Business Anaylst

Job Description for Business Analyst:

There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. 

We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible.

The Technical Business Analysts (TBA) will act as an intermediary between the business and technical delivery teams. Working with Business Engagement Partners, IT project teams and business clients, the TBA will collect, clarify, and translate requirements into requirements definition and conceptual design (using appropriate tools and techniques) from which applications and solutions are developed. 

The TBA may also provide project management for small technical projects and work packages.

Main Responsibilities for Business Analyst:

• Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
• Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle. 
• Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders, to develop business cases to support proposed solutions. 
• Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
• Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
• Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.  
• Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
• Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing. 
• Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
• Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality. 

Essential Criteria for Business Analyst:

• Significant demonstrable Business Analyst experience, in a highly technical and/ or secure / regulated environment.
• Extensive experience of elicitation, documentation and management of requirements.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on understanding business functionality and translating them into technical requirements.
• Proven experience working on technology projects and the use of different software development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall), from inception through to implementation and closure.
• Proactively initiate, develop and maintain effective working relationships with business sponsors / stakeholders.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and changing business requirements.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical audiences.
• Expertise in setting and managing, customer expectations.
• Ability to apply problem solving techniques, for example, to determine requirements, support solutions.
• Able to clearly illustrate processes / requirements clearly through business process mapping, use case modelling, activity diagrams etc.
• Familiarity of software development methodologies, such as Agile and Waterfall.
• Demonstrated experience in writing application requirements and test specifications.
• Self-motivated, proactive and customer focused with excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to prioritise multiple workstreams to ensure deadlines are met.
• Comfortable in managing small projects, to time, cost, and quality, if required.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).