Business Analyst
- Recruiter
- Vacancy Filler Ltd
- Location
- Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
- Salary
- £30000 - £40000 per annum + Competitive salary, Comprehensive benefi
- Posted
- 21 Oct 2016
- Closes
- 18 Nov 2016
- Ref
- OCT20161607
- Contact
- Vacancy Filler
- Sectors
- IT
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Established in 2008, our company has grown significantly in both the private and public sector, having a significant market presence and a strong reputation as a leading recruitment software and service solutions provider. We were ranked the 27th fastest Growing Technology Company in 2015 in the UK Deloitte Technology Fast 50 survey and 183rd out of 500 fastest-growing technology companies across Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
We provide online recruitment software to education and a wide variety of businesses across the country, combining all the best recruitment tools such as posting to job boards, applicant tracking and candidate communication tools into one simple software suite.
We encourage an open collaborative culture, where our developers, designers, sales force, marketing and support team are encouraged to share ideas to improve products and services. We are very passionate about our work and have a team of great people who love what they do every day.
Job Description:
We are looking for an ambitious Business Analyst, predominantly in IT/Software, who will be responsible for implementing technology solutions in a cost-effective way, determining the requirements of a project or program and communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators and partners. The successful candidate will be working on multiple projects within IT and software across the whole business.
Requirements
* Strong analytical and product management skills required,
* A thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements for new and existing software development projects.
* Ability to work in a fast paced agile environment with the whole team to define and plan a testing strategy during iteration (sprint) planning, taking into account any changes in requirements from quality assurance
* First class communication skills, including the ability to influence customers (at different levels) and colleagues.
* Review any 3rd party supplier design and specification documents and provide feedback as required
* Be a confident user of spreadsheets/word processing/drawing & mapping /planning software
* To maintain and publish product roadmap to business users, customers and all other relevant stakeholders involved within the project in an appropriate manner
* To support end users with training and associated documentation as needed.
* Monitor progress against BA, Dev and QA milestones for each release and flag any hotspots/delay at implementation/Pipeline meetings
* To support other colleagues in the different aspects of the project, including testing support.
* To facilitate the creation of the business case and any associated proposal documents, making sure that the proposed solutions provide the business with the best value for money
We prefer
* Excellent analytical and complex problem solving
* Excellent written, oral and presentation
* Hold the ISEB Business Analyst Foundation/Practitioner stage or working towards formal ISEB diploma
We Offer
We have an entrepreneurial environment where ideas matter, where employees are rewarded with competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, company hangouts, lunch-&-learn sessions, skills development and plenty of recognition for their great work. Other benefits include a free on site gym, parking and you will also have your own Herman Miller chair.
You will benefit from joining a company which offers you a huge potential for progression; that has realistic aims to be the number 1 provider in its field and at the same time opportunity to gain exposure to emerging technologies.
Pizza, Jacket Potatoes, Fish n Chips!! Finish your week with Vacancy Filler's Free Food Friday, where our team comes together to talk about progress & future plans.
On top of everything we offer fun, happy and politics-free work culture built on the principles of lean self-organisation.