IT Business Analyst

  • Bath
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 5 days ago
Wessex Water is looking for an experienced IT Business Analyst to join our innovative, successful and collaborative team. We play an important role in the successful growth and expansion across the business and wider YTL Group.This role offers a hybrid of office and home working (the option to work part of your week from home becomes available after completion of an initial training period). You will need to be located within a commutable distance from our Claverton Down, Bath office, as being able to work collaboratively with our business stakeholders and project teams is key to this role.What you'll doRepresenting 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/programmes, PowerApps, and Minor Changes
  • eliciting, documenting, validating and prioritising complex business requirements (functional and non-functional) using a range of analysis tools and techniques
  • documenting “as is” and “to be” processes both at a high and detailed level
  • 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
  • contributing to the knowledge of the team to support our 'continual service improvement' culture.
What you'll needDue to the range of work, we are looking for someone who has experience working as a Business Analyst on various types of projects, products and programmes (applications and infrastructure) through the full lifecycle, using both waterfall and agile methodologies.You will:
  • be a confident IT Business Analyst within technology change environments with at least 4 years' analysis experience in complex IT projects or programmes
  • be able to apply a vast range of business analysis skills/techniques to support the elicitation, documentation and prioritisation of business processes and requirements
  • have a strong work ethic, an eye for detail, with the ability to handle complex information to translate into clear outputs
  • be experienced in various project methodologies
  • have excellent communication and collaboration skills and be confident dealing with stakeholders at all levels
  • have excellent workshop facilitation skills
  • be great at multi-tasking to complete deliverables to a high standard while meeting tight deadlines
  • have experience in contributing to software tender processes
  • have experience in a range of projects, including software, infrastructure or security
  • be very familiar with using standard Microsoft Office products, including Visio and DevOps
  • possess specific business analysis qualifications, such as a BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis or appropriate contributing modules - alternatively, you may have an IT-related degree.
What you'll receive
  • A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
  • Career progression and professional development opportunities.
  • 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
  • The opportunity to buy up to ten days' holiday and sell up to five every year.
  • A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
  • Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
  • A new electric car in exchange for part of your gross salary, subject to conditions.
  • Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
  • One paid volunteering day each year.
  • Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
  • An interactive health and wellbeing platform.
  • Support from mental health first aiders.
  • A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us.
Who we areYTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:
  • Wessex Water - one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
  • YTL Developments - a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
  • YTL Construction UK - a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
  • YTL Arena - the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
  • plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.
Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.We are passionate about diversity and inclusion - with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.

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