Business Analyst - G1562

Business Analyst

Remote (with Ad hoc travel)

Inside IR35

Description:

To provide a business level requirements gathering and process identification process to support a digital business transformation programme. This role is initially for 6 months with extensions expected for the right candidate. The programme is expected to run for a significant time.

Skills / Experience

Excellent analysis and knowledge transfer skills to a proven professional level
Able to take ownership of problems and requests as well as the ability to work in a pressurised environment
Excellent time management skills; able to effectively plans own and others' time
Able to visualise and articulate proposed solutions to business problems provided by design team to business areas
A proactive approach with the ability to prioritise own workload within demanding schedules
Strong written and verbal skills
Good facilitation skills; enables people to reach agreement and develop work practices
A systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving
Forms judgements based on logical conclusions that have been drawn from available facts
Supporting data migration tasks: assessing data against GDPR and data passporting
Supporting business transformation and producing project artefacts

Key Accountabilities

Works with business system colleagues to clarify requirements, to plan implementation and to answer queries through the development process
Marshals and documents requirements for the subsequent identification of an appropriate solution and the detailed design of a business process to accommodate it
Undertakes business analysis projects and tasks under the leadership of a more experienced analyst or project manager
Plans, prioritises, manages and executes analysis work on multiple simple or individual complex projects in order to regularly achieve cost and timescale targets
Works with the business to understand and prioritise conflicting needs
Contributes to the execution of user system testing and to the test plan for large projects
Undertakes personal responsibility for IT data security by ensuring that rules and practices are identified
Identifies and determines end–to–end business processes using standard methods
Presents business and technical concepts to process owners and business users
Identifies and assesses business and IT risk
Prepares succinct reports and communications that are tailored to different situations and audiences
Carries out in depth scoping exercises during the early stages of a work package to identify key issues of concern and to ascertain clear direction

Experience

Experience from a similar support or development role in supporting business critical systems in a medium/large organisation
Demonstrates a comprehensive breadth and depth of knowledge and experience
Clear understanding of the gas and electricity industry dataflows, metering standards and regulations

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