Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst, Hybrid working, Non-contributory pension.

My client, an exceptional company to work for, offering lots of home working and a 10% non-contributory pension is looking for a senior/lead Business Analyst to join their team.

The role is a brand new role within the company and holds a lot of autonomy in the department.

You will be the first Business Analyst to join the team and will help build a new team of more junior business analysts.

• Represent the IT Team to maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers.
• Requirements gathering from all business areas.
• Detailed documentation of Functional Specification.
• Run and manage effective workshops to gather and present requirements.
• Run and manage System Testing and UAT of changes from 3rd parties and in-house development to ensure they satisfy business requirements.
• Work closely with project managers to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Work closely with the development team to ensure system design and delivery accurately meets business requirements.
• Provide training to users and/or trainers.
• Review and improve Project and Business processes to provide business benefit.
• Help manage a small team of more junior business analysts.

You will need to have 4-5 years of experience in a similar Business Analyst role within a software development environment, and any experience of team leading/managing a small team would be a bonus.

• Extensive end-to-end experience of IT system projects and changes.
• Fully conversant in implementation and handover of delivered projects into Business as Usual operations.
• Proven ability to problem-solve with an analytical mindset.
• Financial Services industry experience.

• Jira software
• Experience working within and an excellent understanding of full software development lifecycle.
• Experience with in a Prince2 environment.
• MS Project and Project Planning in a software development environment.
• Experience of change management.
• Experience of dealing and communicating with people from all levels of the business.
• Certified ISEB/BCS Business Analyst.

• A competitive salary.
• Great working team environment.
• 10% Non-Contributory Company Pension.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Cashplan.
• Life Insurance.
• Rising holiday entitlement up to 30 days.
• Parking space (if working in the office).

If you are an experienced Business Analyst and would like to take the next step in your career with management opportunities then please apply today.

Ascent People Ltd is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy and all ages and backgrounds will be considered.

Nadine Bramley
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