Junior Business Analyst

Junior Business Analyst – Multiple Roles Available – Perm & Contract

Client:

Abacus Careers are being retained by one of Northern Ireland’s leading utilities firms to recruit Junior Business Analysts on both permanent and long-term contract basis.  The successful candidate will be highly self-motivated, results driven IT Professional with a proven track record in delivering IT projects to meet business needs and has a solid IT technical background. The successful candidate will report to the Senior Project Manager of the Programme Management Office and will be responsible for delivering and implementing IT Projects.

Role:

The successful candidate will be responsible for business process analysis and project management support, working closely with business users, project and technical teams to develop and enhance business processes, drive improvement and ensure delivery of key business and systems projects. The successful candidate will also be responsible for coordinating key activities of the Project Management Office (PMO) to include completing and monitoring relevant documentation and ensuring compliance with PMO policies and procedures. A feature of this role may also include the need to carry out certain Project Management responsibilities when required.

Business Process Analysis

• Identifying, mapping, developing and enhancing work systems and business processes in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Working with key stakeholders to identify business requirements and to gather requirements.
• Proactively gathering and analysing data to identify work processes, patterns and trends
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement to improve quality, efficiency and/or value.
• Developing and presenting findings and recommendations in a variety of formats to stakeholders at all levels and gaining buy in to recommendations.
• Driving implementation of recommendations and assisting in business change initiatives
• Conduction post-implementation analysis and seeking further opportunities for improvements.

Process Management

• Facilitating project working by acting as a critical link between business users and in-house technical teams/external suppliers.
• Undertaking lead responsibility for projects or areas within projects as required.
• Complete and monitor PM Documents to a high standard e.g. PID, Status Reports, etc.
• Attend project meetings to support the project team as required.
• Ensure all implementation programmes conform to PMO policies and procedures.

Requirements:

• Qualifications, experience, skills or knowledge you MUST SHOW YOU HAVE to be considered for the job
• Experience of working in a Business Analyst role within a project environment.
• Experience of using a range of investigation techniques including document analysis, workshop facilitation, and analysis tools to define business problems/requirements.
• Experience of documentation & change management of business case, business processes and business requirements using industry standard tools.
• Experience of building and maintaining successful working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Salary & Benefits:

Market rate on basic salaries and a excellent benefits package provided

Next Steps:
Please submit your application or speak to a specialist consultant from the Abacus team on 0044 (0) 28 9031 3157 for a confidential discussion. We aim to respond to all inquiries within 4 business hours.
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