Business Analyst

Salary: £66,000 – £78,000 per year

An exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to work within the finance team of a leading Edinburgh institution. Central to the role will be gathering detailed business and data requirements from the finance team, assessing the impact of the change, documenting the requirements, and translating to the IT function so that the developers can develop code for the finance system. You will then support the finance team through the implementation of these changes to systems and processes.

Responsibilities:

* Work with various business and systems departments on effectiveness of current systems, working practices and encourage users to consider different ideas covering systems and non-systems solutions

* Elicit requirements from users, challenging them where required

* Work collaboratively with developers on requirements gatherings

* Facilitate testing, including assisting the business users in the creation of test plans

* Maintain focus throughout the life of the project on delivering business value and meeting the business requirements

* Facilitate effective communication between all project team members

* Create and maintain analysis and process documentation

* Create and maintain training, presentation and communication material

Experience and knowledge:

* Significant experience in a Business Analyst role

* Significant experience facing off to finance teams

* Experience in facilitating workshops

* Experience dealing with stakeholders at all levels in the organisation

Abilities and skills:

* Strong analytical skills

* Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

* Ability to build strong relationships and to work collaboratively with people across the business

* Proven organisational skills

* Ability to question the norm

* Ability to work under pressure

* A proactive, flexible approach to work as the role will involve supporting the wider project in ad-hoc deliverables

This role will be hybrid working (2 days a week in the Edinburgh office) and may be done on a 4 day a week basis for the right person.