Senior Business Analyst

Job Description

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support a range of business and technology initiatives during an initial six-month contract.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyse and document current and future business processes, ensuring that process information is clear, structured and suitable for ongoing use.
• Lead workshops, interviews and stakeholder meetings to identify, clarify and validate business and functional requirements.
• Convert agreed requirements into well-defined user stories and supporting documentation for business and technical teams.
• Work closely with stakeholders, developers and delivery teams to ensure requirements are understood and proposed solutions are fit for purpose.
• Support testing activities through the preparation and execution of test cases, defect follow-up and participation in user acceptance testing.
• Assist with business readiness activities, including user communications, training documentation and preparation for operational changes.
• Ensure change requests are appropriately recorded, assessed, prioritised and managed through agreed processes.
• Manage multiple projects and deliverables simultaneously, adjusting priorities in line with changing business needs.

Experience Required

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience working as a Business Analyst within a complex organisational environment.
• Strong experience in business process analysis, requirements gathering and requirements documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to map current-state and future-state processes.
• Proven stakeholder management experience across a range of business and technical functions.
• Experience facilitating workshops and communicating requirements to audiences with different levels of technical knowledge.
• Ability to manage several priorities and deliverables while working to demanding deadlines.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• A proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Experience using Microsoft Visio for business process mapping.
• Familiarity with Jira for recording user stories and managing requirements.
• Previous involvement in test planning, test execution or user acceptance testing.
• Experience supporting project managers with planning and delivery activities.
• Knowledge of change request governance and business readiness processes.
• Strong facilitation, problem-solving and stakeholder influencing skills.

Educational Requirements

• A relevant third-level qualification in Business, Information Technology or a related discipline would be beneficial.
• Professional certification in business analysis, project management or change management would be advantageous but is not essential.

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