Lead Business Analyst - Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited : Job Details

Your New Company Our Law firm client is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to support the implementation of varied IT projects across our offices in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA). The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with business and IT stakeholders to analyse and implement applications that support core business processes. The Lead Business Analyst will oversee a team of Business Analysts, working alongside/supporting them to ensure the successful delivery of our annual IT change portfolio. Additionally, the team will provide ad hoc analytical support for strategic decision-making, including the development of business cases and financial data models. What you will be doing

• Map as-is and to-be business processes, Create business requirements documentation
• Create business cases by assessing the cost/effort and value
• Model different scenarios based on potential decision paths
• Assess various vendor solutions and their applicability to the use case making impartial data led recommendations
• Manage new software requests to IT and ensuring the appropriate delivery teams are involved
• Provide support to Business Analysts and ensure there is consistency in the team's output
• Collaborate with other team leads to prioritise workload
• Support and mentor BA through apprenticeship programme and adopt new technology to enhance the BA team
• Understand industry evolutions and bring new ideas to the wider team
• Identify new ways the BA team can enhance the IT departments ability to deliver projects and/or service provided to the wider business

What you will need

• Experience leading functional technology teams, especially in business analysis
• Strong and articulate communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders
• Good problem solver with a logical and methodical approach
• Self-motivated learner that is curious to expand their own knowledge
• Experience in a large-scale IT projects including systems integration and change management
• Understanding of project management methodologies, architectural frameworks and key ITIL disciplines
• Experience with data modelling tools such as PowerBI
• Experience with business process design and notation tools such as BPMN or UML
• Experience in a legal or professional services practice (desirable)

What to do nextThis role is paying £400 - £450 per day inside Ir35, on a 3-6-month contract. This is a hybrid position with 2-3 days required in the Newcastle office.What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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