Business Analyst

Location: London/Remote

Contract/Perm: Perm

Start Date: ASAP

Clearances: Internal Background Check (DBS) / Eligible for Security Clearance

About Us:

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, delivers technical consultancy and application delivery to our clients in order to solve real world problems and allow our clients to respond to an ever-changing technical landscape. We partner closely with our clients, embedding our consultants into their businesses in order to provide a bespoke service, allowing us to truly understand our clients’ needs.

It is this close collaboration with our clients that has enabled us to grow rapidly in recent years and will drive our ambitious future growth plans. We currently have over 300 consultants working with a variety of key clients from both the public and private sectors such as the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, FCDOS, UEFA, International Olympic Committee and Mercedes Benz; with plans to increase our client base further in the near future.

We operate as a flat organisation and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently. We pride ourselves on being specialists at what we do, making the most of our consultants’ expertise in their fields in order to provide a best-in-class service to our clients. All our consultants have the opportunity to work on a range of different projects, providing a broad range of knowledge on which to develop their careers and progress in the direction they choose.

About You:

You are enthusiastic, motivated, and have a genuine interest in accessibility and technology. You are a proactive and experienced professional with a passion for accessibility and inclusivity. You excel at leading teams, managing testing processes, and working collaboratively with clients and stakeholders to deliver exceptional digital services.

The Role:

We are looking for a Business Analyst with proven industry experience in digital product delivery. You will need to be a great listener and communicator with a creative, structured and logical approach to problem solving.

You have some experience of working with a variety of stakeholders and experience of digital delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with the client business and your business and product management colleagues to understand the business requirements and translate them into technical specifications
• Constructively challenging the requirements to ensure that they are fit for purpose and remain inline with the corporate and project goals.
• Operating in an Agile delivery team and performing the normal BA duties.
• Writing good quality user stories and acceptance criteria so that a developer can work effectively.
• Acting as a first point of contact for the delivery team to clarify requirements. Developing effective ways of working with the engineering, development and QA teams.
• Facilitating communication with stakeholders to play back potential solutions and designs, technical feedback, user experience findings or delivery options.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Experience of capturing user needs and requirements in a number of ways e.g. workshops, structured interviews
• Experience of understanding a business or a process and presenting it in a structured way e.g. Business Process Modelling, Use Case modelling and/or User Story development.
• Ability to structure the analysis of a business or product e.g. SWOT or MOST analysis.
• Some experience of Agile Delivery across the whole lifecycle of technical projects/service development.
• Experience of writing requirements (Functional and Non-Functional)
• Some experience in Agile scrum methodologies and delivering software in Agile teams
• An interest in technology and an understanding of its practical application
• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken word with an ability to successfully engage with managers and stakeholders at all levels within a business
• A pragmatic approach to projects and requirements who can interpret and elaborate on clients’ needs
• Some appreciation of the dynamics of a technology development team

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Private healthcare insurance
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year
• Bonus Scheme
• Statutory & Contributory pension
• Gym Membership Benefits
• Flexible Working
• Annual Away Days
• Monthly Company Socials

Equality & Diversity:

Solirius Consulting is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages, and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics.

Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.

Benefits

Package and Benefits:

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience
• Flexible working / Work from home
• Generous annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• 10 days allocated development training per year
• Contributory pension
• Private Healthcare
• Gym membership
• Annual away days and social events