Business Analyst

Hays Technology are recruiting a Business Analyst to join a Bradford-based retailer on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will join a Business Change Team and will play a crucial part in managing various system changes and transformations. This position is full-time and offers a hybrid working scheme (3 on site / 2 home).
The role offers exposure to a challenging project portfolio of technical and commercial change meaning you'll need to be versatile with agile and waterfall experience as well as being comfortable with Prince2 principles.
Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, understand, and document detailed business requirements.
• Analyse and document systems and business processes, identifying areas for improvement.
• Act as a liaison between IT and business teams throughout the change lifecycle.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, tracking progress, resource needs, issues, risks, and dependencies.
• Lead workshops with stakeholders to capture and challenge business requirements and gain support for proposed changes.
• Develop test plans and coordinate the design and execution of test scenarios and scripts.
• Coach project team members on project methodology, documentation, and change management tools
• Contribute to business cases and cost-benefit analyses to ensure changes are effective and benefits are realised.

Skills & Experience You'll Need:

• Extensive experience as a Business Analyst, highly likely to come from a Retail environment
• Very strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Highly analytical with the ability to propose data-driven solutions.
• Experience in delivering complex projects or programs of work
• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile Methodologies
• Some previous experience with AWS cloud migration is preferred
• Previous experience of Project Management using agile and waterfall methodologies

The business has experienced a significant, successful turnaround in recent years and is delivering further change in systems implementation, customer satisfaction initiatives and automation. On offer is a salary to c.£45,000, free parking on site, a subsidised canteen, colleague discount, pension and other benefits.

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