Senior Business Analyst

Version 1; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services firm in Birmingham seeks a talented Business Analyst to lead workshops and deliver solution designs. The role involves producing documentation and managing stakeholder requirements in a dynamic environment. Candidates should have business analysis experience within consultancy or public sector organizations, good project management skills, and excellent communication abilities. A strong focus on work-life balance and flexible working arrangements are part of the company culture, along with various employee wellbeing initiatives.

Benefits

Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share

Flexible/remote working

Educational assistance for certifications

Employee wellbeing schemes

Generous holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in Business Analysis within a Consultancy or Public Sector.
• Proven track record in producing Business Requirements Documents.
• Experience in Agile delivery teams.
• Knowledge of technology and IT systems.
• Good project management skills to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops and manage stakeholder requirements.
• Conduct root cause analysis and develop solution designs.
• Produce Business Requirement Specification Documents.
• Support UAT during testing phases.

Skills

Business Analysis experience

High-quality documentation skills

Agile Delivery experience

Project management skills

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We're an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, ₠350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We're a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it's deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we'll invest in you!

Job Description

We are seeing unprecedented growth across several of our key practice areas. We are looking for talented individuals, who want a challenging, dynamic work environment with honesty & integrity, excellence and drive amongst our core values as well as a strong emphasis on our people and a work-life balance.

• End-to-end project involvement from leading workshops through to design and delivery phases.
• Perform root cause analysis of problems and work closely with business users in order to identify and translate their needs into solution designs and systems specifications.
• Produce detailed Business Requirement Specification Documents
• Stakeholder management across all levels from c-suite through to on-the-ground developers both internally and with the clients
• Support UAT during all phases of testing to ensure that the solutions are ready for release.

Qualifications

• Business Analysis experience within a Consultancy or Public Sector organisation.
• Proven track record in producing high-quality Business Requirements Documents, Business Processes Mapping and documentation skills.
• Agile Delivery experience and has working within an Agile delivery team
  Digital or Application Modernisation Project experience.
• Experience in reviewing Functional Specification Documents produced by peers (Peer Review) to ensure they align with Business Requirements Specification documents.
• Has worked on both large-scale and smaller projects and has been responsible for defining and designing business solutions.
• An understanding of technology and IT systems.
• Good project management skills with the ability to plan and schedule own work and work towards tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills - be able to explain complicated processes and concepts to non-experts.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people's individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1's Annual Excellence Awards & 'Call-Out' platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits... drop us a note to find out more.

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