Business Analyst Digital Solutions

Isio; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Significant development opportunities

Flexible working options

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is looking for an experienced Business Analyst in Edinburgh to lead and manage various projects. This role involves close collaboration with stakeholders to deliver the best outcomes and requires strong analytical and communication skills. Candidates should have project delivery experience, proficiency in Microsoft tools, and adaptability in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. The position offers a hybrid work pattern, ensuring a balance between remote and in-office work.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects as a business analyst.
• Comfortable managing stakeholders to influence solutions.
• Able to define clarity from ambiguity.
• Experience creating detailed reports and presentations.
• Competency in Microsoft applications.
• Excellent planning and time management skills.
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and document business processes.
• Elicit and document requirements and user stories.
• Seek creative solutions for UX problems.
• Develop wireframes and prototypes.
• Write specifications and communicate with stakeholders.
• Engage throughout the full SDLC.
• Conduct user acceptance testing.
• Liaise between stakeholders and technical teams.
• Identify new opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze options to identify the best fit.
• Develop business cases.
• Organize meetings and presentations with stakeholders.

Skills

Experience delivering projects of various size and types

Managing stakeholders to influence solutions

Defining clarity out of ambiguity

Creating detailed reports and presentations

Competency in Microsoft applications

Excellent planning and time management skills

Experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies

Tools

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Overview

We’re growing and want you to be a part of our journey.

Business Analyst within the Digital & Transformation team

We are looking for experienced Business Analysts who can lead and run projects in a flexible and adaptive way to deliver the best results for the business.

As a team, we are delivering across the business on small, medium, and large-scale projects. The roadmap consists of a range of different projects from customer-facing systems, core internal systems to strategic decision analysis. The ambition is to transform the business and adapt the latest technology to effectively deliver the best outcomes for our clients and members.

To achieve this, our team focuses on close collaboration with stakeholders from the business, technology, and external suppliers to understand – and challenge – the core business requirements to ensure the best outcome for any project. The role will likely be visible to, and involve working with, all levels of the business – from Partners to frontline operational teams.

Our roles are varied and extend beyond the fundamentals of the core BA – into guidance and helping the business in ownership of delivery. As a result, the team may often work with the business and product owners to challenge, highlight, and determine key decisions – and so are key to the success and final outcomes of a project.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating and documenting business processes.
• Eliciting and documenting requirements and user stories.
• Seeking creative ways to solve UX problems.
• Developing wireframes and prototypes to meet business needs.
• Writing specifications.
• Clearly communicating design and changes to business stakeholders, technical teams, and management.
• Engaging throughout the full SDLC.
• Conducting user acceptance testing.
• Acting as a liaison between stakeholders, users, and technical teams to ensure effective adoption of any new system or process.
• Identifying new opportunities for improvement.
• Analysing options to identify the best fit for the business need.
• Developing business cases.
• Organising and running meetings and presentations with stakeholders in all areas of the business to gather and share information.
• Staying up-to-date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernise systems.
• Providing leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff.

Key Skills and Experience required

• Experience delivering projects of various size and types as a business analyst.
• Comfortable with managing stakeholders of all kinds to influence and determine acceptable solutions.
• Able to define clarity out of ambiguity – always seeking the underlying “why” – or rationale.
• Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Visio, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Excellent planning, organisational, and time management skills.
• Experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Where is the role based

The BA team operate across all 10 of Isio's nationwide offices. The majority of the team are based in either Edinburgh, Birmingham or London working hybrid 2-3 days per week in the office. Whilst being based in one of these 3 offices would be beneficial, we are open to considering candidates in any of our office locations in a hybrid workstyle.

Demonstrated Commitment to our Core Purpose

• Power in Partnership: We work in partnership with our clients & each other – building open and trusted relationships. Working together allows us to deliver the best for our clients.
• Future Focus: We want to push our industry forward by solving problems in better ways that benefit both our clients & society.
• Strength in Difference: We work with diverse perspectives to find better solutions. Working with differences makes us stronger.
• People First: We recognise that pensions is a people business. People are the source of Isio’s expertise and it is people’s lives that we affect through our advice.

What we offer you

Isio is a people business, and we’re committed to helping our great colleagues gain a wide variety of experience, significant development opportunities and progression through the business. The variety of work that’ll be available to you will enable you to do this.

You can find out more about Isio and the benefits we offer here.

About Isio

Isio was ‘born’ in 2020 from the sale of KPMG UK’s Pension Practice to a private equity firm. An industry-leading challenger, we provide diverse expertise spanning Pensions, Investment, Benefits and Wealth to give clients an integrated experience.

Isio is built by challengers, innovators and forward-thinkers, grounded around a vision which strives to deliver greater financial confidence for everyone. We empower and develop those who join us – valuing curious minds and giving people the freedom to outperform. Known and respected for our agility, we harness specialist experience, bold thinking and the desire to push the boundaries of what we can achieve for our clients, from small to blue chip, public to private.

At Isio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, in which our colleagues feel they belong, regardless of background or difference. We uphold the values of respect, fairness, and inclusion in our actions and decisions. We believe that by adhering to these principles, we will create a stronger, more innovative, and supportive environment for all, as well as ensuring that the advice and support we provide to our clients is more creative, more insightful and leaves a lasting impact.

We have offices across the UK and many of our roles offer a hybrid, flexible approach to work to help create a work-life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

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