Business Analyst

Dubizzle Limited; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Sheffield seeks an experienced Business Analyst to join their team. In this role, you will act as a liaison among stakeholders, gathering and analyzing requirements for projects while ensuring alignment with customer needs. The position offers a hybrid working model with competitive benefits including additional holiday leave and a pension scheme. Qualified candidates should have over 5 years of experience and strong analytical skills.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Extra day’s leave for Birthday

Hybrid working

Company Pension

Income Protection

Life Assurance

Private health care

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a Business Analyst role, preferably within a software house.
• Client-facing experience required.
• Must be analytical, logical, and a critical thinker.

Responsibilities

• Gather and own requirements throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Communicate with stakeholders, end-users, and product owners.
• Validate releases against requirements with QA and product owners.
• Write and own functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Work on multiple projects in an agile environment.

Skills

Effective communicator

Analytical and critical thinker

Experienced user of MS Office/365

Job description

Velociti Solutions provides innovative digital transformation solutions and specialist consultancy focused on operational efficiency, safety, and customer service excellence. With deep sector knowledge gained over 30 years, we are trusted by transport authorities and bus & rail operators worldwide.

This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week. We offer a hybrid working model with 2 days per week working from our offices, and 3 days per week spent working from home. Our offices are based in Sheffield, Oldham (Manchester) and Bromsgrove (Worcestershire) and are happy for teams to work from which ever location is easiest. We are open to discussions regarding salary, dependent on previous experience.

Role and responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to join our team. The Business Analyst works as a liaison amongst client stakeholders and the business to elicit, analyse, own, communicate and validate requirements for projects. The business analyst uses their significant experience of working in digital products and projects to ensure we successfully meet our customers’ needs across the entire product range.

Duties will include

• Gathering and owning requirements through the entire product lifecycle, including change management, risk analysis, documentation and impact studies.
• Communication with stakeholders, end-users, product owners, developers and QA.
• Requirement formalisation (separation of business, user, functional and non-functional requirements as well as business rules, assumptions, and limitations).
• Working with QA and product owners to validate releases against requirements.
• Process mapping and design, including business architecture.
• Writing and owning functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Working on multiple projects simultaneously with multiple teams in an agile environment.
• Proactive in seeking to improve data insights and simplify workflows and processes.

• An effective communicator, capable and confident in engaging at all levels internally and with key stakeholders externally.
• Someone not afraid to ask questions.
• Must be an experienced user of MS Office/365.
• Must be analytical, logical and a critical thinker.
• At least 5 years' experience in a Business Analyst role, preferably within a software house.
• Client-facing experience.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and an additional 3 days for Christmas
• Extra day’s leave for Birthday
• Hybrid working
• Company Pension
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Private health care
• Cycle-to-work scheme