Business Analyst
Lucy Group · United Kingdom
Responsibilities: 1) Requirements Management: Identify, elicit, and document project/process requirements, using appropriate modeling technique, if required. Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion. Define the testing scripts and verification criteria to ensure requirements are met. Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project. 2) Data Collection and Analysis: Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends. 3) Database Specifications: Provide information and comments on suitability during the approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved. 4) Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be": Support and contribute to the documentation of "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required. 5) Business Requirements Identification: Support collection of business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, and workflow analysis, to express requirements clearly and succinctly. 6) Feasibility Studies: Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective, and document findings. 7) Horizon Scanning: Explore and develop a basic understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization. 8) Enterprise Business Analysis: Identify solution recommendations to business problems when given fairly well understood business needs at a business unit level. 9) Business Case: Carry out feasibility and assessment work for proposed and current projects to contribute to the development and continuous review of business cases. 10) Application Software Development: Contribute to development of existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Contribute to development of new applications to meet customer requirements. 11) Documentation and Backup: Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur. 12) Culture of Innovation: Support a culture of innovation by contributing to solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons. 13) Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. Educational Requirements: Short-Cycle Tertiary Education General Experience Requirement: Sound experience and understanding of straightforward procedures or systems (7 to 12 months) Managerial Experience Requirement: Basic experience of coordinating the work of others (4 to 6 months)