Business Analyst

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We are looking for a talented Business Analyst to join our team based in our head office in Maidenhead. This is a very independent role and the projects are broad meaning you will work with various departments to gather, understand, document and translate business requirements into user stories / As-Is - To-Be processes for projects.

We are looking for someone who has both retail processes and digital knowledge, basically where Operations meets Technology.

Main Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Provide Business Process design and documentation expertise, recommend business process and/or system improvements using formal (and informal) techniques
• Collaborate with project sponsors to determine project scope and vision
• Clearly identify project stakeholders and build strong working relationships
• Provide clear business requirements to tech leads and development team and communicate technical solutions back to the business
• Manage and prioritise product backlog based on dependencies and requirements
• Leads the gathering, understanding, documentation and translation of the business requirements and user stories for the project, translating into detailed user stories (as appropriate), with supporting acceptance criteria and training strategies where required.
• Provide the project manager with accurate and measurable estimates for Business Analysis deliverables
• Develop a broad understanding of Rank Group processes and applications and a deeper knowledge across an agreed portfolio to act as a Subject Matter Expert
• Provide expertise to assist Product owners and internal customer groups in identifying opportunities to maximize business value from existing technology and application landscape
• Provide Process & Application portfolio expertise to Service and BAU teams
• Work with development and QA teams to ensure all stories are understood and appropriate test plans are developed
• Facilitate User Acceptance testing and customer signoff
  
  

Skills and Experience:

• Three to five years related work experience
• Detailed knowledge and experience in implementing IT related business projects, which involve multiple activities and streams of people from both IT and business teams using Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Experience of working in a Multi-channel digital and/or retail organisation and of working within a Matrix structure
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of the successful application of the principles, methods, techniques and tools of various business analysis techniques
• The ability to write User Stories and Business Process documents according to a variety of recognised standards
• A proven ability to translate technical designs and constraints to understandable business concepts
• Experience in working with distributed technical development teams
• Significant experience of working with 3rd parties for delivery of aspects of a solution
• The ability to transform data into insight and prioritise solutions that deliver maximum value
• Good awareness of Product Lifecycle - experience of marketing, customer insight, strategy and how this informs and drives product development
• Dynamics 365 experience or implementation an advantage
• Technology development background an advantage

Qualifications(Desirable but not essential):

• BCS - Business Analysis
  
  

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