Lead Business Analyst
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With a clearly defined and refreshed group strategy we are ready to accelerate our ways of working and empower our exceptional people to amplify the goals of our clients and our business. To achieve this, Beca are undertaking a pipeline of transformational change activity over the coming years to rapidly adapt and embed changes to progress our strategy. As a Lead Business Analyst, the successful applicant will be responsible for working across multiple high-profile initiatives within the wider transformation pipeline to provide leadership to team members by defining, prioritising, delegating, managing and supporting the business analysis outcomes across each stage of the project lifecycle. The role will ensure all stakeholder requirements are accurately reflected and then designed into new or enhanced services, processes, or practices, and be a champion of user requirements throughout design, development, and implementation. They will also be expected to be able to lead analysis work in large and complex programmes, and lead, coach, guide, and mentor other Business Analysts within their team. Working closely with the project leadership teams, as our Lead Business Analyst, you will be responsible for leadership of the project business analysis team members, by:
- Establishing clear processes, tools, methods, and frameworks to support BA deliverables.
- Defining, prioritising, and managing the pipeline of business analysis packages of work, synthesising information, documenting, and managing processes and supporting change transitions functions across projects.
- Driving high performance, by increasing the teams’ capabilities and supporting their development through effective coaching.
- Setting clear outcomes and conducting quality assurance activity across the analysis outputs ensuring consistency and quality of deliverables.
- Establishment and leadership of the ceremonies required to support the BA deliverables on Project Fusion and People Central to ensure the work is visible.
- Providing effective cost management in the use of business analyst resources and provide oversight of Business Analysis activities across projects to ensure successful delivery.
- Working closely with the business to ensure roles, responsibilities and deliverables are clearly understood, expectations are managed, and collaborative working relationships are established.
- Using proven methodologies, actively identifying, and participating in opportunities to improve the overall quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of activity to ensure best practises are maintained.
- The role serves as a bridge between the project teams and the business to ensure the programme is positioned to ensure our business embraces, adopts, and uses the change in the right way to maximise business value.
- Demonstrable experience in a Business Analysis leadership role across multiple projects
- Ability to engage effectively with both internal and external stakeholders and identify improvements/solutions.
- Requirements gathering and analysis, system/process analysis etc.
- Highly organised with the ability to effectively prioritise and manage expectations.
- Excellent communication and listening skills; documentation, planning, organisational, and time management skills.
- A self-starter, focused on enabling the project team.
- Exposure to relevant project management skills.
- A supportive and caring work environment which values authenticity and belonging.
- Support for learning and development; our people have equal opportunity to build careers reflecting their abilities, passions, and potential, where they feel they belong and can be their true and best selves.
- Opportunity to be part of our professional services firm, contributing to the fabric of all communities across our regions.
- Encouragement of balance in each aspect of your life flexibility, wellbeing, and personal development.
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing support, including wellbeing leave, volunteer leave, gender affirmation support, flexible working arrangements and many more work perks.
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