Business Analyst

About us: Solirius Consulting delivers technical consultancy and application delivery to our clients in order to solve real world problems and allow our clients to respond to an ever-changing technical landscape. We partner closely with our clients, embedding our consultants into their businesses in order to provide a bespoke service, allowing us to truly understand our clients’ needs. It is this close collaboration with our clients that has enabled us to grow rapidly in recent years and will drive our ambitious future growth plans. We currently have over 250 consultants working with a variety of key clients from both the public and private sectors such as the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, FCDOS, UEFA, International Olympic Committee and Mercedes Benz; with plans to increase our client base further in the near future. We operate as a flat organisation and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently. We pride ourselves on being specialists at what we do, making the most of our consultants’ expertise in their fields in order to provide a best-in-class service to our clients. All our consultants have the opportunity to work on a range of different projects, providing a broad range of knowledge on which to develop their careers and progress in the direction they choose.

The Role: We are looking for a Business Analyst with proven industry experience in digital product delivery. You will need to be a great listener and communicator with a creative, structured and logical approach to problem solving. You have some experience of working with a variety of stakeholders and experience of digital delivery.

About you: We are looking for people who have a background in critical thinking, enjoy tackling different problems in a structured way and are highly motivated self-starters. Our consultants should have great interpersonal and communication skills and a strong desire to deliver the best possible solutions for our clients. Our team is our strongest asset, you will be an excellent team player who recognises the strength of the team as a whole and can find their role within the Solirius team. The ideal candidates will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career. Candidates should be open to working in different locations for different clients. Although most of our work is in London, candidates should be happy to travel as client needs dictate.

Key Responsibilities: You’ll be:

• Working with the client business and your business and product management colleagues to understand the business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Constructively challenging the requirements to ensure that they are fit for purpose and remain inline with the corporate and project goals.
• Operating in an Agile delivery team and performing the normal BA duties.
• Writing good quality user stories and acceptance criteria so that a developer can work effectively.
• Acting as a first point of contact for the delivery team to clarify requirements.
• Developing effective ways of working with the engineering, development and QA teams.
• Facilitating communication with stakeholders to play back potential solutions and designs, technical feedback, user experience findings or delivery options.

Key Skills/Experience:

• Experience of capturing user needs and requirements in a number of ways e.g. workshops, structured interviews.
• Experience of understanding a business or a process and presenting it in a structured way e.g. Business Process Modelling, Use Case modelling and/or User Story development.
• Ability to structure the analysis of a business or product e.g. SWOT or MOST analysis.
• Some experience of Agile Delivery across the whole lifecycle of technical projects/service development.
• Experience of writing requirements (Functional and Non-Functional).
• Some experience in Agile scrum methodologies and delivering software in Agile teams.
• An interest in technology and an understanding of its practical application.
• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken word with an ability to successfully engage with managers and stakeholders at all levels within a business.
• A pragmatic approach to projects and requirements who can interpret and elaborate on clients’ needs.
• Some appreciation of the dynamics of a technology development team.

Package and Benefits: Competitive salary, dependent on experience. Flexible working / Work from home. Generous annual discretionary bonus. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays. 5 days allocated development training per year. Contributory pension. Gym membership. Annual away days and social events. Equality.