Senior Business Analyst

Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited

Methods is a 100M IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UKbased we apply our skills in transformation delivery and collaboration from across the Methods Group to create endtoend business and technical solutions that are peoplecentred safe and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies system integrators and software houses with people technology and data at the heart of who we are we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients staff communities and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Predominantly focused on the publicsector Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.

Methods is currently recruiting for a Senior Business Analyst to join our team on a permanent basis This role will be based on site 5 days per week.

Role Overview:

As a Business Analyst within this dynamic programme environment you will play a pivotal role in triaging incoming work requests assessing their strategic alignment with programme objectives and making recommendations on whether they should proceed. You will work closely with the Project Office to prioritise both new and ongoing initiatives ensuring resources are allocated effectively. The role also involves supporting Product Owners in capturing highlevel business requirements and presenting them to the programmes Requirements Review Board where youll be responsible for managing the agenda recording outcomes and occasionally presenting on behalf of the Product Owner.

Your analytical expertise will be essential in mapping business processes using BPMN tools such as Visio or Sparx Enterprise Architect conducting data analysis on incoming data sets and supporting the Architecture and Design teams to ensure that highlevel designs meet approved requirements. Youll also act as a liaison between technical and business teams facilitating tradeoffs where necessary and ensuring that user stories and testing activities align with agreed requirements. Additionally youll contribute to agile ceremonies including sprint planning and backlog refinement and provide assurance at the Test Assurance Board that delivered outputs meet expectations.

This role requires a proactive and flexible approach with a strong emphasis on collaboration attention to detail and a willingness to support the programmes operational needs. Youll be expected to be onsite four days a week with occasional travel to other customer sites and the ability to respond to urgent operational requirements at short notice. Administrative support responsibilities such as onboarding new staff managing office access and security and maintaining Jira and Confluence platforms are also part of the remit offering a varied and engaging opportunity for a wellrounded professional.

• Triage Work Requests received from customers of the programme to determine whether they are a strategic fit against programme objectives and make recommendations.
• Work with the Project Office to help them prioritise received and ongoing Work Requests
• Map business processes to agreed standards using the agreed programme modelling tools (BPMN in Visio and/or Sparx Enterprise Architect).
• Work with Product Owners to elicit and document high level requirements to a level that can be presented to the programmes Requirements Review Board.
• Manage the Requirements Review Board agenda take minutes and ensure that outcomes are documented in Confluence. The Business Analyst (BA) is expected to support the Product Owner (PO) in the presentation of requirements that have been prepared by the BA on behalf of the PO and may on occasion need to present those requirements if the PO is unable to attend the meeting.
• Work with the Architecture/Design team to assist them in the preparation of highlevel designs and to provide assurance that those designs satisfy agreed requirements.
• Perform data analysis against sample data sets proposed for ingestion into the Data Analytics platform and document the analysis using the agreed programme modelling tool (Sparx Enterprise Architect).
• Manage the Technical Review Board and Test Assurance Board agendas take minutes and ensure that outcomes are documented in Confluence.
• Act as liaison between Architecture/Design and Product Owners to tradeout requirements that cannot be met or are not feasible to deliver within time and budgetary constraints.
• Support Product Owners in the preparation of user stories for development work against agreed designs. This is really a Product Owner responsibility but in practice much of this is delegated to the BAs.
• Provide support for agile teams sprint planning and backlog refinement.
• Review SAT/UAT test scripts to ensure that the requirements agreed at the Requirements Review Board (excluding any that were subsequently traded out) are adequately covered.
• Provide assurance to the Test Assurance Board that delivered products satisfy requirements agreed at the Requirements Review Board.
• Provide adhoc Import/Export (Impex) support for the movement of information between disconnected platforms.
• Provide adhoc administration support for the Jira projects and Confluence spaces used by the programme (workflows screens custom fields permission schemes etc).
• Act as an Impex Authoriser for (customer) requests to import data on to the platform. This is a future requirement as the capability hasnt been stood up yet but it is an agreed requirement for the endtoend process currently under development.
• Expected four days a week on site at the programme location (with some flex to work from home around medical and other personal commitments).
• Occasional (expensed) travel to other sites operated by customers of the programme
• Provide the flexibility in working pattern to support the delivery of very high priority urgent operational requirements (UORs) as and when they arise. These are infrequent but demand a drop everything approach when they do come up.

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website . If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria then your employment may be delayed or rejected Details of this will be discussed with you at interview

Methods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy.

By joining us you can expect

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• Strong inspiring and thoughtprovoking leadership
• A supportive and collaborative environment

Development access to LinkedIn Learning a management development programme and training

Wellness 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme

Flexible Working including home working and part time

Social office parties breakfast Tuesdays monthly pizza Thursdays Thirsty Thursdays and commitment to charitable causes

Time Off 25 days of annual leave a year plus bank holidays with the option to buy 5 extra days each year

Volunteering 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation

Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4 employer contribution and 5 employee contribution

Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance

Life Assurance of 4 times base salary

Private Medical Insurance which is noncontributory (spouse and dependants included)

Worldwide Travel Insurance which is noncontributory (spouse and dependants included)

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Travel season ticket loan cycle to work scheme

For a full list of benefits please visit our website Experience:

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