Business Analyst
Job Description
The ideal candidate is confident, must be able to challenge the business and be a first class communicator. Travel to various Client sites throughout the UK when necessary.
The following qualities/experience are essential:
Experienced Business Analyst with significant demonstrable experience shaping and delivering a number of IT projects within a multi-divisional business
Strong analytical and business analysis skill
An understanding of assigned business functional domain including business operating model, activities, data, process, and information requirements
Strong stakeholder management skills and proven experience in dealing with senior business users, determining requirements and priorities as well as resolving issues
Strong understanding / recognised qualification relating to the disciplines of business analysis, and project management including best practice methodologies e.g. Prince 2 Practitioner, APMP, Scrum Master etc
Strong interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at all levels across the business
Understanding/ recognised qualification of IT Service Management e.g. ITIL
Exhibits authority and leadership, takes responsibility, is Independent and self-starting
Demonstrates teamwork at the highest level, highly collaborative approach, among the first to volunteer to help others succeed.
Ability to engage and influence peers in I.T. and Business.
Highly customer and delivery focused, meeting and exceeding customer expectations
Demonstrates the Client Values (Respect, Teamwork, Integrity, Excellence)
- Works on defining business requirements and solution development with subject matter experts
- Works with the business and customers to agree business requirements and support the securing of the required investment funding
- Identifies the impact that any functional changes will have on the business and advises on how this should be managed and communicated so that the change is landed successfully & the benefits achieved are in accordance with the benefits management framework
- Proactively provides recommendations to current ways of working within IT and the business, supporting the implementation and embedding of any changes to current processes
- Documents key processes within area of responsibility in a clear and concise way
- Actively identifies risks, issues, dependencies and escalates upwards to ensure appropriate risk mitigation (as appropriate)