Business Analyst - London, United Kingdom - FashionJobs

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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INTRODUCTION At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces.

Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities.

This is the core belief that has guided Burberrysince it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful,valuesdriven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities. JOB PURPOSE The role of the Business Analyst isto provide clarity on what is required for our technology solutions to satisfy business requirements from all stakeholder groups. They work with the business to analyse, ratify and document requirements and processes, thus helping delivery teams to prioritisedeliveries to maximise business value. We are looking for a Business Analyst to work within our Digital IT team, to help bridge the gap between the business needs and the technical requirements on a range of complex, challenging and strategically key Ecommerceinitiatives. You will work in partnership with your delivery team to identify & implement solutions across our Digital Platforms and Customer Journeys, all aiming to meet the needs of our broader Digital strategy. You will be joining a team of skilled professionalsincluding Product Owners, Project Managers, Development and Creative teams, and will be part of and working closely with a wider community of Business Analysts within the Digital portfolio and across the organisation. Cultural fit is really important to us

- we work in a fast-paced, dynamic and highly collaborative environment and look for individuals who thrive in this type of setting.

We also look for lateral thinkers who can think outside of the box and are capable of confidently and effectively challengingscope and solutions, for the better.

RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead inception and discovery activities for key projects to provide clarity, facilitating workshops to derive and gather high-level requirements, dependencies and create high level approach - Use facilitationtechniques alongside business and technical knowledge to drive out requirements from a range of business, technical and creative partners and stakeholders

Engage with the product owner, stakeholders, third party vendors and others as needed to ratify, alignand sensecheck the 'what' (requirement), the 'why' (benefit) and the 'how' (solution)
Support Project manager in planning for the business and technical impact of a project, including business change mapping, implementation and adoption
Utilise agiletools (JIRA, confluence, etc) to communicate and document clear, unambiguous functional and nonfunctional business requirements to agreed standards
Partner with Solution Architects and Development teams to maintain ongoing engagement and clarity of requirementsthroughout delivery, ensuring the solution is fit for purpose
Map and work with relevant stakeholders to highlight business process changes resulting from implementation of new features and/or initiatives
Identify and understand impact of technical andfeature dependencies across the digital estate and action accordingly to ensure consistency in requirements across streams and platform
Be proactive in flagging, escalating and owning the resolution of issues arising as they relate to the gathering or ratificationof requirements or the health of the backlog/sprint
Support, evolve and consistently contribute to maintaining highquality ways of working and outputs from the Digital BA team PERSONAL PROFILE
At least 23 years of business analysis experience in projects/programmesof work within the Digital/Ecommerce space
Solid experience working in an Agile environment (preferably Scrum)
Experience working in an offshore/distributed team model
Demonstrated thought leadership and/or proven experience in defining a lean requirementsdelivery strategy and process
Demonstrated interest and experience in the creative, retail or consumer goods industries, is preferred Behaviours
An open, curious, and inquisitive mind
Selfmotivated, independent, passionate and able to acclimate intoa fastpaced dynamic environment
Able to communicate confidently and effectively in both technical and business settings and to all levels of stakeholders
Entrepreneurial with good judgment and people skills
Strong partnering and collaboration skills
Ability to ask the right questions and structure input
Ability to visualise ideas and processes Additional qualifications or competencies
BCS/other Business Analysis qualification or demonstrable experience