Lead Business Analyst in Lincolnshire

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Business Analyst to join our IS Programme Delivery team.

The energy industry is advancing with investment in smart technology innovation and Northern Powergrid, as the company responsible for powering everyday life for 8 million customers across 3.

9 million homes and businesses in the Northeast, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, is at the forefront of delivering a power network that meets the regions need, now and in the future.

An exciting project has commenced to design, build and deliver a new application which will manage the end-to-end delivery of our capital programmes.

The Business Analyst will work alongside the existing project team of Senior Business Analysts and Subject Matter Experts to define and model future state business processes, develop user stories and assist in the successful roll out of the application.

This is an excellent opportunity to work as part of a large scale agile software development project, ensuring that the project meets the needs of the organisation, customers and regulatory bodies.

If you have a passion for the company and the desire to succeed, we want to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing

• Working alongside the project team to facilitate workshops to define future state processes
• Elicit, document and manage functional / non-functional requirements
• Elicit reporting requirements
• Translate requirements into Epics, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria
• Create supporting design artefacts (e.g. Wireframes)
• Identify, document and manage business change impacts
• Identify, document and manage business benefits
• Elicit and manage data migration requirements
• Elicit and manage system integration requirements
• Support end-user testing
• Support end-user training
• Provide Go Live support

What you’ll bring

• Experience of working as a Business Analyst or within a relevant IT field
• Experience of working on Agile projects
• Strong Communication / interpersonal skills
• Experience in organising and running workshops / meetings
• Ability to collaborate with other Business Analysts, Architects, Developers and Testers
• Ability to elicit, document and manage functional / non – functional requirements
• Ability to create design artefacts, e.g Process Models/ Wireframes / User Journey flows
• Proficient with analysis and backlog management tools such as Jira and Enterprise Architect
• Experience of capturing current state / future business processes

What you’ll have

Essential

• Degree in IT related subject or relevant Business Analyst qualification
• Experience of Business Process Modelling Notation
• Experience of working in Agile projects
• Experience of working with Agile delivery teams
• Experience of requirements capture and documentation
• Experience of supporting User Acceptance Testing
• Experience of Stakeholder Management

Desirable

• Experience of Utility Industry
• Experience of working within a highly regulated organisation
• Experience of working for large organisations
• Experience of Enterprise Architect
• Experience of JIRA
• Experience of UML

What we’ll offer

In return, we offer a competitive salary up to £45,000 as well as fantastic career prospects and a great benefits package including:

Up to 10% performance bonus

Enrolment into our pension scheme with a generous company contribution

Free onsite car parking and great public transport links

Annual leave of 25 days + bank holiday entitlement, rising with service

Employment benefits package including free tickets to local tourist attractions.

Potential of hybrid working arrangements with a mix between home and office working

Apply now and we’ll be in touch!

Posted: 04/09/2024

Closing date for applications: 18/09/2024