FILLED (ref # DM4165) Business Analyst

PERMANENT Business Analyst for Retail Company
Watford Based
£55,000 plus 20% bonus plus benefits.

Role Summary

Our client operates in the retail sector and is an expanding business with

238 stores currently and 30 stores being added per annum. The business is developing the IT function to improve bottlenecks and increase performance in a number of areas.
These include:

· Legacy systems which are fragmented

· Core system replacement which could go to an ERP solution.

· Customer facing POS systems being rolled out to stores.

· Web channel and development of multi channel retailing.

To help manage these improvements the company is looking for a business analyst to work at their head office in Watford. These will be experienced individuals who can work with the business in developing new business initiatives. They should have at least 5 years experience, and be able to engage in largescale projects across the full lifecycle as well as ad hoc pieces of work.

Details

The activities to be undertaken by the Business Analyst are:

· Analysing and producing business requirements and analysis of proposed solutions

· Developing an understanding of the existing applications and technologies
and assessing the impact of planned changes

· Analysing operating procedures, work flow improvement and organizational changes
to find improvements.

· Working with key business stakeholders, other Business Analysts and business
users in ensuring that the requirements, risk and cost/benefits of each project are thoroughly explored

· Working alongside the IT technical development and testing teams in defining
test scenarios, test acceptance criteria and database design.

· Working with external third party suppliers as required.

· Adhering to and promoting the governance process (Prince 2 based).

· Keeping appraised of the latest technical and commercial developments within
the IT and retail finance industries

Key skills and Requirements

The client is looking for a creative personality, somebody who thinks outside of the box and who exhibits a high degree of confidence and determination to realize those ideas.

Other requirements are:

Mandatory

· Experienced Business Analysts who have been involved in largescale systems
or business transformation projects

· Consulting expertise in Strategy, Business Process Re-engineering, Organisational
Design, IT or Change Management.

· Experience with top tier consultancies e.g. (Accenture, Deloitte, IBM /
PWC & Cap Gemini) or within 'blue chip' companies.

Desirable

· Exposure to Corporate Standard Business Intelligence tools (Cognos, Oracle,
Showcase/Essbase)

Logistics:

Salary: £55,000, plus 20% bonus, plus car allowance, private healthcare
and 25 days holiday.
Location: Watford.