IT Business Analyst

at  Anthesis Group

ABOUT ANTHESIS

Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, corporates, investors and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world.
Anthesis has clients across all industry sectors and supports some of the world’s largest multinationals such as Reckitt, Cisco, Tesco, The North Face, and Target. The company brings together 1,300+ experts operating in 42 countries around the world and has offices in Andorra, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Middle East, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and the US.
At Anthesis Group, we are truly committed to putting people and our planet at the heart of all we do.
We encourage all employees to contribute their ideas, perspectives, and experiences to help us create an inclusive and equitable workplace. By embracing diversity and providing equal opportunities, we believe we can drive innovation, foster creativity, and achieve our shared goals. So, if you’re ready to be a part of something truly extraordinary, then we want you! Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Together, we can continue to build a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and thrive.
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Summary of Role & Key Responsibilities

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Options analysis:

• Conduct options analysis, assess feasibility and operational impact, quantify potential business benefits, and contribute to business case development

Business analysis:

• Identify, investigate, analyse and communicate complex business problems and opportunities
• Work with architecture team to analyse business goals, objectives, functions and processes, using relevant information and data to support the definition of requirements
• Help to ensure proposed solutions meet business and user needs

Business modelling:

• Understand and communicate the effect (and interactions of) potential changes to business processes, systems, structures, data, and roles and responsibilities

Business process improvement:

• Work with limited direction to identify opportunities to improve business performance
• Lead the analysis, identification, design, prioritisation and implementation of process and business changes to improve business operations and services
• Support the implementation of proposed business improvements

IT systems analysis:

• Identify and analyse capabilities
• Specify requirements, and develop models for bespoke IT solutions

Requirements definition:

• Identify, analyse, challenge and validate business and user requirements
• Work under limited supervision to co-ordinate and review the prioritisation of requirements
• Use appropriate requirements management life cycle methods to complete tasks and outputs related to a project

Stakeholder engagement:

• Communicate with stakeholders clearly and regularly, clarifying mutual needs and commitments through consultation and consideration of impacts while focusing on user and business needs

Benefits

Your Benefits

• Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company
• Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team
• Work solely on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change goals/challenges for clients
• Opportunity to work with, collaborate with and learn from sustainability SME’s who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have
• Exposure to a wide range of clients and projects on a global basis
• Competitive salary in line with, experience and skills
• Competitive benefits including flexible working, 25 days holiday and two volunteering days off and the day off for your Birthday!
• An opportunity to participate in the Anthesis Employee Participation Plan (EPP), an industry-pioneering employee incentive plan that allows all employees to be rewarded for the growth in the equity value of Anthesis.
• Cooperative, supportive and open working atmosphere.

About Anthesis Group
Anthesis is the sustainability activator. We seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, companies, and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world.

SUMMARY OF ROLE

Anthesis is maturing rapidly and needs a resourceful, independent person to join an emerging IT PMO function within a growing enterprise IT team. Anthesis’ business analysis requirements have now developed to the stage where a dedicated resource is required to manage this maturing capability. This role will involve working with Enterprise Architects and business stakeholders to understand business needs, analyse and document processes, and implement solutions that enhance efficiency and drive business growth.

The successful candidate will:

• Work closely will lead small/medium projects and support on larger/complex projects
• Manage stakeholder relationships
• Work independently to develop the business analysis capability by sharing best practice and mentoring others
• Work with the architecture team and business stakeholders to understand, refine, and document business systems

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will work across a wide variety of projects, but the three short / mid-term priority projects for this role are:
CRM: we are currently deploying Dynamics 365 as a CRM solution across the organisation, and additional ongoing business analysis capacity is required to ensure the success of this project.
Data Integration Platform: our Enterprise Architects have recently redefined patterns and practices for integrating systems using an iPaaS model, and additional BA capacity is required to help business teams to understand and document their processes to enable Anthesis to integrate them more effectively.
Inventory Management: a division within Anthesis has an appreciably different operating model involving inventory, and the associated business systems need to be better understood to ensure an effective integration with our core finance systems later this year.
Key Requirements, Skills Knowledge & Expertise