Business Analyst required to join my Bolton based client and support them in a ground up review of the core operating applications, architecture and project delivery methodologies, as part of the strategic project team, alongside daily stakeholder management as part of BAU.

The review will include fulfilment options analysis; internal development costing, tender exercises and solution assessment but also includes a complete review of project management and delivery approaches with a heavy emphasis on the use of Agile techniques as a future standard. It would therefore be preferred that candidates have a background in both waterfall and Agile techniques (noting that a BA who has just worked in an informal delivery environment or read an Agile book is insufficient, an individual who has worked in a Scrum or other specific methodology environment, has the strength to influence the incumbent team and advise on how Agile could be adopted is required).

Essential experience

A business focused BA/PM with a track record of working on cross disciplinary teams towards the delivery of distinct projects;
Excellent management of stakeholders within a busy operational environment

Strong influencing and workshop chair skills – able to drive process change

A consultative yet innovative approach to business improvement driven by identifying business needs

Ability to manage a diverse project workload with varying deadlines

Experience in producing detailed business requirement documents

Experience in producing functional/user specification for system developments;

Experience in the design of new systems from operational concept to user design specifications

Experience of in house development, package supplier, outsourcing and hybrid models

Ability to document operational processes, procedures and workflow using recognised standards (for example BPMN)

Experience of working in Agile environments

Supplier and outsourcing management, tender and solution evaluation techniques

Ability to define processes by flowchart and by Use Cases (UML)

Excellent communication skills – written and oral.

Commercially focused

Personal Qualities

Can do/will do’ attitude

Team worker

Builds strong relationships

Leadership

Influencing/negotiating skills – able to quickly gain the respect of business colleagues and become an integral part of operational teams

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Respect for others

Innovative – improvement driven with a commercial mind set

Quality orientated