Business Analyst

Ayvens - becoming better with every move.

We value our employees and their talents, and we strive to help employees grow professionally, including by finding the right opportunity for every colleague within Ayvens. If you see an open position that is the right fit for you, we encourage you to apply.

As our colleague, you make all the difference in our success and we are here to support you.

We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our Digital Team on a 12 month fixed term contract, based at our Bristol office.

Overall Job Purpose:

• Perform Business Analysis to determine business needs, problems and opportunities, understand requirements and translate into technical solutions.

• Support the project management process to ensure that projects are delivered on time.

• Liaise with key business stakeholders and the delivery teams to ensure requirements are gathered and communicated effectively.

Key Accountabilities:

• Facilitate delivery of new Business systems by understanding operational and commercial requirements

• Work collaboratively with technical and non business stakeholders to agree the solution design and business processes.

• Manage the expectations of business users and project stakeholders

• Understand and communicate the financial and operational impact of change

• Provide delivery teams with business and product knowledge to enable delivery.

• Assist the business and development functions in optimising the scope, benefits and risks of proposed products and projects

• Contribute to monitoring project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports and recommending actions

• Maintain high level of professionalism, ensuring completion of all mandatory compliance training, policies, monitoring and set objectives

Skills and Experience Required:

• Good knowledge of the software development lifecycle and agile methodology.

• Systems thinking and technical expertise /understanding of key concepts, principles and ways of working across the technical disciplines

• Process modelling and workflow analysis

• Data analysis and reporting

• Excellent communicator, relationship builder and influencer.

• An inquisitive mind set and strong attention to detail.

• Strong organisational skills with a proven ability to deliver results

• Work collaboratively to assist in the design and implementation of analysis to answer business problems.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills - able to communicate ideas, designs and questions, simply, clearly and effectively.

• Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities

• Detail-oriented with commitment to accuracy and quality

• Strong requirements elicitation & analysis

Desired Previous Experience:

• Experience of Business Analysis or related experience.

IT Applications:

• Very good IT literacy for all MS Office products specifically Excel

What We Can Offer

Competitive starting salary

Generous contributory pension scheme 

25 days holiday, in addition to bank holidays 

Volunteering days to assist in charity work

Sustainability Initiatives 

Generous Employee Referral Scheme (£1000)

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for an opportunity unless they exactly meet the criteria specified. At Ayvens we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, enjoyable and authentic workplace so if you are excited by this, or any role at Ayvens but your experience doesn’t exactly align, we would encourage you to apply regardless! What’s the worst that can happen?!