Business Analyst

Business Analyst - Waterfall / Agile - Global Leader
BD3, Bradford + occasional UK and European travel
£45,000 + Full Company Benefits

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to join our PMO Team in Bradford. 

The successful candidate will be key to shaping and articulating changes within high profile projects in support of business benefits. Role will involve facilitating workshops to develop process maps and gather & prioritise requirements. Strong stakeholder engagement and management to support scope management and project focus. Design, implementation and standardization of business analysis techniques for both waterfall and agile deliveries.

About the Company:

With over 115,000 customers across 100 countries, we are a leading $10 billion global distributor of speciality consumables, food ingredients and chemicals serving the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and manufacturing industries.

Business Analyst Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

+ Lead impact assessments and scoping of projects within the change portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives
+ Understand, determine and challenge the business need and document the problems and opportunities in order to clarify the project business case
+ Business case development, including supporting the business lead with benefits identification and profiling
+ Primary point of contact between project and assigned functional business areas in relation to business analysis
+ Proactively supports the business to define both functional and non-functional requirements
+ Illicit and construct Epics, Features and User Stories 
+ Ownership of business analysis products and outputs, ensuring scope is managed, prioritized and controlled
+ Coordinate UAT and ensure traceability to business requirements
+ Issue and conflict management/negotiation 
+ Undertake feasibility studies if required
+ Support tender processes and supplier selection activities as required
+ Contribute to the development of business analysis standards, tools, techniques, policies and procedures
+ Manage knowledge transfer activities.
+ Coordinate and assists business teams with organisational change management activities.

We Are Looking For:

The successful candidate would be expected to work closely with business stakeholders to capture and analyse requirements, identify and manage changes to all component parts of the operating model and ensure that the solutions meet the business needs. 

The successful candidate should have significant experience of delivering through a structured project framework (Waterfall & Agile) and would be expected to work with other members of the project team to facilitate the successful delivery of the initiative. This is a business-facing role and, as such, strong stakeholder management and leadership skills are of critical importance. Please be aware that occasional UK and European travel may be required.

What we offer in Return:

+ Career Development
+ 33 days holiday including bank holidays
+ Generous pension scheme
+ Life insurance option
+ Discounted Childcare vouchers
+ Discounted private healthcare
+ Discounts with 1,000+ retailers
+ Free Parking

We have a great team of people, a great place to work and offer all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s #1 at what we do. Let’s Talk!

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