IT Business Analyst
- Recruiter
- Cancom UK Professional Services Ltd
- Location
-
York
Yorkshire and the HumberUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive Day Rate
- Posted
- 18 Jun 2021
- Closes
- 21 Jun 2021
- Job Title
- Chief Economist
- Category
- Information Technology
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
We are currently hiring for a Business Analyst for an initial 6 months contract assignment based in York. (The role will start as remote work for the foreseeable future and with the easing of Covid restrictions, you will be required to work from the office a couple of days a week)
Key responsibilities
Build strong productive relationships with the business, IT teams and external third parties in order to deliver effective solutions based on a deep understanding of the business
Conduct requirements gathering sessions with various levels of the business & IT, ensuring that the strategic needs are being met while also realising incremental benefits
Produce high quality business analyst deliverables, including business cases, user stories, use cases, requirements traceability, acceptance criteria, functional & non-functional specifications
Take full ownership of managing the product backlog of key systems, where required
Act as primary focus for questions related to business usage of systems within your sphere of influence.
Support the system and business test teams, helping with understanding of the change and reviewing test cases to ensure full coverage
Support the on-going development of the Business Analyst function, developing standards, procedures, and knowledge transfer
Understanding how data flows through the relevant interfaces and an analysis of the existing and future data retention requirements that need to be adhered to
Our must-haves:
Experience of working with regulatory projects and GDPR
Experience of integration and a strong ability to identify dependencies
The ability to deal well with ambiguity and enable a consensus to be reached
Experience working with business stakeholders across multiple business areas and geographic locations to elicit and document business requirements
Must have a strong appreciation for how to utilise customer data effectively and discuss through examples
An inquisitive mind-set and desire to understand both business requirements, and the data that underpins them
Exposure to large scale projects/programmes with and ability to work to challenging timescales
Person Specification
Have proven experience of capturing, documenting and delivering detailed requirements
Have exposure to methods for testing of requirements and measuring the delivery of these through the project life cycle.
Exposure to the full project life cycle, from inception to BAU handover
Have proven experience of both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
Experience of projects with Datamodelling and/or MI/BI elements [Desirable]
Experience of Data Privacy and Retention [Desirable]
Experience of developing operating models [Desirable]
Hold relevant industry qualifications eg ISEB, PRINCE2 [Desirable]
Have the ability to combine soft influencing, persuasion and consultancy skills with leadership qualities that will encourage business leaders to positively respond to questions, enquiries and requests to meet deadlines
Intellect and gravitas to influence and gain credibility with business personnel and management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of working with people at all levels within and external to the business.
Creative, proactive, logical and innovative - you do not accept the status quo
Highly results driven, with the energy and determination to succeed in a very fast paced environment where the pace of response and leadership is critical to success
Demonstrate a commitment to quality, service and personal ownership
Be flexible and adaptable, able to work on multiple projects at any one time
Be a self-starter