Business Analyst (Water Utility)

Hexaware Technologies UK Limited; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Business Analyst to drive transformational business change initiatives by engaging with stakeholders, documenting requirements, and ensuring thorough analysis of business processes. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical abilities, professional qualifications in Business Analysis, and experience within utility sectors. This role offers the opportunity to deliver impactful solutions that meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and reasoning abilities.
• Ability to develop relationships at different organizational levels.
• Some knowledge of application technologies for business benefit.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Highly motivated with a focus on customer service.
• Experience in the utilities sector is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities on change initiatives.
• Translate business needs into specific requirements.
• Ensure thorough use of the Requirements Engineering model.
• Develop AS-IS and TO-BE business process models.
• Manage stakeholder communication at all levels.
• Support User Acceptance Testing for all deliverables.

Skills

Analytical skills

Relationship management

Creativity and lateral thinking

Ability to prioritize under pressure

Strong organizational skills

Motivated and self-reliant

Education

BCS Business Analysis certification/Diplomas

Lean Six Sigma

Agile Methodology (SAFe)

Job description

The Business Analyst will carry out business analysis activities on one or more transformational business change initiatives across the client portfolio. This will include?working with key stakeholders to elicit, analyse and document all types of requirements in line with Practice Standards, policies, procedures, and methodologies to define acceptance criteria and'support benefits realisation.??? Key to this role is to possess an inquisitive, questioning nature; to be able to probe and develop a deep understanding of business processes, business operating models and behaviours, identify opportunities creating an environment for delivering effective and sustainable change.? Role holders will drive towards demonstration of high levels of professionalism, particularly when engaging with business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead?Business Analysis activities on multiple?change?initiatives, delivering requirements specifications capable of being used to develop IT based services (bespoke software solutions, third party products and cloud-based solutions);???
• Translating business needs into specific requirements including UI design; Data models; Business procedural changes and Interface designs??
• Ensure thorough use of the Requirements Engineering model including elicitation, analysis, validation, documentation and traceability of requirements??
• Use the appropriate elicitation techniques such as interviewing stakeholders, facilitating workshops, conducting surveys to capture requirements accurately?
• Develop AS-IS and TO-BE business process models using defined standards, and use gap analysis to support delivery of any transition plans needed to reach the target situation?
• Manage stakeholder communication at all levels?
• Ensure that User Acceptance Testing takes place?for all deliverables and support any associated testing activities??
• Support the delivery of suitable solutions which meet business requirements. Ability to collect, evaluate and interpret information from multiple sources to identify and differentiate real user needs??

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and reasoning abilities???
• Ability to develop and maintain effective internal/external relationships at?different?levels within the organisation??
• Some?knowledge of application technologies and how best to exploit their use for business benefit??
• Ability to prioritise and execute tasks in a dynamic?and changing environment???
• Strong organisational'skills??
• Possess a strong sense of purpose and proactively seek responsibility and ownership?
• Creativity and lateral?thinking?
• Highly motivated and self-reliant with a personal drive for continuous development and able to demonstrate a strong customer service ethos, as well as a source of knowledge for others.??
• Previous experience gained within the water or?waste water'sectors or within the broader utilities'sectors??
• Previous experience working on projects involving Legacy platform replacement and data migration
• Professional?qualification?in Business Analysis?(eg BCS Business Analysis certification/Diplomas, Lean Six Sigma)??
• Professional qualification in Agile Methodology, ideally Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)