Business Analyst

Our client is recruiting for a Business Analyst to join their team. The office is based in Smithfield, Dublin 7 and a hybrid working structure of 2 days on-site per week will be required.

Position Overview:

The Business Analyst will play a crucial role in supporting the organization's business transformation initiatives. This role involves working closely with various stakeholders to ensure that business needs are met through effective analysis, documentation, and implementation of technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

 Manage and contribute to business analysis initiatives within Transport Regulation

directorate

 Support the implementation of solutions (technology and organisational) in a cost-

effective way;

 Create and maintain key business analysis documents (e.g. Business Analysis

approach, Requirements Management Plan, Requirements Traceability Matrix,

Business Process documents, Business Requirement Specifications, etc);

 Manage the requirements governance framework from initiation through verification,

validation and completion;

 Plan, arrange and facilitate requirements workshops across all phases of the project

with relevant stakeholders (internal and external);

 Support programme and project planning across all phases;

 Provide relevant input to test strategy, planning and execution and provide

assistance to business users in UAT.

 Manage the analysis and troubleshooting of problems relating to the solution with the

business and technical teams by contributing to the priorities for problem resolution,

monitoring progress and applying the appropriate escalation procedures;

 Support the development of the BA function within the organisation providing experience and

advice on clear processes, procedures, templates and governance.

Professional Attributes:

 Manage stakeholder relationships at all levels of the organisation, including Directors,

Heads of Business, Project Team, Business Units and third party suppliers;

 Take a holistic view of business situations, ensuring stakeholder perspectives are

identified and analysed to achieve consensus, aligning business objectives and

requirements with recommended solutions.

 Demonstrate up to date knowledge of business analysis trends in terms of best

practice approach, processes and tools;

Qualifications/Education/Experience:

Essential

 Hold a minimum of a NFQ degree level qualification;

 At least 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst.

 At least 5 projects/product/solutions end-to-end experience of SDLC;

Desirable

 Recognized Business Analyst accreditation. (IIBA, BCS, PMI, etc)

 Have demonstrable Agile skills;

 Have demonstrable project management skills, including planning, organizing, and

managing resources;

 Experience with Requirement Management Tools.

Additional Business Analysis Tasks (optional):

 Translate complex business requirements into functional / technical specifications / or

use cases (with acceptance criteria);

 Conduct As-Is / Current State / Gap analysis;

 Conduct As-Is and To-Be process mapping;

 Perform root cause analysis of problems and work closely with business users to

identify and translate their needs into solution designs and system specifications;

 Act as a subject matter expert, transfer knowledge to others and provide advice to

relevant stakeholders on the business solution;

 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

 Skilled communication bridge between IT and business stakeholders, representing

business challenges and requirements clearly to technical resources.

 Strong analytical ability and logical approach to problem-solving.