Business Analyst

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Shape the digital strategy
Join a newly formed team with a significant change portfolio

About Our Client

A leading global retail firm based in Oxfordshire is looking for a Business Analyst to grow its growing IT function.

Job Description

Gather, understand and develop requirements and produce high quality requirements documentation (such as BRD, User Stories, Use Cases and Acceptance Criteria)
Manage requirements gathering sessions, capture minutes meeting, follow up on action items, report project status, and own project documentation
Assist the business with business case development for proposed initiatives and requirements
Support Strategy definition, Organisation design & transformation (including organisational change management), Process design and implementation
Participate in business process design and solution design workshops
Work closely with the Development and Testing teams throughout the project life cycle to ensure that the requirements are understood and development is aligned
Develop test scripts from the use cases and assist with User Acceptance Testing
Work closely with IT and business delivery teams to ensure smooth trial / POC
Work closely with training resource to onboard changes into the business
Review and understand multiple designs and ensure formation of a creative and consistent solution.
Able to manage the client's expectations so that the resultant system meets their budget and time constraints.

The Successful Applicant

Extremely strong Business Analysis background with a demonstrable track record of operating effectively in a dynamic, fast paced, challenging and delivery focused Project / Programme environments containing blended teams (e.g. permanent, contract, vendor, SI, Business/IT/operational teams, offshore).

Essential competency / experience:

Minimum 3 years' experience in business analysis, at least 2 of which are working as part of complex business change programmes
A thorough understanding of all different aspects of business analysis
Experience of structured methodologies such as TDD, Agile, and Waterfall

Confidence to facilitate Workshops / deliver Training / hold Road Shows

Strong analytical skills, able to map out and understand complex, interdependent issues
Excellent interpersonal communications skills
Extremely well organised and detail oriented
Confident, driven with a strong determination to succeed

Desirable competency / experience:

Formal business analysis qualifications, such as BCS diploma in Business Analysis or IIBA CCBA or CBAP Certified
Experience of reporting into steering group level
Experience of Project co-ordination / management
Familiar with formal test planning / management

Background in Salesforce system