Business Analyst

Do you want to bring your identity, ability and experience and be exposed to a wide variety of services and technologies? Simpson Booth is supporting a major IT business consultancy with the recruitment of a Business Analyst for a contract at their end customer's office, based in Alicante, Spain. The role can be performed fully remote from anywhere in the European Union. **International environment** With over 400 employees from more than 50 different nations, their diversity creates vibrant teams and constantly challenges to appreciate multiple perspectives. You will have the opportunity to work with teammates from across the globe. They have five working languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. As a growing business, they will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. **What you will do** We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to play a vital role in this team and will be responsible for internal performance reporting We are not looking for just "a numbers person" but a detective who can uncover the root cause of issues, create strategies and build models to show the impact You will also... Nature of the tasks - Lead analysis activities providing supervision and mentoring for other analysts. - Plan requirements elicitation. - Manage and produce clear and qualified requirements from unstructured information. - Clarify and prioritise business needs. - Build up the requirements package. - Organise, prioritise, specify and model the requirements. - Validate requirements with stakeholders. - Lead the definition and improvement of standards and best practices; promote requirements reuse. - Develop business test scenarios. - Support other teams (e.g. development, quality assurance and control). - Conduct User Acceptance Tests (UATs). - Manage requirements review and approval cycle. - Provide training to support roll-out (if required). - Take the lead in defining, maintaining and improving the analysis activities methodology. - Maintain up-to-date system documentation. - Communicate the impact of changes to stakeholders. Who you are... - Strong analytical thinking; problem-solving and critical mindset. - Ability to propose solutions aligned with the business strategies. - Fast learner, able to take up analysis tasks quickly in a new domain. - Responsible, self-organised, and able to work to tight deadlines proactively, in a team. Time-management capacity and ability to prioritise and report. - Communication skills: excellent verbal, written and presentation skills, able to participate in multilingual meetings and communicate effectively with all levels of stakeholders. - Interaction skills: facilitation capacity, ability to take leadership and influence. - Team worker, willing to share knowledge as well as to work independently with mínimal supervision. - Capable of working in an international/ multicultural environment. - Able to moderate discussions and negotiate effectively to resolve differences. - Customer-focused. - Excellent command of MS Office tools (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). - Resilience, that is to say, is the ability to work efficiently and maintain the quality of the analysis service under pressure. - Effective use of modelling tools, requirements management tools and other productivity tools. - Knowledge of requirements gathering standards and methodologies. BABOK or IIBA certification (or equivalent). - Knowledge of requirements management tools. - Excellent command of written and oral English (C1) and basic knowledge of Spanish (A2) is desirable. - Proven international experience as an IT Analyst: analysing, eliciting, gathering and drafting clear and implementable requirements, working with use cases, business process modelling or data modelling. - Experience in business analysis and business process modelling (BPM). - Practical experience in the use of requirements management tools. What do we offer you? - A competitive offer with an attractive range of benefits - International dynamic, fast-paced working environment - Opportunity to work in a diverse environment with talented colleagues - A supporting environment: in our diverse team we can always count on each other, and new ideas are valued ahead of the convention. **Job Type**: Contract Contract length: 12 months **Salary**: Up to 250.00€ per day