Business Analyst

Bath
February 7, 2024

Job Description


Job title: Business Analyst

Company: Wessex Water

Job description: Wessex Water is looking for a talented and experienced IT Business Analyst to join our innovative, successful team.

We play an important role in the successful growth and expansion of the Wessex Water Group, across both our regulated and retail and commercial companies.

What you’ll do

Representing the business analysis function, you will work closely with a range of business stakeholders to ensure the IT project team has all the analysis documents required to support the development and/or delivery of a solution that meets business objectives and enables business benefits to be realised.

Day-to-day, your responsibilities will include:

  • collaborating with business stakeholders and evaluating their requests to determine feasibility for a range of change initiatives, including large IT projects, PowerApps and Minor Changes
  • eliciting, documenting, validating and prioritising complex business requirements (functional and non-functional) using a range of analysis tools and methods
  • documenting “as is” and “to be” processes
  • working collaboratively with the project team throughout the project lifecycle to ensure requirements are understood and delivered
  • ensuring traceability of requirements from source to delivery
  • supporting vendor selections as appropriate
  • managing stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of the project.

This role offers a hybrid of office and home working (the option to work part of your week from home becomes available after completion of an initial training period). You will need to be located within a commutable distance from our Claverton Down, Bath office as being able to work collaboratively with our business stakeholders and project teams is key to this role.

What you’ll need

We are looking for someone who has extensive experience working as an IT Business Analyst on various types of projects (applications and infrastructure) through the full lifecycle, using both waterfall and agile methodologies.

You will:

  • be able to demonstrate a range of business analysis skills/methods which enable you to elicit, document and prioritise business processes and requirements (this must include; functional, non-functional, complex reporting, data and security)
  • have excellent communication skills and be comfortable dealing with stakeholders at all levels (business and IT, including QA & Testing, SA and development teams)
  • be great at multi-tasking to complete deliverables to a high standard while meeting tight deadlines
  • have experience on contributing to software tender processes
  • be very familiar with using standard Microsoft Office products, including Visio and DevOps
  • possess specific business analysis qualifications, such as a BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis or appropriate contributing modules – alternatively, you may have a business or IT-related degree.

You may also have systems/technical analysis or data analysis experience and business analysis experience on Microsoft Dynamics implementations.

What you’ll receive

  • Total pension contributions up to 20%.
  • Career progression and professional development opportunities.
  • 25 days’ holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
  • The opportunity to buy up to ten days’ holiday and sell up to five every year.
  • A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
  • Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
  • A new electric car in exchange for part of your gross salary.
  • Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
  • One paid volunteering day each year.
  • Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
  • An interactive health and wellbeing platform.
  • Support from mental health first aiders.
  • A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us.

Who we are

We are one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West.

The work we do goes beyond providing an essential public service. We also aim to have a positive impact on the communities we serve and the natural environment.

Our people tell us Wessex Water is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have the opportunity to develop and progress your career, while also receiving health and wellbeing support.

We also continue to promote diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us and if you would like to be part of our journey, we would love to hear from you. Please do not hesitate to let us know about any additional support you may need.

Sound interesting? Apply to start your application.

Expected salary:

Location: Bath

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