DV Cleared Business Analyst

Datasource; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consultancy that partners with the Government and Defence sectors. As a Business Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in capturing and documenting business requirements, performing detailed analysis, and ensuring alignment with client objectives. This hybrid position offers the chance to work on impactful projects while collaborating with talented professionals. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this innovative firm provides a supportive environment where your contributions will drive significant improvements in national security and defence operations. Don't miss the opportunity to be part of this exciting journey!

Benefits

25 Days Holiday

Flexible Pension Arrangement

Life Assurance

Occupational Sick Pay

Personal Accident Insurance

Expense Claims for Mobile Use

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in Defence or Government.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with Agile delivery.
• Experience with process modelling and requirements elicitation.

Responsibilities

• Capture and document business requirements for Defence clients.
• Perform detailed analysis of business processes and systems.
• Facilitate workshops to gather requirements and user stories.

Skills

Business Analysis

Defence/National Security Experience

Analytical Skills

Process Modelling

Agile Methodologies

Requirements Elicitation

Consulting Experience

PowerBI

Tableau

QlikSense

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Scrum

Kanban

SAFe 5.0

LeSS

Job description

Introduction

Our client is a large Consultancy company who are working with the Government and Defence sector on technology projects and are looking for a number of Business Analysts on a permanent basis to ensure optimised performance.

This is a really exciting time to join our client's business as they take on more and more projects and programmes in the Defence/Government sector!

You will need Defence/National security experience to be considered for this role.

Working Patterns: This role is hybrid with 2-3 days per week on site but candidates must be prepared to travel up to 4 days per week UK wide if required.

Key responsibilities

• Work with clients within Defence and National Security to capture and document business requirements to ensure a clear understanding of their needs and objectives.
• Perform detailed analysis of business processes, systems and data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Facilitate workshops and interviews to gather requirements, user stories and use cases.
• Analyse and document business processes, workflows and system interactions to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and user stories to ensure feasibility for development teams.
• Perform data analysis to identify trends, patterns and insights which can drive business decision-making and process improvements.
• Define and implement product centric operating models.
• Manage product ownership practices and processes, ensuring products developed meet the customer requirements.
• Conduct impact assessments and feasibility studies to evaluate proposed solutions and identify potential risks.
• Support testing and quality assurance activities, ensuring that solutions meet the defined requirements.
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to clients and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills & experience

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or in a similar role within Defence, Government or National Security.
• Have a strong track record of delivering business requirements within a project delivery environment.
• Strong analytical skills within technology.
• Experience with process modelling and lean practices, use case development and requirements elicitation.
• Experience with Agile delivery and tools such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe 5.0, LeSS.
• Consulting experience is a real bonus.
• Knowledge of how PowerBI, Tableau, QlikSense or other analytical tools.
• Expertise in how to test against requirements and ensure confidence in the outputs.

Additional benefits

• Holidays, starting at 25 days a year.
• A flexible contributory pension arrangement with matching contributions.
• Life assurance of six times your core salary (up to a maximum of six times the Earnings Cap, in force at date of death).
• Occupational sick pay.
• Personal accident insurance.
• Mobile phone is not fully funded but you can claim on expenses for business use.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

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You will be required to hold a minimum of DV Clearance. If you do not hold an active DV clearance, please familiarise yourself with the vetting process before applying.

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