Business Analyst - the guinness partnership : Job Details

About the role

We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our BA Practice permanently and on a full-time basis. Our core base is in Oldham with a hybrid working style, giving flexibility for some home working.

In this important role, you’ll shape, develop, and own end-to-end business solutions, business analysis activities, and the development of business requirements and designs to manage projects in our change portfolio.

This is an exciting time to join the Business Change team, over the last few years we have introduced new cloud applications (such as Oracle Fusion and MS D365) to improve the services we provide and to strengthen our IT Architecture. Our plans continue to be ambitious and, as a result, the team is ever developing and growing. We are committed to investing in our people and in technology that will continue to support our strategic aims and enable continued business improvement through the implementation of our Digital, Data and Technology Strategy. You’ll be a part of a dynamic team who truly value each other’s contributions and innovative ways of thinking.

What we’re looking for

We’re a customer-focused organisation so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You’ll not only be a knowledgeable Business Analyst with a proven track record of working end-to-end on a range of projects across a range of methodologies, but you’ll also have great analytical skills, excellent communication and a passion for what we do.

You’ll also be able to demonstrate experience of:

• Completing stakeholder analysis to scope and plan business analysis activities, ensuring outputs contribute effectively to the overall delivery plan and align with IT/IM Architecture Design Principles.
• Leading the requirements management process through the full delivery lifecycle through effective elicitation, validation and prioritisation.
• Working with cross-functional operational teams, technical teams and solution vendors to translate requirements into specifications.
• Defining, analysing, and improving business processes using techniques such as Lean or Lean Six Sigma to drive business efficiencies and improvements in service.
• Producing artefacts to meet the expected timescales, size and complexity. This may include: Business Requirements Documents, Process Taxonomies, Process Designs, Business Design Documents (Functional Specifications), and Requirements Traceability matrices.
• Maintaining a good knowledge of leading business practices and technology both inside and outside of the sector, identifying opportunities to improve business efficiency.

Essential qualifications:

• Partial (or working towards) BCS Diploma in Business Analysis.
• IT or Business related degree or relevant professional experience.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review our Business Analyst Role Profile.

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.