Senior Consultant - Business Analyst - Technology Consulting - Belfast - IOI

EY; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

EY in Belfast is hiring a Business Analyst to join the Technology Consulting team. You’ll work with clients to understand business goals, gather requirements and translate them into practical IT solutions, in a fast-paced, multi-vendor environment.

You’ll build relationships, contribute to proposals, and help grow the business by delivering high-quality analyses and insights. Experience in consulting, strong communication, and knowledge of both business processes and technology are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience in a consulting firm, industry or government organisation within local, European & US markets.
• Experience gathering, defining and documenting business and solution requirements for IT systems.
• A strong academic record including a third level degree.
• Experience in Power & Utilities, Government & Public Sector, Financial Services, Life Sciences or Telecommunications & Media.
• Experience in a fast paced, multi-vendor client-facing environment.
• Experience in business development such as client relationship management and proposal support.

Responsibilities

• As a Business Analyst, understand goals and work with teams to formulate solutions.
• Build valuable client relationships through delivering exceptional delivery.
• Contribute to proposals and client presentations to win new business.
• Draw on your skills to create insights for clients to evolve their change agenda.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Client relationship building

Proposal development

Mentoring others

Continuous learning

Innovation with technology

Education

Third level degree

Tools

Oracle ERP

MS Dynamics

SAP

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Business Analyst - Business & Technical Analysis - Technology Consulting - Belfast

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY have a number of career opportunities available, and we are interested in meeting candidates who are looking for a new challenge, one where you can develop your range of skills significantly. Be that a move out of industry into practice, or from within practice into advisory services. We are looking for future leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. Our opportunities will allow you to apply your expertise to a variety of projects whilst offering you excellent career progression opportunities.

The opportunity

Here at EY you’ll work with a team of amazing Technologists who are always growing, learning, and adapting, in and out of the office. Technology is changing the world, and we’re at the centre of it all. With a team list that reads like a who's who in tech, and a highly disruptive business model, we’re advancing the art of team collaboration. Driven by honest values, an amazing culture, we’re out to unleash the potential of every team. We are looking for people like you who are powered by passion and eager to do the best work of their lives in a highly autonomous yet collaborative environment.

Your Key Responsibilities

• As a Business Analyst, you will work with our clients to understand business goals and priorities, and to work with functional teams to formulate solutions to meet these goals.
• You will build valuable relationships with our clients through demonstrating exceptional delivery.
• You’ll also have the responsibility to help grow and win new business by contributing to proposals and client presentations.
• You will also get to draw on your skills and experience, creating innovative insights for clients looking to develop their change agenda to deliver value and improve their operations.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Eager to build valued relationships with both our clients and your peers across EY
• Strong drive to excel professionally, and to guide and motivate others
• Strives to identify new opportunities and to create proposals to help solve our client’s most complex problems
• Passion for developing people through effectively coaching and mentoring more junior members of staff
• A continued ambition to further develop and learn, fostering an interest in innovative technologies

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• At least 2 years' experience working within a consulting firm, industry or government organisation within local, European & US markets
• Experience gathering, defining and documenting business and solution requirements for the enhancement, replacement, or introduction of IT systems
• A strong academic record including a third level degree
• Experience in one or more of our focus industries including Power & Utilities, Government & Public Sector, Financial Services, Life Sciences and Telecommunications & Media
• Experience operating in a fast paced, multi-vendor environment in a client facing role
• Experience in business development such as client relationship management and proposal support

Ideally, you also will have:

• Experience analysing systems and procedures, process design and modelling, and documenting ‘As is’ and ‘To be’ assessments for a Target Operating Model
• Experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies, including the creation of User Stories or Use Cases and working closely with a Product Owner
• Experience conducting workshops and interviews
• Experience with stakeholder management and working collaboratively with Development and Testing teams to deliver high quality solutions that meet client and user business needs
• Experience in the delivery of large-scale business/technology programmes and ideally in ERP or CRM implementations (Oracle, MS Dynamics, SAP)

What We Look For

We’re interested in candidates with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

What We Offer

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

The Exceptional EY Experience. It’s Yours To Build.

Please note;

Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity& inclusiveness here . We ask because it matters!

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