Business Analyst

Correla; Elmdon Heath; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Uncapped annual leave

5-10% Pension Contribution

Up to 26 weeks’ full pay equal parent

Wellbeing Services

Job summary

Correla is seeking a Business Analyst to elicit and document business problems, translate needs into well-defined requirements and collaborate with Product, Engineering and QA to deliver valuable increments.

You will work closely with stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and use data and customer insight to guide decision-making while progressing ownership of product activities.

Qualifications

• Proven Business Analysis experience within a software, SaaS or digital product environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong working knowledge of modern software development practices and Agile/product delivery environments.
• Ability to translate complex needs into clear, structured and deliverable requirements or user stories.
• Curious and comfortable asking questions, challenging assumptions and exploring different approaches.
• Good customer and commercial awareness, with an interest in understanding value and outcomes a product needs to deliver.
• Able to work independently as the analysis specialist while collaborating effectively across teams.
• Experience with challenges of complex, regulated or API‑first products.

Responsibilities

• Independently elicit, analyse and document business and customer problems, needs, constraints and outcomes with stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussions with stakeholders and delivery teams to explore problems and identify solutions.
• Translate business needs into clear, deliverable requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work with Product, Engineering and QA throughout delivery to refine requirements.
• Support backlog refinement, prioritisation and breaking work into chunks delivering incremental value.
• Use data and feedback to assess whether delivered solutions meet needs.
• Develop understanding of product strategy and ownership, taking greater activity over time.

Skills

BA Experience

Requirements Elicitation

Stakeholder Management

Agile Delivery

User Stories

Job description

Correla are looking for a Business Analyst to join our team.

Salary: circa £53,000 (advertised salary achievable for a candidate fulfilling all role criteria)

Job Type: Permanent

About us

In March 2021, Correla was created, as an independently owned business to bring in private investment to fuel innovation in the centre of the energy market and beyond.

Correla is derived from correlation, becausewe’re all about exploring and enhancing relationships between data, people, and processes. Our SaaS products and Managed Service solutions combine to power industry innovation, simplify an increasingly complex market, and deliver cost and operational efficiencies.

Our goal is to support industry transformation, to move to a net-zero future and to positively impact the end-consumer.

About the Role:

• Independently elicit, analyse and document business and customer problems, needs, constraints and desired outcomes, working with the (Technical) Product Manager and Product Owners and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussions with stakeholders and delivery teams to explore problems, challenge assumptions and help identify appropriate solutions.
• Translate business needs into clear, well-defined and deliverable requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work collaboratively with Product, Engineering and QA throughout delivery, refining and clarifying requirements as understanding develops.
• Support backlog refinement and prioritisation, helping to break larger requirements into smaller, manageable pieces of work that can deliver value incrementally.
• Use data, customer insight and feedback to support decision-making and assess whether delivered solutions are meeting the intended need.
• Develop an understanding of product strategy, priorities and Product Ownership, progressively taking greater ownership of product activities.

About You

• Proven Business Analysis experience within a software, SaaS or digital product environment, with strong requirements elicitation, analytical, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong working knowledge of modern software development practices and Agile/product delivery environments.
• Ability to translate complex needs into clear, structured and deliverable requirements or user stories.
• Curious and comfortable asking questions, challenging assumptions and exploring different approaches.
• Good customer and commercial awareness, with an interest in understanding the value and outcomes a product needs to deliver.
• Able to work independently as the analysis specialist while collaborating effectively and influencing across Product, Engineering, QA and other stakeholders without formal authority.
• Experience with the challenges associated with complex, regulated or API‑first products.

What we offer

• Locate for your day
• Uncapped annual leave
• 5-10% Pension Contribution
• Private Healthcare
• Up to 26 weeks’ full pay equal parent leave
• Wellbeing Services
• And more!

At Correla, we are committed to working towards being a more diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can truly be themselves. We recognise the benefits of having talented people from a range of backgrounds and cultures who bring different perspectives, life experiences and diversity of thinking.

Our aim is to attract and retain the very best diverse talent to help create an exciting, innovative, and successful business that enables us to deliver an exceptional experience for our customers. We would therefore like to encourage applications from people with varied skillsets and experience and from different backgrounds and sectors to help shape our future.

Correla is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group, ancestry, place of origin, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender re‑assignment, age, record of offences, marital/civil partnership status, family status, pregnancy, maternity and paternity, religion/belief or disability. We promise that your opportunity for employment with us depends solely on your qualifications and relevant experience.