Business Analyst

My client is a fast growing service provider based in the Bury area. As a result of growth, a consent change my client is seeking a Business Analyst

Operating in a highly regulated industry, my client is subject to continual process and system changes, brought about by changes to regulation or legislation.

Such changes, combined with recent growth, have meant that they have developed a suite of internally developed IT applications enabling my client to comply with market changes, become efficient and above all, provide excellent customer service.

Reporting to the Senior Management Team, this person will help facilitate internal changes following the change management process. This is very much a mixed role fusing both Business Analysis and Delivery Manager skills. The right candidate will be responsible for determining the change requirements, documenting the functional specification, and overseeing the successful delivery of such changes by working with IT Developers.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be confident at providing updates to management (and other relevant stakeholders) at any level. You will be the bridge between business departments and the IT development team prioritising changes and collaborating closely with stakeholders to define and deliver changes within agreed timelines.

The successful candidate will work in a rewarding and challenging environment ensuring our business can continue to provide a first-class service to customers.

Daily responsibilities for this role will include;

• Engage and collaborate with internal teams
• Capture, understand, analyse requirements and produce functional specifications based on change requests
• Ensure documents and analytical work meets stakeholder expectations
• Ensure information is communicated and maintained in an effective manner
• Proactively identify and resolve potential problems
• Perform effective handover of specification to IT development team, software testing teams and any other relevant internal or external person
• Ensure that all management/stakeholders are kept informed of progress and any significant issues
• Perform effective version control management in all aspects of analysis/design output
• Prioritise tasks effectively and achieve delivery deadlines
• Deliver projects as part of a Stakeholder led Project team with support from management, managing scope, dependencies, risks, timelines and resources
• Manage internal changes which have been assigned, ensuring successful delivery on time

The right candidate will be;

• Highly confident, self-disciplined and autonomous
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and project/stakeholder requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Proficient in Excel to an advanced level
• Basic SQL skills a bonus
• SDLC
• Jira

In return this role offers a motivated and growing work environment, an excellent package and development for the right person.