Overview

Business Analyst – 12-month fixed term contract – Leatherhead (hybrid) - £60K base + benefits

We are looking for an IT Business Analyst to join a client based in Leatherhead on a 12-month fixed term contract. This is a hybrid position, requiring you to be in the office 2-3 days per week.

Key responsibilities

• Work with internal stakeholders to identify and define business problems and opportunities, understand the current state and define business requirements to achieve the target state
• Plan and manage the analysis tasks throughout a project
• Use a range of best practice analysis tools to elicit, document, analyse and validate functional and non-functional requirements
• Manage requirements throughout the end-to-end lifecycle, ensuring that there is traceability at all stages
• Use appropriate methods to support the requirements elicitation and validation process
• Visualise and socialise requirements as user journeys, processes or wireframes
• Work closely with the Architecture team and key stakeholders and suppliers to support the production of integration specification documentation
• Lead feasibility studies when required
• Contribute to supplier selection processes, where required
• Contribute to development of project business cases
• Work closely with internal IT teams and third-party suppliers to design, test and implement suitable solutions
• Manage detailed test planning and execution activities
• Support detailed cutover planning and execution activities
• Stakeholder analysis and management
• Develop the internal business analysis competency and develop best practices

Required skills and experience

• Experience of undertaking a full end-to-end business analysis role on multiple/ complex projects
• Strong understanding of best practice business analysis techniques; including swim-lane process maps, business process modelling & notation; requirements elicitation, documentation, analysis, and validation; requirements traceability
• Experience in project delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile)
• Proven track record of managing stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
• Familiarity with project management tools and techniques and the ability to input into these e.g., risks and issues, change requests
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint
• Experience using requirements management and testing tools such as JIRA and X-Ray
• Ability to analyse and breakdown complex problems/opportunities and communicate them in a coherent manner
• Ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Able to elicit requirements for all types of stakeholders and fit the relevant requirements elicitation method to the audience
• Strong documentation and governance skills that meet the needs of the intended audience and addresses the need for an audit trail
• Able to visualise requirements as swim-lane processes or Wireframes in Visio or Microsoft products
• Able to manage the testing phase of projects, including defect management
• Ability to quickly develop an understanding of technical subjects in order to support the production of integration specifications, challenge design proposals and ensure requirements coverage
• Ability to work collaboratively with project teams, the wider IT function, internal and external stakeholders

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet