IT Business Analyst - career opportunity in uk

Job Title:   IT Business Analyst - Slough - £35,000 + Benefits
Job Type:    Permanent
Location:    Slough
Deadline:    30th Aug 2013
Start Date:    ASAP    
Salary:    £32000.00 - £35000.00 pa
Ref No:     142965-BBBH14874_919989


Austin Fraser are working with their leading Property Management client near to Slough to find an experienced IT Business Analyst who can take ownership of a newly created role.

With over 25 years in the business and being a leader in their respected field, they are a sought after business to work for.

Key Accountabilities

Planning and Organisation

- Contribute to the strategic planning process, identifying interdependencies across projects, potential impacts on the wider business
- Provide timely project progress updates as defined in project scopes
-Lead and manage project working groups made up of internal staff and external suppliers to deliver project outputs

Solution Development

- Investigate and analyse business activities to create appropriate IT solutions in line with the business strategy
- Evaluate projects for delivery of business benefits

Training

- Designing and developing training and development tools, materials and solutions to facilitate successful implementation
- Delivering training in a range of methods i.e. 121, classroom, video

Testing

- Develop and implement testing plans to facilitate successful implementation of IT solutions

Business Improvement

- Identify areas of improvement that deliver benefit to the business in line with the strategic plan

Key Objectives

Maximising New Business

- Successfully complete all tasks relating to the delivery of IT workstream projects
- Identify opportunities to maximise new business and develop appropriate IT solutions

Business Retention

- Successfully complete all tasks relating to the delivery of IT workstream projects
- Identify opportunities to retain business and develop appropriate IT solutions

Efficiency / Profit

- Successfully complete all tasks relating to the delivery of IT workstream projects
- Identify opportunities to maximise efficiency / profit and develop appropriate IT solutions
- Be commercially aware of the need for effective financial management within the business

Contractual / Statutory

- Successfully complete all tasks relating to the delivery of IT workstream projects
- Identify opportunities to ensure contractual and statutory compliance and develop appropriate IT solutions
- Ensure all areas for which you have responsibility meet all statutory and contractual requirements.

Person Specification

E = Essential D = Desirable

Experience

- Experience of delivering IT/ Business solutions and be able to engage confidently and knowledgeably with a range of stakeholders up to the most senior levels. (E)
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area (E)
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes (D)
- Experience of property management services industries (D)

Knowledge

- knowledge and experience of requirements gathering, process and data modelling coupled with the ability to work throughout the project life-cycle (E)
- Evidence of continued professional development (D)

Skills

- Self starter, motivated personality, results-focused with strong organisation skills (E)
- Excellent communication skills with ability to negotiate with and manage third parties (E)
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources (E)
- Ability to manage delivery of projects/tasks (E)
- Process improvement and mapping techniques (E)
- Workshop facilitation (E)
- Requirement gathering and documenting (E)
- Proficient in MS Office (E)
- Proficient in MS SharePoint (D)
- Proficient in SQL (D)

Please send me your up to date CV and contact details for immediate consideration.

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