Senior Business Analyst - 25%+ Pension

Michael Page (UK); Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

About Our Client

The hiring organisation is a large and continually-growing public sector organisation known for its commitment to efficiency and sustainability.

Job Description

1. Formulate and implement business strategies to improve organisational efficiency
2. Analyse business processes and recommend improvements
3. Coordinate with technology department to optimise business operations
4. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and propose solutions
5. Prepare reports detailing business analysis findings
6. Lead team meetings and workshops to facilitate knowledge sharing
7. Ensure compliance with public sector regulations and standards
8. Engage with technical team to support the development of the solution.
9. Provide support to colleagues, sharing skills and knowledge.
10. Develop your skills through continued learning and development.
11. Triage of issues and responding to customer feedback to help inform priorities.
12. Carry out gap analysis to understand the 'As Is' and 'To Be' state.
13. Support in identifying processes for business improvements and produce process maps to document the business processes.
14. Translate user needs into user stories, managing the story through design and development and contributing to agile ceremonies.
15. Lead/mentor other Business Analysts

The Successful Applicant

A successful Senior Business Analyst should have:

1. MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE MIGRATING TO OR IMPLEMENTING MS365
2. Evidence of managing challenging stakeholder relationships proactively and effectively.
3. Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes technical experts and business end users.
4. Experience in investigating, analysing, visualising, articulating, solving complex problems and concepts and making recommendations based on available information using Business Analysis Practice.
5. Experience of balancing multiple priorities and dealing with ambiguity.
6. Experience in building and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
7. Experience of agile, working in a flexible, evolving environment that relies on high collaboration and iterative improvements.
8. Experience of varied Microsoft Applications, JIRA and Confluence (ideally).
9. Experience in capturing and managing user stories through to delivery (ideally).

What's on Offer

1. A competitive salary ranging between £50,000 and £60,000
2. The opportunity to work in an exciting public sector role in Manchester
3. Genuinely challenging, varied and interesting projects and programmes to work on
4. Generous holiday leave
5. A supportive company culture that encourages continual learning and development

If you're excited by the opportunity to influence business strategies in the public sector, we can't wait to see your application.