Business Analyst - Hiring Urgently

We are looking to hire a capable Business Analyst to join our all-star team at Version 1 in Dublin.
Growing your career as a Full Time Business Analyst is an amazing opportunity to develop exceptional skills.
If you are strong in planning, project management and have the right experience for the job, then apply for the position of Business Analyst at Version 1 today!

We pledge "to prove IT can make a real difference to our customer's businesses". We work hard to ensure we understand what our customers need from their technology solutions and then we deliver. We are an award-winning company who provide world class customer service; we think big and we hire great people. Version 1 are more than just another IT services company - we are leaders in implementing and supporting Oracle, Microsoft and AWS technologies.

• No 1 Best place to work in Ireland #GPTW2023 !!
• 6th Best Large Workplace in the UK
• 10th place in Glassdoor Top 50 UK companies
• UK & Ireland’s premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner
• Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications
• Consulting, implementation and support services
• 3000 strong,€255m/ £220m revenue business

Job Description

• Arrange and conduct meetings, workshops and presentations for a variety of audiences, demonstrating consistently high quality communication, elicitation and persuasive skills.
• Analyse alternative solutions and make recommendations.
• Document and map complex business processes and solutions using standard procedures, methods and tools
• Identify areas for improvement, specify requirements and implement recommendations for increasing effectiveness of current business processes.
• Perform root cause analysis of problems and work closely with business users in order to identify and translate their needs into solution designs and systems specifications.
• Produce detailed Business Requirement Specification Documents and liaise with all stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood and signed off prior to development commencement.
• Work closely with developers during the technical design and implementation phases to ensure common understanding, agreement and effective implementation of projects.
• Communicate in a clear and concise fashion to IT and business staff (including senior managers) at all stages of the project lifecycle to gain commitment and minimize the level of resistance to change.
• Support UAT during all phases of testing to ensure requirements as detailed in the Business Requirement Specification document have been delivered and are ready for release.
• Work with IT & Business when new functionality is released to production to ensure a smooth transition to the new process.
• Where necessary devise detailed cut over plans to address potential operational impacts at cutover.

Qualifications

• Strong Business Analysis experience.
• Experience of working in an Agile environment and writing clear, concise user stories.
• Ensuring Acceptance Criteria for user stories is achievable.
• Liaising with the development team to enable them to accurately size user stories.
• Proven track record in producing high quality Business Requirements Documents, Business Processes Mapping and documentation skills.
• Experience of reviewing Functional Specification Documents produced by peers (Peer Review) to ensure they align with Business Requirements Specification document.
• Has worked on both large scale and smaller projects and been responsible for defining and designing business solutions.
• Previous experience with UML and Use Case Scenarios an advantage.
• An understanding of technology and IT systems.
• Good project management skill with ability to plan and schedule own work and work towards tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills — be able to explain complicated processes and concepts to non-experts.
• MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio & Outlook). 

Additional Information

• Quarterly performance-related profit share
• Certified Great Place to Work for 10 years in a row
• Career Progression (496 CPD Promotions in last 12 months)
• Generous Holiday Allowance
• Employee Discount Scheme - available online and in a wide range of stores
• Flexible and Remote working Options
• Lunchtime activities including but not limited to fitness, yoga, financial advice and wellbeing
• Pension
• Private Healthcare Cover
• Offer incentives for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role
• Wide range of reward schemes including:
• Version 1 Excellence Awards (annual)
• Fostering several Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging schemes
• And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more

This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing Microsoft Consultancies in Ireland & the UK. 

Benefits of working as a Business Analyst in Dublin:

● Excellent benefits
● Advancement opportunities
● Attractive package

● Remote Work opportunity