Business Analyst in Grantham

Location: Bristol, London, Manchester

Business Line: Technology & Transformation

Position summary:

We are looking for people who are natural initiative-takers, who bring out the best in others, are brilliant listeners and can grow our business without compromising standards, integrity or culture. You will work with outstanding digital talent across disciplines to innovate and create great solutions for our Defence and Security Clients. You will provide our clients with the advice and delivery support that they need in their complex programmes. Whether it is structuring, assuring, managing, delivering or setting up solutions we need the very best people to join us and strengthen our team even further.

Your Role Will Include:

• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to capture and document business requirements to ensure a clear understanding of their needs and objectives.
• Conduct detailed analysis of business processes, systems and data to identify opportunities for improvement and optimisation.
• Facilitate workshops and interviews to gather requirements, user stories and use cases.
• Analyse and document business processes, workflows and system interactions to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and user stories to ensure clarity and feasibility for development teams.
• Perform data analysis to identify trends, patterns and insights which can drive business decision-making and process improvements.
• Define and implement product centric operating models, enabling products to be delivered more efficiently and effectively.
• Manage product ownership practices and processes, ensuring products developed meet the customer requirements.
• Conduct impact assessments and feasibility studies to evaluate proposed solutions and identify potential risks and dependencies.
• Collaborate with project managers to develop project plans, timelines and deliverables.
• Support testing and quality assurance activities, ensuring that solutions meet the defined requirements.
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to clients and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies related to business analysis.

Connect To Your Skills And Professional Experience:

All applicants must be UK security cleared to Developed Vetting level.

Skills:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or in a similar role, with a strong track record of successfully delivering business requirements within a project delivery environment and an excellent understanding of how business analysis can deliver value to an organization.
• Experience working on Transformation and/or complex delivery or equivalent projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex business needs into actionable requirements.
• Proficiency in business analysis techniques, such as process modelling & lean practices, use case development and requirements elicitation.
• Experience with Agile delivery and knowledge of methodologies and tools, such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe 5.0, LeSS.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate.
• Knowledge of how PowerBI, Tableau, QlikSense or other analytical tools.
• Expertise in how to test against the requirements and ensure confidence in the outputs.
• Experience of working within the Public Sector or equivalent.
• Ability to understand, interpret, present and challenge technical and/or complex information to colleagues at all levels of an organization.
• Experience with successfully managing scope in challenging environments.
• Experience of developing & maintaining strong relationships with business stakeholders with the ability to challenge & influence where required.
• Experience with Lean Portfolio Management and associated processes.

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation:

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us the company we are. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.

Defence and Security:

Our Defence and Security teams support clients to make the UK a safer place. From organisation change and project management to engaging with complex technology, we help the businesses and government organisations we work with to deliver the best services possible.

Personal independence:

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and our company is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues:

“What attracted me here were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Our clients include many of the world’s largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of.” - Dan, Technology and Transformation

Our hybrid working policy:

You’ll be based in London, Bristol or Manchester with hybrid working. At this company we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.