Business Analyst

Salem Area Chamber of Commerce; Brighton; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative technology company is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to work remotely while requiring regular travel to customer sites across the UK. As a Business Analyst, you will play a critical role in understanding and documenting business requirements, facilitating workshops, and ensuring successful project delivery. Your expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, along with your strong communication skills, will be essential in collaborating with both technical teams and stakeholders. This position promises a flexible work environment and a chance to contribute to impactful projects in the Defence sector.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Recruitment Referral Bonus

Employee Recognition Reward Scheme

All IT equipment provided

Life Assurance

Access to learning platforms

Health shield cash plan

Cycle to work scheme

Company pension

Qualifications

• Recognized Business Analyst qualification required.
• Must achieve Security Clearance (SC) status.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct on-site analysis and workshops with customers.
• Document business-level requirements for technical teams.
• Act as customer proxy during User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Skills

Business Analyst qualification

Security Clearance (SC)

Communication skills

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

UML

BPMN 2.0

Stakeholder management

Documentation skills

Problem-solving

Education

Recognised Business Analyst qualification

Tools

Wireframes

Data dictionaries

Job description

Business Analyst | Remote with regular travel to customer sites | 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday | £50,000-£60,000 pa

Our client is a UK technology company with team members based across the country. They solve through-life acquisition and support management issues for the Defence and related sectors, supporting their teams to work strategically, collaboratively and effectively to maintain and streamline the delivery of military and industrial capability.

Please note- this role requires regular visits to customer sites so you must be comfortable travelling unaccompanied to locations within the UK. You should also feel confident and competent in user workshops by exercising a tried and tested playbook for elicitation from all stakeholder levels.

Are you the right person for the job?

• Recognised Business Analyst qualification
• Must be able to achieve Security Clearance (SC) status
• Excellent soft skills such as communication, presentation and negotiation
• Be willing and enthusiastic to present and advocate novel technical solutions at customer sites
• Experience in delivering software using various software methodologies, particularly Agile and Waterfall
• Experience in creating UML, BPMN 2.0 models and diagrams, particularly conceptual domain models, activity diagrams, and use case diagrams.
• Experience in developing and documenting requirements, with acceptance tests, and providing supporting artefacts like wireframes and data dictionaries
• Possess a thorough and enthusiastic approach to stakeholder management, being proactive in preparing for all engagement with users, subject matter experts, owners, and sponsors
• Logical in approach, and adaptable to the style and quantity of analysis required, based on available time, resources, and value
• Collaborate in a professional, friendly and attentive manner at all stages of the software development lifecycle, particularly with clients and specialist staff
• Able to work autonomously and be self-motivated, with a positive attitude and an adaptable approach

What will your role look like?

Pre-Project:

• Support sales by creating compelling proposals and user-focused solutions

Initiation & Elaboration:

• Conduct on-site analysis and workshops with customers in the UK
• Prepare by reviewing project domain, stakeholders, and required outputs
• Document business-level requirements for both customer and technical teams
• Communicate findings to ensure customer approval and alignment with expectations
• Identify non-functional requirements and operational constraints

Development & Delivery:

• Deliver approved user stories and supporting content on time
• Collaborate with technical teams to verify solution delivery and quality
• Remove obstacles during implementation, manage issues, and assist with demos
• Ensure project scope aligns with budget and customer expectations
• Provide updates to stakeholders and escalate issues when needed
• Lead customer demos, feedback sessions, and manage risks
• Document project progress, issues, and dependencies

Deployment:

• Act as customer proxy during User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Assist with release documentation and respond to post-release support queries
• Help create training materials

What can you expect in return?

• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely
• Recruitment Referral Bonus
• Employee Recognition Reward Scheme
• All IT equipment necessary for your role and support office equipment for your home is provided
• Life Assurance
• Free access to learning and wellbeing platforms such as LinkedIn and Headspace
• Health shield (cash plan benefit scheme)
• Cycle to work scheme, tech scheme and lease car scheme
• Company pension

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