Lead Business Analyst

Hays PLC; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Lead Business Analyst - Bath - 12 month FTC - Flexible Working

Are you an experienced and qualified Business Analyst who can develop, demonstrate and apply methods and models that will enable teams and individuals to clarify, formalise and document their business needs with maximum efficiency and impact for the organisation? Do you possess the experience and know-how to influence and guide key and diverse business stakeholders at all levels on the scoping, composition and analysis of the portfolio programmes and projects? Are you looking for a rewarding role with social significance in which you will bring clarity to business problems and opportunities from the earliest stages of projects to improve levels of achievement in the time, cost and quality of delivery?

If so, then read on.......

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Work alongside the Deputy Director of Portfolio Management and directly with senior stakeholders to undertake early scoping and discovery work and to support them with prioritisation of strategic programmes and projects.
2. Lead the process for developing strategic project Business Cases (including project Mandates) and for monitoring Benefits Realisation, working closely with the Director of Finance and his team on financial aspects of project costs and benefits.
3. Work closely with the SPO Finance role to establish robust and effective financial management as part of strategic project management processes.
4. Provide thought-leadership and advice on the best utilisation of business analysts and their resources. In conjunction with anticipated strategic planning and performance data and processes to recommend how financial and other resources should be allocated strategically amongst programmes and projects to optimise the organisation's return on investment and enable efficient realisation of benefits.

Person specification:

1. Extensive Operations Management knowledge, application and experience.
2. Expert knowledge of business analysis methodologies and their application in a large, complex organisation - able to provide thought-leadership at all levels on this subject.
3. Significant experience of project work, including working in teams and on multiple tasks simultaneously.
4. Expert knowledge of project and business analysis frameworks and methodologies.
5. Financial Management (including knowledge of budgeting and cost control).
6. Strategic analysis - ability to translate strategic objectives into measurable outcomes and benefits delivered via specific project outputs.
7. UG degree and / or equivalent experience that provides the underpinnings for a business analyst role.
8. Programme / Project Management Qualification and / or extensive appropriate specialist experience.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with the requirement to be on-site in Bath 2 days per week.

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