Business Analyst

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Business Analyst for an initial 3 month contract on a rate of £500/day (Inside IR35).

Responsibilities:

- Engage and support Business Stakeholders to develop an understanding of business needs and objectives requiring a technology solution.

- Develop a deep functional understanding of core solutions in the IT Estate.

- Assist in the production of detailed requirements from a functional and non-functional perspective.

- Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.

- Develop Requirements Specifications to agreed templates.

- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and decompose high level information into detailed requirements.

- Challenge Business Units on their assumptions and distinguish requests from the underlying needs of the business.

- As assigned, develop, and maintain a detailed knowledge of key business processes and systems (for example Back Office Services).

- Where appropriate, create and maintain functional test plans.

- Support the business in developing user test plans.

Essential Skills:

- Previous experience working in a business analyst/systems analyst role

- Previous experience in similar customer-facing role working closely with business customers to develop technology-based solutions

- Experience of working closely with IT Suppliers who provide 3rd party solutions.

- Experience of defining requirements and system configurations based on user requirements

- Previous use of Use Cases and Sequence diagrams, User Stories

- Previous knowledge of eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.

- Ability to facilitate workshops and define scope of change and requirements based on process, people, and technology lenses

- Ability to Document “as-is” and “to-be” processes in a structured format

- Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to build strong relationships at all levels

- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills

- Solutions-focused with excellent problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills

- Excellent planning and organisational skills

- Good decision-making skills

- Excellent active listening skills

- Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others

- Strong customer focus

- Determination to support the business to meet their needs

- An open and understanding mindset

- Self-motivated with a positive attitude

- High level of personal resilience able to remain effective in changing business circumstances

- Ability to resolve difference between individuals and/or interested parties

- Ability to foster a culture of trust and co-operation and team working

- Forward looking with a holistic approach

- Self-managing

Desirable Skills:

- Previous experience of any public-sector organisation

- General knowledge of business applications and packages used (technologies could include Dynamics, Teams, O365, Power BI Reporting, Agresso, SharePoint applications etc.)

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch