Senior Business Analyst
| Posting date: | 21 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | £53,560 to £65,300 per year |
| Additional salary information: | London £57,026 to £65,300, National £53,560 to £61,937 (including allowances). Salary is dependent on location and technical skills as assessed at interview. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 November 2024 |
| Location: | Cardiff |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 375003/4 |
Summary
About us
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways.
Firstly, we help to build a strong, competitive business environment, where consumers are protected and companies rewarded for treating their employees properly.
Secondly, we open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains. This can be through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation and multilateral agreements.
Finally, we work in partnership with businesses every day, providing advice, finance and deal-making support to those looking to start up, invest, export and grow.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission.
Find out more about life at DBT, our benefits and meet the team by watching our video or reading our blog!
About the role
Our Senior Business Analysts identify and draw upon a variety of evidence to define, analyse and document challenging business problems and user needs. They lead on mapping how user and organisational needs align with the business architecture and fit with the service vision and business strategy.
You will lead the business analysis and make sure decisions are based on a sound evidence by working closely with service owners, product managers and delivery teams.
You will be encouraged to challenge constructively and act as a critical friend to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose, while facilitating collaboration and leading effective communication with all stakeholders to support the design, build and delivery of products and services that meet user needs.
You will support the Head of Profession to build a sustainable, diverse, and engaged Business Analyst community within DBT who work together towards a common goal and share ideas openly, establishing standards and consistency to support rapid delivery through sharing and learning from one another.
You will line manage more junior Business Analysts, providing advice and direction on their activities and supporting them to develop their skills and experience.
We’re looking for someone who is:
- flexible, with the ability to move and work effectively across a number of services and products within the portfolio
- adaptable to confidently engage key stakeholders from different functions from across DBT
- a critical thinker
- proactive, in order to drive activities and identify solutions to problems
You will:
- Articulate business and user problems, identifying opportunities and ways to address them and providing recommendations
- Lead on the analysis of business requirements and user needs related to all aspects of the service(s) you are supporting
- Work with Service Owners, Product Managers and Delivery Managers to assess how your analysis should inform the team’s activities
- Lead on business process analysis and re-engineering where applicable and write and edit the relevant documentation
- Apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to ensure that the team’s plans and objectives are achieved
- Work as part of multi-disciplinary teams to deliver solutions and ensure they are sufficiently tested and meet business and user needs
- Contribute to an active and supportive community of practice and support the development of junior business analysts