Senior Business Analyst Remote
Job description
At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! So, if you like the sound of one of our jobs, please apply - you could be just who we're looking for! Of course, experience and track record are important, but we're more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises. That's someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we don't discriminate based on any protected attribute. In fact, we're dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.
So, what are you waiting for? Join a Community that cares about you!
More about your role
The purpose of the Senior Business Analyst role is to lead, manage and develop a team of Business Analysts, working across our portfolio of projects, supporting them in their personal and professional development and overseeing team processes for ensuring efficient and effective scoping, discovery, delivery, and handover of project deliverables into our operational business teams. The Senior Business Analyst will support the Business Analyst Manager, where required, and will also have their own projects to lead on the business analysis workstream end-to-end across the project lifecycle.
Key deliverables include, but are not limited to:
- Development plans for the business analyst team & associated reporting
- Support with development and management of the business case development process
- Development and management of elicitation of requirements for project requests to ensure clear and consistent documentation for scope and requirements for business needs.
- Support with the solution design process, ensuring approved projects are detailed into solutions that are deliverable for projects where it is practicable
- Documenting as-is and to-be processes
- Development of your resources and the requirements pipeline to ensure the right project requests are progressed in line with the Places for People strategy
- Business analysis end-to-end on assigned projects
This role can be based from home, however our business is UK wide therefore some travel to offices will be required.
For more information, please download our job profile available on our website.
More about you
You will possess considerable experience working as a Business Analyst, to include leading and managing one's own analysis on multiple projects, working closely with stakeholders to model business processes, elicit business requirements, and supporting the end-to-end project lifecycle from discovery, through development, to hand over to BAU. A good knowledge of project management and process design software such as Visio or Lucid chart is a must. Ideally you will have experience with property/construction/housing, however this is secondary to the ability to take complicated problems, analyse them, and develop a clear set of requirements for manageable, deliverable solutions.
You will also have experience in managing and developing a team of business analysts, to include mentoring, leading on analysis workstreams and supporting your team members.
Over the coming year the Group businesses you will support will be undergoing considerable business change, reorganisation and harmonisation of processes and software, therefore it would be advantageous if you had experience of software procurement and process mapping methodologies.
Finally and possibly most importantly is your ability to build relationships with colleagues at all levels of the business quickly, to be able to ask the right questions in order to understand their needs, and be able to translate these into business requirements that deliver strategic objectives. You will need the ability to be a “critical friend” in order to question assumptions and help teams to think “outside the box” in order to achieve their optimal business processes. You will need superb communication and presentation skills.
Benefits
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:
- Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
- Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
- Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
- Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
- A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
- Training and development
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.
What's next?
If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please call the recruitment team on 01772 666555.
If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on [email protected].
Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.
If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.
