Business Analyst (Operational Technology) in Scotland

Business Analyst (Operational Technology)
£450-550 per day (Inside IR35)
6 months
Remote with Ad Hoc visits to Glasgow, Aberdeen or Perth

My client in the utilities industry are looking for a Business Analyst to join their fast paced team on an initial 6 month contract. The chosen candidate will have worked on Operational Technology based projects.

Role
To provide a business level requirements gathering and process identification process.

Skills / Experience
* Excellent analysis and knowledge transfer skills to a proven professional level
* Able to take ownership of problems and requests as well as the ability to work in a pressurised environment
* Excellent time management skills; able to effectively plans own and others' time
* Able to visualise and articulate proposed solutions to business problems provided by design team to business areas
* A proactive approach with the ability to prioritise own workload within demanding schedules
* Strong written and verbal skills
* Good facilitation skills; enables people to reach agreement and develop work practices
* A systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving
* Forms judgements based on logical conclusions that have been drawn from available facts

Key Accountabilities
* Works with business system colleagues to clarify requirements, to plan implementation and to answer queries through the development process
* Marshals and documents requirements for the subsequent identification of an appropriate solution and the detailed design of a business process to accommodate it
* Undertakes business analysis projects and tasks under the leadership of a more experienced analyst or project manager
* Plans, prioritises, manages and executes analysis work on multiple simple or individual complex projects in order to regularly achieve cost and timescale targets
* Works with the business to understand and prioritise conflicting needs
* Contributes to the execution of user system testing and to the test plan for large projects
* Undertakes personal responsibility for IT data security by ensuring that rules and practices are identified
* Identifies and determines end-to-end business processes using standard methods
* Presents business and technical concepts to process owners and business users
* Identifies and assesses business and IT risk
* Prepares succinct reports and communications that are tailored to different situations and audiences
* Carries out in depth scoping exercises during the early stages of a work package to identify key issues of concern and to ascertain clear direction

Experience
* Experience from a similar support or development role in supporting business critical systems in a medium/large organisation
* Demonstrates a comprehensive breadth and depth of knowledge and experience
* Clear understanding of the gas and electricity industry dataflows, metering standards and regulations

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.