Business Analyst– Manchester, Cheltenham, London or Bristol – Permanent (37.5 hours per week) – £45,000 - £85,000 per annum (different levels available) SC Clearancxe
Our client is a large Consultancy company who are working with the Government and Defence sector on technology projects and are looking for a number of Business Analysts on a permanent basis to ensure optimised performance.
This is a really exciting time to join our client’s business as they take on more and more projects and programmes in the Defence/Government sector!
You will need Defence/National security experience to be considered for this role.
Working Patterns: This role is hybrid with 2-3 days per week on site but candidates must be prepared to travel up to 4 days per week UK wide if required.
The Key Responsibilities of a Business Analyst:
* Work with clients within Defence and National Security to capture and document business requirements to ensure a clear understanding of their needs and objectives.
* Perform detailed analysis of business processes, systems and data to identify opportunities for improvement.
* Facilitate workshops and interviews to gather requirements, user stories and use cases.
* Analyse and document business processes, workflows and system interactions to ensure alignment with business goals.
* Translate business requirements into functional specifications and user stories to ensure feasibility for development teams.
* Perform data analysis to identify trends, patterns and insights which can drive business decision-making and process improvements.
* Define and implement product centric operating models.
* Manage product ownership practices and processes, ensuring products developed meet the customer requirements.
* Conduct impact assessments and feasibility studies to evaluate proposed solutions and identify potential risks.
* Support testing and quality assurance activities, ensuring that solutions meet the defined requirements.
* Provide ongoing support and guidance to clients and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
Below is a list of Key Skills required for the Business Analyst, however you will not be expected to have everything:
* Proven experience as a Business Analyst or in a similar role within Defence, Government or National Security.
* Have a strong track record of delivering business requirements within a project delivery environment.
* Strong analytical skills within technology.
* Experience with process modelling and lean practices, use case development and requirements elicitation.
* Experience with Agile delivery and tools such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe 5.0, LeSS.
* Consulting experience is a real bonus.
* Knowledge of how PowerBI, Tableau, QlikSense or other analytical tools.
* Expertise in how to test against requirements and ensure confidence in the outputs.
* SC or DV Clearance. SC will require to be put through DV.
Benefits:
* Holidays, starting at 25 days a year.
* A flexible contributory pension arrangement with matching contributions.
* Life assurance of six times your core salary (up to a maximum of six times the Earnings Cap, in force at date of death).
* Occupational sick pay.
* Personal accident insurance.
* Mobile phone is not fully funded but you can claim on expenses for business use.
Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.
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