Senior Business Analyst

Job Description

The successful candidate will play a key role in connecting business needs with technology solutions. The position involves analysing business processes, identifying improvement opportunities and applying data-driven insights to support decision-making across the organisation. The role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, delivery teams and technical specialists.

Responsibilities

• Engage with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements and objectives.
• Translate business needs into functional and non-functional requirements, including user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Analyse existing business processes and workflows and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop process maps, use cases and supporting documentation to guide solution design and delivery.
• Work with technical teams and business stakeholders to maintain alignment on project objectives and deliverables.
• Support the development of business cases, feasibility assessments and cost-benefit analyses.
• Support testing activities, including user acceptance testing planning and solution validation.
• Provide guidance and support on business analysis approaches, tools and standards.
• Maintain awareness of developments in business analysis, data utilisation and public sector transformation.

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Data Science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a Business Analyst on data analytics, digital transformation or technology-enabled projects.
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Experience producing user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, use cases and functional specifications.
• Ability to analyse business challenges and translate requirements into practical solutions.
• Experience communicating effectively with stakeholders at different organisational levels.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Experience working independently and within multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience using DevOps tools and practices.
• Experience working with Power BI.
• Experience supporting Agile, Scrum or similar delivery methodologies.

Desirable Criteria

• Agile or Scrum certification.
• Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience supporting public sector organisations.
• Experience working on multi-agency or cross-department programmes.
• Knowledge of housing-related datasets, reporting requirements or government programmes.
• Experience contributing to data analytics initiatives and reporting projects.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?  

 At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.  

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits  

• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme  

• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance  

• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme  

• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies  

• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat  

• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & Star Awards.

• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.  

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.     

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.  

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.  

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter [email protected] Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.  

Video links:  

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