Business Analyst at Talan

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

23 Sep, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Business Analysis, Requirements Engineering, Agile Methodologies, Stakeholder Management, User Research, Business Process Modeling, Functional Requirements, Non-Functional Requirements, Prototyping, Technical Feasibility, JIRA, Digital Transformation, Energy Sector Knowledge, Communication Skills, Team Collaboration

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Company Description Talan (part of the Talan Group) is an expert provider of professional services. Our vision and mission is to take positive action in a complex world for the future good of people and the environment and to enlighten and enable our clients’ transformation in an increasingly complex world. We are purpose-driven, working across multiple sectors, tackling social and environmental challenges, improving and simplify the way markets work, harnessing the power of digital transformation and ensuring data is protected and used ethically. Talan provides a range of consultancy and outsourcing capabilities including programme management, market design and governance. We also have extensive and award-winning capabilities across cyber security, data privacy and digital transformation. We are IIP Gold accredited and Great Place to Work accredited. The nature of what we do means we are very much a people business. The contribution every member of the team makes to our diverse range of experience, skills and personalities is valued. We invest heavily in learning and development to enable our people to develop skills and gain experience which will enhance career prospects for life. Many who started their careers with us have rapidly progressed to more senior positions. No two days are the same, but we believe in a flexible approach to working which we know our employees value. Job Description The Role We are recruiting an ambitious Business Analyst to work in the Digital business unit as a Senior Consultant. You will support our clients and stakeholders across the Energy sectors to design and deliver successful digital change initiatives. As a Senior Consultant, you will be an enthusiastic self-starter able to work proactively with business stakeholders to extract, challenge, and specify business and technical/system requirements. You will work with a team of experts who will support the solution, development, and management of technical solutions on behalf of Talan's clients. This is an exciting opportunity and is central to ensuring that Talan can deliver and manage the right technical solutions to clients in a fast-changing environment. Responsibilities Work independently or alongside other specialist roles such as developers (external), system architects, UX designers, developers, and testers to ensure that requirements are being adequately designed and delivered. Lead the approach to requirements engineering under sequential and linear Waterfall models, as well as leading iterative product discovery utilising modern Agile techniques (such as Scrum and Kanban). Build relationships with stakeholders to agree on the appropriate product and solution design considerations and run effective business and systems elicitation workshops. Support or conduct user research. Produce analysis on large business contexts and structures, in the form of business process models illustrating the as-is, and effectively creating to-be state models, as well as user journey diagrams. Support the production of functional and non-functional requirements for Waterfall projects, as well as defining personas, epics, and user stories for Agile projects and product developments. Create compelling business cases and value statements. Lead and actively contribute to agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint retros, and sprint demos. Investigate technical feasibility, and relationships between system entities and make recommendations on build v buy decisions as part of the wider digital transformational activities. Participate in design reviews and make recommendations to address risks, dependencies, issues, and recommendations. Further, develop better working practices and processes across the Digital business unit. Support future business development initiatives, inputting into bids and proposals when required. Competitive salary plus bonus and excellent benefits package Qualifications Requirements Product and technical solution consultancy experience BCS/ISEB certification in Business Analysis. Ability to create low and high-fidelity prototypes TOGAF knowledge or accreditation 3-5 year’s experience in a similar role in either a consultancy or digitally enabled business Understanding/ experience of the UK energy market, including business and data architecture/market and regulatory design processes. Confident communicator, with the ability to influence and steer stakeholders at all levels. Expertise in the use and configuration of JIR Upon employment, employees should also have a sound awareness of the Company's Information, Quality, Environmental and Energy Management Systems. Additional Information WHAT WE OFFER 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays Profit related Bonus (discretionary) Reward and recognition schemes Flexible working Private Bupa healthcare Life Assurance (up to 4 times annual salary) Matched pension contributions Season Ticket Loan Cycle to work scheme Buy and Sell annual leave Reimbursement of eye test and up to £50 towards glasses or contacts Corporate gym rates Employee Assistance Programme Summer and Christmas parties, along with monthly Social@77

Responsibilities

The Business Analyst will support clients in the Energy sectors to design and deliver digital change initiatives. This role involves working with stakeholders to extract and specify business and technical requirements while collaborating with a team of experts.