Business Analyst - Bristol 2 Days onsite - FMCG - ITIL - SDLC - ERP - Testing - Bristol - Newport - 2 Stage Interview - Salary negotiable around £50k
Yolk Recruitment are working with a global brand in the FMCG sector to find help them find an experienced Business Analyst to join the IT business Unit, Reporting to the Business Relationship Manager you will interact with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to comprehend their problems and needs. You would be responsible for the understanding and analysing the business requests, the elicitation and documentation of requirements using the most appropriate framework and methodology.
What you will you be doing?
- Responsible for the collation of the business requirements to change identified business solutions which provide the required functionality at the required performance.
- Responsible for the documentation of any identified required changes, and communicate them to the relevant third parties/colleagues.
- Responsible for adhering to and providing feedback into business analysis standards, controls and processes.
- Accountable for defining the success criteria of all proposed changes.
- Accountable for ensuring transition to production is built into the requirements gathering process.
- Collaborate with the Solution Delivery team, to ensure they effectively support the business change.
- Collaborate with the Application Support Manager to provide input into the Service Transition Process
- Responsible for Continuous Improvement, proactively identify opportunities to improve solution delivery, system effectiveness and opportunities for efficiency improvements.
- Provide out-of-hours, and third-line support and management where necessary and appropriate - manage the impact of support on solution delivery.
What's your background?
- Proven business analysis experience within an FMCG or Wholesale environment with a track record of delivering successful implementations within the full software development lifecycle using structured frameworks and methodology's
- Strong experience in business process re-engineering, analysis, user requirement gathering, gap analysis, cost benefit analysis, workshop facilitation & business case development
- Proven experience of both testing and testing management across multiple platforms, transactional, reporting, integrated and interfaced, ideally ERP platforms.
- Analysing existing processes to understand the impact of a change on current business operations
- Understanding of different requirement gathering techniques and collaboration tools
- Proven experience of interacting collaboratively within solution delivery teams.
- Good business acumen (including good understanding of internal and external markets and best practice) and strong commercial and financial awareness to exploit IT for a competitive advantage
- Demonstrates a strong attention to detail as well as a creative mind to support both solution design and problem solving.
- and building business relationships, building and inspiring trust in IT, influencing, constructively challenging points of view,
- Demonstrates strong communication and presentation skills across all platforms of communication, adapting style and content for different audience.
- Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills Excellent at relationship building skills, experience of influencing and effective collaboration with IT and Business Teams, strong stakeholder management
- Open-minded and flexible to working with a range of different delivery methodologies across the Agile-Waterfall spectrum
PREFERRED:
Good understanding of the ITIL Framework
Hold or working towards a recognised Business Analysis qualification (e.g. BCS Diploma)
Experience of working in Waterfall and agile project environment (ideally but not limited to Scrum)
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL:
- Degree level qualification, or experience of working in a Business Analysis/Solution Delivery environment.
PREFERRED:
- ITIL Foundation
- Project Management e.g. PRINCE 2
- BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis
- BCS Certificate or Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
- BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering
Nationwide travel is requirement of this role. Not only visiting other Groups offices and depots but also meeting attendance at supplier and customer locations.
Full Driving License needed
Benefits
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