Business Analyst : Data & Analytics

Job Description

Job Title: Business Analyst: Data & Analytics

Location: Preston, Farnborough, or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £42,000 – £45,000 depending on experience and skills

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading end-to-end business analysis activities for large-scale projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to identify and document business requirements
• Conducting in-depth data analysis, leveraging SQL and Excel to extract insights, identify trends, and present findings to senior management
• Development and optimization of business processes and actively participating in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups, ensuring timely and successful project deliveries
• Collaborating with the development team to translate business requirements into technical specifications, ensuring alignment between business needs and system functionalities
• Conducted comprehensive business process reviews, identifying gaps, and proposing process improvements
• Developing and maintaining a requirements traceability matrix, ensuring comprehensive coverage of business needs and smooth project execution

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of Business Strategy & Analysis, business requirement gathering and documentation
• Stakeholder management and communication and Data Management & Analysis
• Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Process Improvements and Presentation and report writing
• At least one of the below or in the process of gaining one of these certs:
• Project Management/Business Analyst Certification. SCRUM, Prince2, CBAP – Certified Business Analyst

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Data & Analytics team:

Are you passionate about leveraging data to drive strategic business decisions? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your analytical skills can make a real impact? Look no further! We are seeking a talented and motivated Business Analyst to join our dynamic Data & Analytics team.

As a Business Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in driving data-driven decision-making and process optimisation. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, utilising your expertise in data analysis and requirements gathering to shape innovative solutions. Your ability to uncover actionable insights and translate them into meaningful strategies will directly contribute to our organisation’s growth and success.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 30th July 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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