Business Analyst (Utilities)


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Listed on

15th June 2017

Location

Nottingham

Salary/Rate

£300 - £400

Type

Contract

Start Date

ASAP

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Business Analyst - Nottingham and Coventry - Initial 3 months

Our client in the utilities industry requires a Business Analyst with strong business facing and stakeholder management experience in a fast paced environment. This role is based in Nottingham with travel to Coventry on an initial 3 month contract with the possibility to extend beyond this.

Responsibilities:

* Act as a primary interface with end users to produce business and functional requirements

* Undertake pre-study feasibility activity, taking an outline idea and developing to sufficient detail to enable a decision to be made on whether to proceed

* Prepare Business Requirements documentation for change projects

* Analyse requirements through user interviews and data collection and transform those requirements into solutions for implementation

* Work with users to balance cost to implement/ complexity of requirement with projected benefit of a change, reaching agreement on the scope of any development

* Prepare cost estimates and project timelines for business analysis activity required on projects

* Work with Finance colleagues and operational stakeholders to build the benefits case for investment

* Provide input into training and implementation plans

* Work with System Designers to translate requirements into technical deliverables

* Work with System Developers throughout the development phase to resolve any areas of change and ensure that the delivered solution meets the requirements of the business

* Participate in the User Acceptance Testing phase of a project to resolve business queries and aid the smooth transition of projects towards implementation

Essential Skills:

* Consultancy skills (e.g. workshop facilitation, presentation skills, driving business effectiveness, change management, strategic thinking, leveraging IT solutions to deliver business benefit)

* Experience of project delivery in Retail, Financial Services or the Energy Sector

* Experience of both traditional IT projects and Agile development using SCRUM, Extreme Programming and/ or similar methodologies

* Influencing skills (e.g. stakeholder management, negotiation skills, assertiveness)

* Ability to identify, communicate and solve complex problems

* Ability to establish, develop and maintain effective relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders up to Senior Manager level

* Experience of having direct responsibility for all business analysis activities on large scale (£500k+)

* Experience of IT software development projects through the full life cycle

* Experience of working in a business analysis position using some or all of the following techniques and varying methodologies: Requirements analysis, Process modelling or Logical data modelling.

* Production of business cases

* Ability to translate technical details into language easily understood by the business

* Ability to plan and organise effectively and take the initiative within agreed parameters

* Strong academic record, most likely with graduate level education

* Strong written and verbal communication ability

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