Business Analyst

Business Analyst - IT Services - Oxfordshire (hybrid working)

Up to £40,000 PA

Please note: all potential candidates must be eligible for Security Clearance

Our client, a well-establish and reputable managed service provider is seeking a Business Analyst to join them on a permanent basis.

They provide a wealth of different technical services, predominately to government and defence clients.

They offer excellent career progression prospects and embrace further learning and development; this is a long term opportunity where you'll be given genuine opportunity to develop your skill set.

Role overview:

Reporting directly into the Head of Project Management, you'll be responsible for a wide variety of tasks and play a key role within the business providing the link between client and customer requirements.

No two days will be the same; this role really does offer the opportunity to gain invaluable exposure to all areas of the business.

Responsibilities:

-Eliciting and validating of client requirements

-Define and model business processes

-Provide quality assurance for product testing

-Capture user stories and epics

-Define and manage acceptance criteria and testing

-Run workshops when required to understand business problems

-Liase with the Project Coordinator to ensure that testing is on schedule

Experience required:

-Previous experience working within a similar role, ideally within the IT/IT services industry (however this is not mandatory)

-Demonstrable experience of requirements management and process development

-Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage an ever changing workload

-Basic knowledge of IT concepts will be highly advantageous

-Hold a BCS, Prince 2, Agile certification would be beneficial

-Experience of modelling tools (i.e., Visio)

Offering up to £40,000 PA (potentially negotiable for the right candidate) plus numerous other benefits including 24 days holiday (plus bank), discretionary bonuses, private health benefits and excellent training/further learning opportunities.

WFH: Initially required onsite full time then ability to WFH 2-3 days per week

Working hours: Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:30

Travel: Some travel to client sites may be required