Business Analyst (12 months FTC)

As an experienced Business Analyst, you will Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, project team members, and technical teams to ensure alignment on requirements and expectations, whilst facilitating discussions between stakeholders to resolve conflicts and clarify requirements.

You will be responsible for: (post Requirements Elicitation & Documentation):

1. Stakeholder Engagement:

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, project team members, and technical teams to ensure alignment on requirements and expectations.


• Facilitate discussions between stakeholders to resolve conflicts and clarify requirements.


2. Requirements Management:

• Manage changes to requirements throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that all changes are documented, analysed, and communicated effectively.


• Prioritise requirements based on business needs, resource availability, and project constraints.


3. Testing Support:

• Assist the Test Manager in developing test plans and test cases that ensure the system meets the business requirements.


• Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT).


4. User Training and Support:

• Support training materials development and the delivery of training to end-users.


• Provide ongoing support to users post-implementation, helping them adapt to the new system and addressing any issues.


Key Deliverables:

1. Gap Analysis: A document identifying the differences between current processes and desired future state, with recommendations for bridging those gaps.
2. Training Materials: User guides, manuals, and training presentations that help end-users understand how to use the new system effectively.
3. Use Case/Scenario Development: Develop detailed use cases and scenarios for UAT and training purposes.
4. Support Testing Preparation: Assist the Test Manager in ensuring test cases align with business requirements.
5. UAT Support: Work closely with the Test Manager to prepare for UAT, including the validation of test scenarios and participant coordination.
6. Change Request Management: Handle any change requests that arise from testing, ensuring they are analysed, documented, and approved.
7. UAT Execution: Support UAT by working with business users to execute test cases and validate that the system meets business needs.
8. Defect Triage: Help prioritise defects based on business impact, ensuring critical issues are addressed first.
9. Final Requirements Validation: Ensure all business requirements are fully met and that any changes have been documented and agreed upon.
10. Training Material Review: Review training materials to ensure they align with business processes and requirements.
11. Post-UAT Review: Conduct a review of UAT outcomes to ensure that all requirements have been adequately tested and met.
12. Go-Live Checklist: Develop a checklist to ensure all business-related activities and requirements are completed before go-live.
13. Post-Go-Live Support: Provide support during the go-live phase, helping to resolve any issues related to business requirements.
14. Final Documentation: Finalise all business process documentation, including any adjustments made during the project., If external support is required on a vacancy, the role will be released by individual invite to specific agencies on our PSL. Any speculative candidates sent to Simpson Millar will be considered a gift and no fees will be applicable.

ResourceBank Recruitment Ltd RBR House, Hawksworth Road, Central Park, Telford, Shropshire TF29TU

So why should joining Simpson Millar be of interest to you? You'll work with industry experts who work on high-profile cases and can help to shape and develop your career, giving you the coaching and mentoring that will allow you to flourish, and your caseload will be interesting and importantly manageable.

Salary: A competitive salary plus benefits.

Benefits: 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, the option to buy and sell holidays, hybrid working, company pension, sick pay, life assurance, employee assist program and many more….

At Simpson Millar our Culture is key for us, it drives us and makes us who we are. We're lawyers who exist to help people with their legal needs today and to improve the way the law works for people in the future. We provide trusted expert legal advice, quickly and clearly, every time.

There is change going on within the legal industry and in our firm too, so we need people who are adaptable to this, who embrace change and see the opportunity. The future of our business is one that is technology and data driven, so we need people who have the mindset and technological expertise to grow with us. But most of all we need team players who will be willing to work with others, but are accountable for their own work, and who want to achieve great results for both our firm and especially our clients.