Business Analyst

Role: Business Analyst

Location: Bradford, UK

Work mode: Hybrid 1 day/Week

Job Description

Note: Look for a BA with Water Utility exp.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead Business Analysis activities on multiple change initiatives, delivering requirements specifications capable of being used to develop IT based services (bespoke software solutions, third party products and cloud-based solutions);
• Translating business needs into specific requirements including UI design; Data models; Business procedural changes and Interface designs
• Ensure thorough use of the Requirements Engineering model including elicitation, analysis, validation, documentation and traceability of requirements
• Use the appropriate elicitation techniques such as interviewing stakeholders, facilitating workshops, conducting surveys to capture requirements accurately
• Develop AS-IS and TO-BE business process models using defined standards, and use gap analysis to support delivery of any transition plans needed to reach the target situation
• Manage stakeholder communication at all levels
• Ensure that User Acceptance Testing takes place for all deliverables and support any associated testing activities
• Support the delivery of suitable solutions which meet business requirements

Preferred Skills

Essential

• Ability to collect, evaluate and interpret information from multiple sources to identify and differentiate real user needs
• Strong analytical and reasoning abilities
• Ability to develop and maintain effective internal/external relationships at different levels within the organisation
• Some knowledge of application technologies and how best to exploit their use for business benefit
• Ability to prioritise and execute tasks in a dynamic and changing environment
• Strong organisational skills
• Possess a strong sense of purpose and proactively seek responsibility and ownership
• Creativity and lateral thinking
• Highly motivated and self-reliant with a personal drive for continuous development and able to demonstrate a strong customer service ethos, as well as a source of knowledge for others.

Desirable

• Previous experience gained within the water or waste water sectors or within the broader utilities sectors
• Previous experience working on projects involving legacy platform replacement and data migration
• Professional qualification in Business Analysis (E.g. BCS Business Analysis certification / Diplomas, Lean Six Sigma)
• Professional qualification in Agile Methodology, ideally Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)