven track record of leading the delivery of complex workstreams and projects, with the ability to flex your approach, work independently and use initiative.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to facilitate decision making and escalate risks, and manage your own plans and time management.
• Proven experience of working with third parties.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and experience of bringing people together to achieve shared outcomes.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work in a deadline driven environment.
• Ability to think on your feet to identify and solve potential issues collaboratively, and management and prioritise multiple priorities.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a Project Management role within professional services, if within legal this would be ideal however not essential.
• Certified in Business Analysis and/or AgilePM, PRINCE2 Project Management qualifications.
• Experience of being able to navigate ambiguous, changeable, and complex environments.

At Lewis Silkin our ethos is simple. We strive to do the best for our clients, our people and the communities in which we operate. We recognise that an inclusive workplace allows for all kinds of ideas and thoughts, a variety of points of view that can trigger discussions or deliver innovative results, and a wide range of versatile skills and expertise. We are proud of the diversity within Lewis Silkin and of our culture that allows people to be themselves at work, ensuring we provide the best possible service to our clients. We are committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working patterns and office location.