Job description
We are looking for enthusiastic, hardworking individuals who are ready to make the next step in their business analysis career to join our team at Companies House and continue the great work of the service squads.
Our Business Analysts will play a key role in the identification, analysis, and delivery of requirements for these service teams whilst working in an Agile way using Scrum framework.
You must have the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis qualification to be eligible for this role.
If you are interested in this role and enjoy working in a fast-paced development environment, please keep reading to find out more…
As a Senior Business Analyst, you would work with and report to a Lead Business Analyst in a designated service squad.
You would be responsible for ensuring the provision of requirements for projects/business improvements to facilitate development work on existing and new digital services. There will also be involvement in the business improvement refinement process as well as the resolution of live issues to ensure business as usual continuity of the service is maintained.
Successful candidates will be expected to use their knowledge, skills, and experience to conduct the following tasks:
- Agile working – be responsible for ensuring processes are in place to allow user stories to be defined/refined meeting the needs of the scrum, whilst supporting Business Analysts on the delivery of those user stories. Work with scrum teams in the squad providing analysis representation at all relevant agile ceremonies (Sprint planning, Sprint review etc). If required, work as a liaison with external scrums (non CH) through the provision of Companies House process/system knowledge.
- Testing – work with colleagues to assess and define test coverage required for projects and BI work. Work with others to obtain the necessary data/work items or test instances required to allow effective testing to take place.
- Business improvement (BI’s/Problems) – involvement in the Business Improvement (BI) process for their service and facilitate business value scoring sessions with service team representatives. Analyse and evaluate BI’s and produce problem statements to define the issue/problem faced and outline the user needs. Manage, investigate, and prioritise live issues. This is a key role to ensure that where required, analysis input is provided in a timely manner.
- Business modelling – Develop and expand knowledge and experience of using BA tools to model business processes. Responsibility for the creation and maintenance of business process, data flows and system models for the work within their squad. Mentor Business Analysts/Junior Business analysts on business modelling. Capture the changes made to existing services or document new services and capture how these changes impact on existing digital infrastructure across the services.
- User focus and requirements definition and management – ensure development teams understand user requirements and provide an escalation point for queries relating to user requirements which can’t be dealt with by a Business Analyst. Ensure documentation supporting the development process is captured (stories and epics in JIRA and supporting documentation in Confluence). Work closely with Product Owners to create packages of work (missions) which align with both Companies House and digital strategy and meet service priorities.
- Digital perspective – work with the Scrum, Developers, Lead Analysts, Architects and User centric teams to establish technical solutions for the projects or business Improvements being developed. Consider how changes in technology/systems impacts both internal and external services. Ensure usability needs are considered when defining requirements.
- Stakeholder relationship management – develop networks and relationships with key stakeholders within the Filing, I&E and GCI services. Develop networks and relationships with other professions and teams within DDaT.
- Business analysis – gain a wide experience of the organisation and its services and use BA knowledge to support the objectives of the organisation as outlined in the Business plan and digital strategy. Play an active role in the South Wales BA Community of Practice. Help to organise CH events and attend and participate in events hosted by other organisations. Play a leading role in the mentoring of Business Analysts/Junior Business Analysts to develop their BA knowledge and experience. Also responsible for management of Business Analysts as well as responsible for their training and development programmes.
Person specification:
- Have acquired the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.
- Be proficient in using SQL and/or JSON to interrogate data and solve live issues.
- Have experience of Agile working and its processes towards delivering requirements.
- Have worked with colleagues to create test coverage for requirements – both data and scenarios for testing.
- Have experience of working on business improvements.
- Have experience of mapping business processes and systems modelling.
- Be comfortable with the management of stakeholders.
- Have experience of discussing requirements with user groups to establish deliverables.
- Have the ability to be a role model to define change.
- Be able to document requirements for use during development and also reference material after implementation.
To be successful for this role, you must also have acquired the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.
This will need to be evidenced prior to interview if successful at sift stage.
What we can offer you...
- Flexible working with no core hours – build up to 2 days off per month!
- 30 Days Annual Leave and 8 Bank Holidays and 1 Privilege Day.
- Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave paid at full rate of pay for the 26 weeks of Ordinary Maternity leave, followed by an extra 13 weeks Statutory Maternity Pay and a further 13 weeks leave is also available which is unpaid. We offer 2 weeks statutory paternity leave
- Enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate of averaging 27%.
- 3 Days Volunteering Leave.
- Support for training such as Certifications in AWS and OCP and access to Pluralsight. With up to 5 days study leave.
And many more...
If you would like to find out more about us and the role, click Apply Now to view our full advert and apply to join the team!
This job closes on 23 April 2023 at 23:55
If you have any queries, please reach out to us.
We hope to hear from you soon!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £41,863.00-£47,329.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Remote