Senior Business Analyst
Senior Business Analyst
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Job Description
Closing Date
28/02/2025Location: Durrington (Worthing) Hybrid 2/3 days a week in office
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: 50K 60K GBP Annual
Hours: 37 hours
Are you ready to make a difference in the water & waste industry
Southern Water is seeking Senior Business Analysts to join the Programme Delivery Team at Southern Water building on the capabilities of our existing team and setting us up to deliver on an exciting and transformative programme of change. This is a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned professional to collaborate with crossfunctional teams and influence key business decisions.
As a Senior Business Analyst you will be gathering and understanding the business needs of the organisation within specific projects and operational improvement initiatives within their business domain. You will work with Project Managers Business Partner Managers IT/business teams and other business analysts to capture requirements and accurately translate into solutions and system implementations as well as optimising business processes.
Your responsibilities are to include:
- Working closely with stakeholders to understand business needs define requirements and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Lead the elicitation analysis and documentation of complex business and technical requirements.
- Act as a bridge between business teams and IT ensuring solutions meet business objectives and deliver value.
- Conduct gap analyses and feasibility studies to recommend the most effective approaches.
- Develop and present clear business cases workflows and process models to support decisionmaking.
- Facilitate workshops meetings and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Collaborate with project managers to define project scope timelines and deliverables.
- Motivation and leadership of Business Analysts within the domain driving team engagement through the provision of guidance technical support and coaching.
- Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to identify innovative solutions.
Skills and experience needed:
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst in a senior role including leading BA processes and BAs.
- Exceptional analytical and problemsolving skills with a focus on delivering actionable insights.
- Strong knowledge of business analysis methodologies (e.g. BABOK Agile Waterfall).
- Relevant Business Analysis qualification e.g. BCS Business Analysis Diploma or CCBA/CBAP certified.
- Demonstrable experience in business analysis; applying business analysis tools / method / techniques across a range of projects and programmes.
- Experience of successful business process redesign analysis definition and documentation including standard modelling notation e.g. BPMN EPC UML.
- Expertise in applying business process improvement within complex environments.
- Strong analytical skills required including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
- Experience in waterfall and agile/iterative development approaches.
- Experience in maintaining standards and process.
- Strong ability to see the endtoend customer journey and understand the technical interlinking of components.
- Personable demeanour with gravitas and influence to effectively communicate with senior management and end users at any level.
What Do We Offer
- 25 days annual leave Bank Holidays.
- BUPA cash plan cover (with options to upgrade for family coverage).
- Free annual flu jab and eye test vouchers.
- Pension contributions up to 11 (depending on your contribution).
- An employee assistance program.
- A network of sports and social clubs.
- Company and performancerelated bonus.
- Life assurance equal to 4x salary.
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service).
- Health Cash Plan.
- Two paid volunteering days a year.
- Occupational health service.
- Discounts with over 800 popular retailers.
- Digital GP service.
- Study support may be available for jobrelated qualifications.
- Competitive maternity & paternity leave and flexible return to work options.
- Cycle to work scheme.
Does this opportunity excite you but youre not 100 sure if you meet all the requirements for the role Or are you concerned that normal office hours arent possible given your personal circumstances Whilst we cant accommodate every flexible working request well try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role
If this role isnt quite what youre looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite)
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of outofhours incident support because when problems appear fixing them is our top priority.
Thats why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means youll become part of our incident support team. During your interview your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
Privacy Statement:
Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months) will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria your application will not be considered.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
