Senior Business Analyst - 12 Month FTC
Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Project Services – Vitality. Working Pattern: Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth, Stockport or London office. Full time hours per week. Flexible working options available.
Top 3 Skills
* Stakeholder management
* Requirements management
* Excellent communication skills
What This Role Is All About
The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for producing Business Analysis artefacts throughout the Business Change lifecycle, utilising a range of techniques and methods to elicit, verify and trace the successful delivery of requirements. The role provides analysis services during the ideation, initiation, design and shaping and delivery phases of business change initiatives, and contributes to continuous improvement of the Business Analysis Practice by leading improvement initiatives, reviewing other BA outputs and coaching junior team members.
Key Actions
* Perform ideation analysis for new change initiatives when required.
* Identify the organisational impact of proposed change initiatives.
* Raise project level risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies to Project, Product and Portfolio managers, offering mitigating actions and taking ownership where appropriate.
* Work with Enterprise and Solution Architects to ensure designs meet functional and non‑functional requirements.
* Support project teams to agree an appropriate approach to requirements management during the initiation phase of a project and progression into delivery.
* Ensure traceability of requirements to solutions at a Project / initiative level.
* Estimate time required for deliverables applicable to self and/or others robustly and realistically for planning purposes.
* Proactively identify and lead delivery of Business Analysis Practice improvement initiatives.
* Peer‑review the outputs of other Business analysts, offering constructive feedback and ensuring in‑house analysis standards are adhered to.
* Encourage and support project team peers to align to change management protocols and processes.
* Align to change management protocols and processes when conducting analysis activity.
What You Need to Thrive
* Experience working with stakeholders at all levels within an organisation.
* Close link to wider industry practices & the Business Analyst profession.
* Experience working within a complex matrix‑management environment.
* Experience producing a range of analysis artefacts.
* Experience coaching others in the proficient use of analysis artefacts.
* Experience working in Agile and Waterfall change environments.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to multitask effectively and organise work efficiently.
* Evidence of identifying opportunities to continually improve ways of working.
* Excellent understanding of business analysis approaches and methodologies.
So, What’s in it for You
* Bonus schemes – a bonus that regularly rewards performance.
* Pension up to 12 % – company matches up to 6 % of salary.
* Vitality health insurance – award‑winning with rewards and benefits.
* Life assurance – four times annual salary.
Our Promise to You
* Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
* Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
* Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
* Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
* Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
* Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
* Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
* Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
* Be there for you when you need us.
* Provide opportunities to be a force for good in society.
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