IT Business Analyst

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
SZC is ultimately owned by two shareholders, EDF and HMG. The shareholders hold their investment in SZC through NNB Holdings Company (SZC) Limited. Over the course of the current shareholding arrangements the shareholdings of the two shareholders will change.
The shareholders will fund SZC up until Financial Close through equity in line with the approved schedule and budget. SZC’s business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure (including activities relating to hydrogen, direct air capture and/or desalination) at Sizewell C in Suffolk. The principal objectives of the current development phase of the SZC project are to agree and implement the Capital Raise Plan, including completing an equity and debt raise, agree the core supply chain contracts and obtain the regulatory permits and licences required for the construction phase of the Project (including the core environmental permits and nuclear site licence).
Prior to the government investment decision SZC operated as part of EDF in the Nuclear Development business unit and was staffed by EDF colleagues and independent contractors who are now in the process of transferring to the direct employment of SZC. It is setting itself up as an organisation capable of delivering a new nuclear power plant, from investment case and funding, to construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and decommissioning.
The SZC construction programme has a technical and commercial business case predicated on technical replication of Hinkley Point C. EDF will be an important supplier of nuclear capability for the SZC Programme from its established nuclear business footprint in the UK.
Key stakeholders are: UK Government, relevant Government departments and agencies including Treasury BEIS, EDF, Financial investors and institutions, Regulators, Alliance partners and local communities.
Role Purpose:
The purpose of the role is to assist the IT manager in collaboration with functional & portion leads from all partners to elicit requirements around the technological needs of the business. Assist in discovery around which technology platforms will be core requirements, used across all portions of the project and require a single platform and a single way of working. Assist in discovery around which platforms are portion specific. The discovery and eliciting of requirements will help guide the core IT team and functional steering boards when decision making on platform of choice, ways of working and delivering partner.

What you’ll be doing

• Ensures that business requirements are appropriately captured, documented, and prioritised in conjunction with the business
• Assists the business in the production of business cases that quantify potential business benefits
• Defines and documents ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ processes and the key data required
• Hands off clearly defined and agreed business requirements to transition/technical teams
• Assists in identifying and advising on high-level solution alternatives to those proposed by the business, ensuring the solution remains aligned with the strategic roadmap
• Agree high level time frames for completion of work
• Ensures throughout the solution development process that there is traceability back to the business requirements
• An ongoing point of contact through the lifecycle of an implementation to address any queries or ambiguities in requirements.
• Assist the business in successfully creating User Acceptance Test cases which match to requirements.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work
• Lead and foster a positive Nuclear Safety Culture.

Who we’re looking for
Knowledge & Skills

Essential:

• Demonstrates strong communication skills, liaising effectively with peers, other functions, delivery partner and client teams.
• Demonstrates ability to reach sensible compromise in positions of conflict.

Desirable:

• Positive ‘can do’ mentality.
• Experience in the infrastructure industry
• Understands the concept of ‘systems thinking’ but has the ability to dive down into the low level detail.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Previous experience in a Business Analyst role.
• Stakeholder management
• Experience in running Gap Analysis workshops.

Desirable:

• Accreditation from a recognised governing body.
• Previous experience managing task scheduling.

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

What you’ll be doing

• Ensures that business requirements are appropriately captured, documented, and prioritised in conjunction with the business
• Assists the business in the production of business cases that quantify potential business benefits
• Defines and documents ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ processes and the key data required
• Hands off clearly defined and agreed business requirements to transition/technical teams
• Assists in identifying and advising on high-level solution alternatives to those proposed by the business, ensuring the solution remains aligned with the strategic roadmap
• Agree high level time frames for completion of work
• Ensures throughout the solution development process that there is traceability back to the business requirements
• An ongoing point of contact through the lifecycle of an implementation to address any queries or ambiguities in requirements.
• Assist the business in successfully creating User Acceptance Test cases which match to requirements.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work
• Lead and foster a positive Nuclear Safety Culture

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more