Senior Business Analyst

Hays PLC; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking public sector organization as a Senior Business Analyst, where you will play a pivotal role in enhancing business operations and driving improvements. This innovative firm is dedicated to delivering essential services across Scotland, ensuring sustainability and growth. You will collaborate with diverse stakeholders, apply your expertise in business analysis, and lead initiatives that align with organizational goals. With a flexible hybrid working environment and a full government pension, this opportunity not only promises professional growth but also a chance to make a meaningful impact in your community.

Benefits

Full government pension

Flexible working environment

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• Strong business analysis skills with experience in stakeholder management.
• Proficient in Agile methodologies and business process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Engage with stakeholders to understand business operations and identify improvements.
• Analyse business problems and recommend solutions aligned with goals.

Skills

Agile working

Business analysis

Business modelling

Business process improvement

Business process testing

Requirements definition and management

Stakeholder relationship management

Systems analysis

Testing

User experience analysis

Relationship management

Collaborative environment

Job description

Senior Business Analyst, Public Sector Org, Central belt, £45-50k + pension

Your new company
You will be joining an innovative public sector organisation that provides crucial services across Scotland. They are headquartered near Glasgow and employ over 1000 people in a diverse range of scientific, research and technology roles.
They are committed to delivering the best possible service to communities across Scotland and ensuring sustainability and growth.

Your new role
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will engage with stakeholders throughout the organisation to understand business operations and identify opportunities for improvement. Your main duties will include analysing and understanding business problems or opportunities, undertaking research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data, and technology.

You will identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change, and define success measures. You will make decisions related to prioritisation and minimum viable product by using analysis-led insights, ensure new products and services meet business and user needs, and are aligned with organisational goals.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this role, you will need the following knowledge and skills:

• Agile working: Ability to identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes.
• Business analysis: Capability to recommend the approach to options analysis, feasibility assessment, and operations, and quantify potential business benefits.
• Business modelling: Experience in leading the modelling of processes, systems, and data at varying levels of detail or complexity across a project or programme.
• Business process improvement: Skill in identifying opportunities to improve business performance within a project or programme.
• Business process testing: Expertise in supporting the design, execution, and assessment of business process tests and usability evaluations.
• Requirements definition and management: Proficiency in advising on the approach to requirements management within a project or programme.
• Stakeholder relationship management: Experience in communicating with stakeholders, clarifying needs and commitments through consultation and consideration of consequences.
• Systems analysis: Skill in identifying and analysing IT system capabilities, developing models and system requirements.
• Testing: Ability to recommend the value of testing and apply relevant tools and techniques to ensure test validity.
• User experience analysis: Expertise in analysing, prioritising, and validating user experience needs.
• Knowledge of writing business cases, process analysis, and documenting requirements.
• Relationship management: Excellent skills in managing relationships across technical and business streams.
• Collaborative environment: Experience working in a multidisciplinary agile team, delivering iterative design components.

What you'll get in return
They offer a highly flexible working environment with hybrid (1-2 days in office) and a full government pension.

What you need to do now
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