Business Analyst

PD Ports; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK port business is seeking a detail-oriented Business Analyst for their Project Management Office team. The successful candidate will conduct feasibility assessments, document requirements, and model processes to identify improvements. This full-time role offers hybrid working with travel to various sites across the UK. The ideal applicant will possess strong analytical skills, experience with technology change projects, and excellent stakeholder engagement. A range of benefits including 25 days holiday is included.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Life insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with experience applying business analysis methodologies.
• Proven track record in medium to large-scale technology change projects.
• Ability to manage business requirements from initiation to delivery.
• Skills in documenting requirements and process re-engineering.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct feasibility assessments and produce business cases.
• Document and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements.
• Model as-is processes and define to-be processes.
• Evaluate solutions and ensure alignment with business strategy.
• Support benefits analysis throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Analytical skills

Business analysis methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Conflict management

Presentation skills

Job description

PD Ports is a leading UK port business offering end-to-end supply chain solutions, employing over 1,400 people in the UK. With headquarters based in the Northeast of England, PD Ports owns and operates the UK’s sixth largest port by volume. Operating out of 11 key ports and logistics centres across the UK, we are committed to retaining and developing talent nationwide.

A vacancy has arisen for a detail-oriented, analytical, organised, and collaborative individual as a full time Business Analyst at PD Ports within the Project Management Office team.

Location: Queen’s Square but with travel to other sites required. Hybrid working available.
Working Arrangements: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week.

The five main things our Business Analyst will be working on are:

• Working with business stakeholders to conduct feasibility assessments, and helping to produce business cases to quantify value and secure stakeholder buy-in.
• Eliciting, documenting, and prioritising the business functional and non-functional requirements backlog.
• Modelling as-is processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and facilitating the definition of to-be processes.
• Supporting the evaluation of solutions, including the evaluation of 3rd party solutions, and ensuring they consistent with the overall business strategy.
• Supporting benefits analysis and realisation throughout the project lifecycle.

We are seeking someone who has:

• Strong analytical skills with experience applying business analysis methodologies.
• A proven track record and experience in the role in medium to large-scale technology change projects.
• The ability to manage business requirements from initiation through to delivery.
• Skills in documenting requirements, BPMN process modelling, and process re-engineering.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, conflict management, and presentation skills.

Benefits:

• We offer 25 days holiday, paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, life insurance and a cycle to work scheme.
• If you are interested in this opportunity please apply in writing, outlining relevant skills & experience, to [e-mail] and use job reference BAMS1810.