IT Business Analyst

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Summary

Are you starting to think about your next exciting career move in IT? If so, we may be able to turn that desire into a reality with our IT Business Analyst opportunity.

We play an important role in the successful growth and expansion of the Wessex Water Group, across both our regulated and retail and commercial companies.

This role offers a hybrid of office and home working (up to two days at home and three days in the office). However, government guidelines will take precedence.

What will I be doing?

Representing the business analysis function, you will work closely with a range of business stakeholders to ensure the IT project team has all the analysis documents required to support the development and/or delivery of a solution that meets business objectives and enables business benefits to be realised.

Day to day, your responsibilities will include:

collaborating with business stakeholders and evaluating their requests to determine feasibility for a range of change initiatives, including large IT projects, PowerApps and Minor Changes

eliciting, documenting, validating and prioritising complex business requirements (functional and non-functional) using a range of analysis tools and methods

documenting "as is" and "to be" processes

working collaboratively with the project team throughout the project lifecycle to ensure requirements are understood and delivered

ensuring traceability of requirements from source to delivery

supporting vendor selections as appropriate

managing stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of the project

What are the requirements?

We are looking for someone who has extensive experience working as an IT Business Analyst on various types of projects (applications and infrastructure) through the full lifecycle, in both waterfall and agile methodologies.

The ideal person will:

be able to demonstrate a range of business analysis skills/methods which enable you to elicit, document and prioritise business processes and requirements

have excellent communication skills and be comfortable dealing with stakeholders at all levels, while also being good at building relationships with customers

be great at multi-tasking to complete deliverables to a high standard while meeting tight deadlines

be very familiar using standard Microsoft Office products, including Visio and preferably DevOps

ideally possess specific business analysis qualifications, such as a BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis or appropriate contributing modules. Alternatively, you may have a business or IT-related degree

In addition, you may have systems/technical analysis or data analysis experience. You may also have business analysis experience on Microsoft Dynamics implementations.

What we offer?

Competitive salary

24 days annual leave, increasing with each year of service up to 28 days

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life Assurance - up to four times your salary

Gymflex scheme

Mental health first aiders

Cycle2work scheme

Cashback and discounts for the majority of retailers and leisure outlets

Enhanced maternity leave and pay arrangements

Funded training and development opportunities

Dental plans

Paid volunteering days

What you'll get from us?

Our people tell us Wessex Water is a great place to work, and they stay with us! We are proud of how we support development and career progression. We have a wealth of both financial and non-financial benefits to offer our people and are committed to ensuring we provide an environment that supports health and wellbeing and flexible working.

We continue to promote diversity and inclusion. With that in mind, we welcome all applicants.

We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer. Applicants who declare they have a disability or have previously served with the Armed Forces, and meet the minimum requirements for the job, will automatically be invited for an interview.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to assist you in starting your journey with Wessex Water.

The appointment of successful applicant/s will also be subject to receiving suitable references and basic (or where job applicable) other criminal disclosure checks. You must also be able to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.

If you have what it takes to join this award-winning business and want to be part of our exciting journey and share in that success, then please get in contact with us to find out more.

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