Job Specifications
Role: Business Analyst
Role Location: London
Salary: Competitive (based on experience)
Level: CL8 - Associate Manager
Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application. Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.
We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
"Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us." - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO
As a team:
We design new services that make a lasting impact by improving users lives, making our country safer and enabling business to evolve. We are expanding the team to deliver new digital products and experiences for users of both public and private sector clients. The STS Digital Consulting practice comprises Business Analysis, Enterprise Service Design and 5 design disciplines, being User Research, Service Design, Interaction Design, Design Systems and Design Thinking.
As a Business Analyst:
You will play an important role in bridging the gap between all business stakeholders, both internal and external, including Sales, Project Management, Technical Architecture, Development, QA Testing, and service support colleagues. You will take ownership to understand the change needs of our clients, investigate business problems and opportunities, and facilitate the delivery of appropriate changes through the application of business analysis techniques and documentation.
For this role you are:
A discovery leader and comfortable with planning, conducting, analysing and communicating findings that ground design decisions against user needs.
An intellectually curious, creative problem solver and passionate about solving business problems by creating inclusive, accessible services for a diverse user population.
Collaborative and supportive, and you enjoy working in a dynamic and creative environment. You are comfortable working with the different technical experts being part of a multidisciplinary team.
Co-creator with stakeholders and users. You relish participation of stakeholders and the wider team, and have experience leading workshops and broader inclusive design initiatives.
A great with stakeholders and are an engaging communicator, able to speak fluently to business people, designers, engineers and other stakeholders.
Guide the analysis, design, and evaluation of process improvements using best-practice methods, tools, and standards.
Craft and translate business needs into traceable requirements and show evidence how the solutions meet the required needs with measurable value and business priority.
Comfortable working with the team reshaping user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
Elaborate epics and user stories from high level concepts to 'playable' units of work for the Developers.
Work closely with the Design and Research team, notably User Researchers and Service Designers, and integrate and enable user research as part of elaboration and continuous improvement
Assist the / Delivery Manager / Scrum Master with maintenance of physical and digital Agile boards
Can articulate the definition of ready/done, user story kick-off and sign-off
Work with other Business Analysts, Product Managers, Delivery Managers, Technical Leads and QA and external stakeholders on site
Be recognised as a subject matter expert and "go-to" person, actively sharing knowledge and best practice
Offer expert advice, guidance, and recommendations, drawing on specialist knowledge and experience
An advocate for best practice and promote business analysis across Secure Transformation Services
Experience
Previous business analysis experience,
Acted as a leader within the business analysis community
Experience mentoring and developing junior business analysts
Experience of leading projects
Experience building and developing business analysis capability and community of practice
Knowledge and application of the Requirements Engineering Process
About the Company
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.
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