Business Analyst, IT Finance (FTC)

INTRODUCTION

Founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry, Burberry is a global luxury brand with a distinctly British attitude. We are a global business with an extensive network of both owned and franchised stores across EMEIA, Asia Pacific and Americas. We are digital pioneers, and innovative technology underpins every aspect of our business, from product design to distribution and marketing. We believe that modern luxury means being socially and environmentally responsible; this mindset is core to our business and key to our long-term success.

JOB PURPOSE

This is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract for an experienced IT Business Analyst (BA) to work on our portfolio of Finance Projects, delivering for the Finance and Procurement functions.

The Business Analyst will collect, analyse and prioritise functional; focusing on meeting the goals and objectives of the business. The BA will primarily collaborate with designated business functions, Project Manager and Solution Architects.

The role is a fantastic opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, with a great team and an outstanding brand.

The range of technologies, systems and business functions you will have exposure to makes this role incredibly exciting and an opportunity to grow your skillset. We are looking for enthusiasm and a genuine passion to deliver to the highest standard.

Looking across to our solutions projects, you could expect to work on everything from SAP developments, to compliance, to reporting and innovate projects, which help us deliver excellence to our customers. We have an exciting IT roadmap to deliver and would love you to be part of that.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the collection and prioritisation of project specific business requirements and ensure they are relayed to the architecture team to develop cost estimates.
• Highlight/identify changes to current ways of working.
• Collaborate with business and project team throughout the solution build to ensure alignment with defined business requirements.
• Run workshops, gather business requirements and define processes.
• Follow defined Waterfall or Agile methodology and deliverables.
• Communicate and align with Business Analysts in other towers.
• Facilitate the acceptance of functional requirements.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Adhere to project timelines as defined by the Project Manager.

PERSONAL PROFILE

QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS

• Proven ability to build relationships and partner with management stakeholders within the business and IT.
• Can clearly demonstrate delivering artefacts for each project phase and link the business value created with the process and system improvement (preferably supported by industry certification).
• Effective use of business modelling techniques: Process and workflow modelling (BPMN experience, preferred).
• Experience in eliciting and documenting requirements resulting in quality deliverables, with limited direction.
• Basic understanding of data and information architecture principles.
• Basic understanding of user experience design principles.

EXPERIENCE

• Delivery of at least 3 full project lifecycles in a Business Analyst role.
• Delivery of both Waterfall and Agile projects.
• Practical application of Design Thinking/User Centred Design methodologies.
• Previous experience of IT delivery of Finance projects

BEHAVIOURS

• Must be able to communicate effectively in both technical and business settings.
• Self-motivated, creative, passionate.
• Able to acclimate into a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Self-directed and independent worker who can also lead through cross-functional and cross-organisational projects.

FOOTER

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

Posting Notes: United Kingdom || Not Applicable || London || IT || IT FINANCE PARTNERING || n/a ||