Business Analyst Ipswich, England
Job description
You bring your customer and user centric approach to influence strategic IT initiatives which support the outcomes for the Commercial & Industrial and Generation Business. You act with integrity, taking personal responsibility to deliver change and improvements within our approach, processes and delivery. You are collaborative and act to remove barriers, ensuring all perspectives are heard before decisions are taken as we work towards a more sustainable future.
How will I spend my time in this role?
- Lead engagement with stakeholders, project, and application teams to elicit business problems and functional/non-functional requirements;
- Define appropriate project artefacts (user stories, process maps, wireframes, impact assessments) to communicate requirements and supporting information, including dependencies and assumptions;
- Facilitate prioritisation of requirements, highlighting where there may be impacts to the scope or benefits of the project;
- Collaborate with team members, ensuring their (test, architectural, project management) deliverables are aligned with requirements from;
- Provide holistic support throughout the project from ideation through to implementation;
- Work with vendors and IT delivery teams to ensure the solution meets business needs and benefits can be realised;
- Take an active role in developing Business Analysis best practice within the IT and Change community.
What skills/experience do I need to be considered?
- Experience as a Business or IT Analyst within energy or another regulated industry;
- Proven track record working within complex and/or large-scale projects;
- Strong stakeholder engagement across all levels within IT, business units and vendor management;
- Energy generation and supply, ideally with an understanding of pricing or industry flows;
- Software development lifecycle including waterfall and agile methodologies.
Who are we?
The future of energy is digitised, decarbonised and localised. At Smartest Energy, we need revolutionary thinkers to help our customers make the most of this new landscape, thinking differently to find smart solutions to complex problems.
Formed in 2001, we’re an agile business driven by entrepreneurial thinking. As a subsidiary of the Marubeni Corporation, we also have strong investment and infrastructure behind us. We have three offices in the UK, one in the US and another in Australia. Further expansion is planned for 2022 and beyond which means global career opportunities for you, with plenty of potential to explore new markets.
Flexibility is vital to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, remotely or a mix of remote/office. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.
When you join our Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute and make an impact every single day.
What else do we offer?
- The opportunity to work from anywhere in the world for up to 30 days per year;
- A genuine commitment to smarter working – we recognise your work/life balance matters;
- Paid time off to volunteer in your community;
- Excellent benefits package including private medical insurance/dental cover and non-contributory pension from month three;
Diversity
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to what we do. We value everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive we need diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow.
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