PMO Business Analyst - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Candidate Ltd

The Candidate Ltd

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Manchester, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

PMO Business Analyst - Stockport (Remote Working) - £50,000 - Agency
They are now looking to recruit a talented Business Analyst to join the strategic projects team.

Working at the heart of the Project Management Office you will contribute in driving their ambitious global expansion, the PMO BA will support the delivery ofchange through the end-to-end analysis of business opportunities, systems and processes against customer and operational needs.

They are looking for a positive and proactive person who enjoys solving problems, delivering tangible improvements to how the business works and working closely as part of a team.

Main Responsibilities:

Plans and drives scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for large, complex, multidepartmental initiatives.
Obtains input from, and formal agreement to, requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders.
Works with, and actively supports, the business stakeholders to facilitate the interpretation and articulation of functional and nonfunctional requirements.
Reviews requirements for errors, omissions, and additions.
Documents the agreed requirements in a standard format, achieving clarity, precision and ownership of the requirements.
Establishes the requirements baselines, obtains formal agreement to requirements, and ensures traceability to source.
Investigates, manages, and applies authorised requests for changes to baselined requirements and scope, in line with Project Management Office change management procedures.
Investigates operational requirements, problems, and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and nonautomated components of new or changed processes.
Contributes to selection of the requirements approach and business analysis methods, tools and techniques for projects; selecting appropriately from predictive (plandriven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
Assists in the analysis of stakeholder objectives, and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems, and identifies options for consideration.
Works with stakeholders, to identify potential benefits and available options for consideration, and in defining acceptance criteria and tests.

Requirements:

Analysis: Must be able to demonstrate a detailed understanding of the business/process through the use of interviews, document reviews, workshops, business process mapping (As Is and To Be and the Case for Change) and MI analysis, in order to ensure a detailedunderstanding of the problem and the solution options.
Leadership: Must be able to demonstrate the ability to influence the business to show how the proposed solutions will deliver benefits and solve the problem identified. Able, and comfortable with proposing innovative solutions to complex situations, andcapable of justifying the proposal with metrics and logical arguments.
Team: Participate in regular huddles to ensure the whole team are kept updated on your work, and able to communicate priorities, issues and where required escalate for support.

Experience:

5 years specific BA experience in an SDLC environment
Working experience of project and analysis techniques and supporting tools for requirement definition and documentation.
Excellent interpersonal, interviewing and presentation skills.
Excellent communication and literacy skills, bothwritten and oral
Ability to work on a standalone basis, usingown initiative, and collaboratively as part of a team.
Good knowledge of analyst frameworks, business processes and business requirements methodologies.
Excellent knowledge of the MS Office Suite, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Knowledge of SQL, Python or other technologies would be an advantage but not required.
Proven ability to integrate within a team and build solid relationships with internal clients.