*IT BA EXPERIENCE IN UTILITIES /ENERGY INDUSTRY IS A MUST
Previous knowledge of PowerOn and PI would be highly beneficial
PAYE / Umbrella
* Experience of Operational Technology
* Stakeholder management
* Requirements Analysis
* Process Mapping
Business Analyst required to work on the PowerOn Split project. This Project is providing separate versions of Operational Technology Applications 'PowerOn' and 'PI' to enable Business separation for a key department, this is the first step towards that goal. We need a BA to firstly look into the PI usage requirements, this is urgent, then to start looking at the Business Processes shared between two current departments and what will need to change following the split, there will also be some requirements gathering to feed into the Test teams.
Key Accountabilities
* Works with business system colleagues to clarify requirements, to plan implementation and to answer queries through the development process
* Marshals and documents requirements for the subsequent identification of an appropriate solution and the detailed design of a business process to accommodate it
* Undertakes business analysis projects and tasks under the leadership of a more experienced analyst or project manager
* Plans, prioritises, manages and executes analysis work on multiple simple or individual complex projects in order to regularly achieve cost and timescale targets
* Works with the business to understand and prioritise conflicting needs
* Contributes to the execution of user system testing and to the test plan for large projects
* Undertakes personal responsibility for IT data security by ensuring that rules and practices are identified
* Identifies and determines end-to-end business processes using standard methods
* Presents business and technical concepts to process owners and business users
* Identifies and assesses business and IT risk
* Prepares succinct reports and communications that are tailored to different situations and audiences
* Carries out in depth scoping exercises during the early stages of a work package to identify key issues of concern and to ascertain clear direction
Education, Experience, Knowledge, Functional and Technical Skills and Communication and Personal Attributes
Experience
* Experience from a similar support or development role in supporting business critical systems in a medium/large organisation
* Demonstrates a comprehensive breadth and depth of knowledge and experience
Business Knowledge
* Clear understanding of the gas and electricity industry dataflows, metering standards and regulations
Functional and Technical Skills
* Excellent analysis and knowledge transfer skills to a proven professional level
* Able to take ownership of problems and requests as well as the ability to work in a pressurised environment
* Excellent time management skills; able to effectively plans own and others' time
* Able to visualise and articulate proposed solutions to business problems provided by design team to business areas
Communication and Personal Attributes
* A proactive approach with the ability to prioritise own workload within demanding schedules
* Strong written and verbal skills
* Good facilitation skills; enables people to reach agreement and develop work practices, Problem Solving, Analysis and Reasoning
* A systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving
* Forms judgements based on logical conclusions that have been drawn from available facts
Accountability and Financial Dimensions
* No direct responsibility for budget or other financial dimensions.
