Role
Business Analyst
Experience and Location
Experience: 8 years
Location: Bradford, UK
Work mode: Hybrid
Job Description
Look for a BA with Water Utility experience.
Key Accountabilities
* Lead Business Analysis activities on multiple change initiatives, delivering requirements specifications capable of being used to develop IT based services (bespoke software solutions, third party products and cloud-based solutions).
* Translating business needs into specific requirements including UI design; Data models; Business procedural changes and Interface designs.
* Ensure thorough use of the Requirements Engineering model including elicitation, analysis, validation, documentation and traceability of requirements.
* Use the appropriate elicitation techniques such as interviewing stakeholders, facilitating workshops, conducting surveys to capture requirements accurately.
* Develop AS-IS and TO-BE business process models using defined standards, and use gap analysis to support delivery of any transition plans needed to reach the target situation.
* Manage stakeholder communication at all levels.
* Ensure that User Acceptance Testing takes place for all deliverables and support any associated testing activities.
* Support the delivery of suitable solutions which meet business requirements.
Preferred Skills
Essential
* Ability to collect, evaluate and interpret information from multiple sources to identify and differentiate real user needs.
* Strong analytical and reasoning abilities.
* Ability to develop and maintain effective internal/external relationships at different levels within the organisation.
* Some knowledge of application technologies and how best to exploit their use for business benefit.
* Ability to prioritise and execute tasks in a dynamic and changing environment.
* Strong organisational skills.
* Possess a strong sense of purpose and proactively seek responsibility and ownership.
* Creativity and lateral thinking.
* Highly motivated and self-reliant with a personal drive for continuous development and able to demonstrate a strong customer service ethos, as well as a source of knowledge for others.
Desirable
* Previous experience gained within the water or waste water sectors or within the broader utilities sectors.
* Previous experience working on projects involving legacy platform replacement and data migration.
* Professional qualification in Business Analysis (E.g. BCS Business Analysis certification / Diplomas, Lean Six Sigma).
* Professional qualification in Agile Methodology, ideally Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
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