Senior Business Analyst

We're looking for a Senior Business Analyst to lead on transformation. This is a full-time, permanent position working 37 hours per week, with a minimum of 20% of this to be office-based to promote collaboration and team working.

As a Senior Business Analyst, you'll be a key player in the transformation of VIVID. Your expertise in business processes, requirements gathering, and process improvements will be essential. You'll assist Programme and Project Managers in the development of their plans, ensuring appropriate BA skills are identified and realistic resource estimates are incorporated. Working initially within our Programme team you'll work with the business to understand requirements and shape the To-Be Process for Asset Management on a MS Dynamics platform. You will be part of a team of Business Analysts liaising with business stakeholders, partners, and internal teams. Additionally, you'll contribute to the development of our business analysis practice, sharing your expertise with the team, with the opportunity to manage small teams from time to time. As Senior Business Analyst, you'll have experience leading/mentoring a team of Business Analyst on larger programmes/projects with a good understanding of the concepts underlying current technology used by large organisations, covering networks, applications, databases, general data storage, MIS, APIs, middleware, firewalls, etc. The Senior Business Analyst will have a detailed understanding of analysis methods particularly Agile based, creating EPIC, Features and User-Stories, while supporting in activities such as refinements and playbacks. You'll also have a good understanding of Project Management methods, with tools such as Gantt charts, risks and issues logs, and business cases.

We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we're here to help with that and more. Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they're easy to use and access by our customers. We're addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We're the fifth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year. This is summed up in our vision "More homes, bright futures". Living VIVID We're ranked 91 in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For and ranked 12 amongst housing associations. As a 'people' business, we work hard to create a high-performing and fun working environment. We invest in our people's development, whilst looking after their wellbeing with our award-winning initiatives.

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We'll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes
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