Job Title: Business Analyst Location: Nottingham Contract: Fixed term (12 months) / Secondment Recruiter: Noaman Hussain About the role We're looking for a Business Analyst, as a member of the Digital Core team within Boots IT. This is an opportunity to work across a diverse landscape of retail and healthcare applications and programmes. You will be at the centre of Boots digital business, delivering the best solutions that put our customer needs first. Reporting to a Lead Business Analyst, you will work with members across the digital functions to jointly define with them the scope, objectives, processes and requirements for major upcoming and ongoing projects. Key responsibilities The daily activities of the role will include: Work with business and IT stakeholders and using a variety of techniques to define, capture and prioritise the backlog of requirements and create user stories, including functional, non-functional and IT operational requirements for the project. Analyse business requests, identifying and evaluating options for improving business systems and processes, ensuring that customer and colleague needs are always at the forefront of our solutions. Plan the business analysis work for projects by managing milestones and dependencies for the work to proceed in an Agile or Waterfall manner as applicable. Work in a team of other Business Analysts on large / complex pieces of work, ensuring that the vision, scope and requirements are aligned across the entire project. Support the Lead Business Analyst to engage with departments to understand their strategy and business plans to create product roadmaps. Support test teams and project managers with the evaluation of defects and prioritisation of these defects. Represent the business and their requirements through the project lifecycle. What you'll need to have You'll have previous working experience in a Business Analyst capacity with the confidence and passion to take accountability for projects of varying scale and inspiring the implementation of outstanding solutions. You will manage, influence, negotiate and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders at all levels in the business You'll work toward a collaborative understanding to deliver the best product for our customers and colleagues. You'll handle multiple projects, deadlines, and work independently. You'll always aim to understand and bring others along when your understanding is greater than theirs. You will have experience working within both Agile and Waterfall software delivery environments and an all-round appreciation of IT delivery. It would be great if you also have These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don't match this additional criteria. Experience working in a Product Owner, Product Manager or Project Manager role. Experience working in a healthcare, pharmacy or retail environment. Recognised qualification in business analysis. Our benefits Boots Retirement Savings Plan Discretionary annual bonus Generous employee discounts Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more. Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme. We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate. Why Boots At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better. What's next Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. LI-Onsite Keywords IT,Analyst,Business