Summary: The Business Analyst role involves supporting the Product Owner and delivery teams by mapping business needs and use cases, while managing stakeholder relationships effectively. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders to design and implement integrated business processes in an agile environment. The ideal candidate should have experience in Agile methodologies and a strong understanding of the gas and electricity industry. This is a contract role for 6 months, requiring occasional on-site presence in Reading.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Product Owner in clarifying requirements and planning implementation.
• Deliver product backlog items in an agile environment.
• Collaborate with business users to document requirements and solution specifications.
• Assess impacts and design business processes for solution accommodation.
• Execute analysis work to meet cost and timescale targets.
• Contribute to user system testing and test plans for large releases.
• Prepare reports and communications tailored to different audiences.
• Conduct scoping exercises to identify key issues and direction.
• Ensure IT data security by following standards and reporting risks.
• Visualize and articulate proposed solutions to business problems.

Key Skills:

• Good knowledge of the gas and electricity industry.
• Experience in supporting business-critical systems in medium/large organizations.
• Tangible experience working in an agile environment.
• Excellent analysis and knowledge transfer skills.
• Strong time management and problem-solving abilities.
• Proactive approach with the ability to prioritize workload.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good facilitation skills for reaching agreements.
• Ability to work under pressure and take ownership of problems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the technology lifecycle.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Reading

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT