SC Cleared Business Analyst

I am currently partnered with a Central Government Agency who require multiple SC Cleared Business Analysts for a long-term programme of work.

These roles are Inside IR35 & will require up to 60% of the week in their offices in South London. Day rate is negotiable depending on experience

We require multiple Principal Business Analyst’s will have a strong understanding of the enterprise arena and will work on multiple, highly complex projects or a large programme. You will be a leader in the Business Analysis community, with portfolio knowledge and related people management accountabilities. You will also support and inform product iteration, evolution and optimisation.

You will proactively share knowledge and will be seen as a go-to person in your field whilst also mentoring others. You will build and own strategic relationships with senior stakeholders both internally and externally. You will be a specialist in the area within which you are operating.

You will set standards and provide key inputs into the service vision and business strategy ensuring current and future business models align. You will also have a critical role to play in designing and implementing the future business architecture strategy or plan.

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

• Working with the Head of Business Analysis to develop and embed clear and consistent Business Analysis standards and guidance across the Profession.
• Embedding Business Analysis ways of working and governance processes within programme delivery.
• Defining, planning and leading business analysis delivery across a complex programme of work, providing clear recommendations and rationale to multiple stakeholders including Programme Directors and the Head of Role quickly and strategically assessing the viability of ideas generated within your Portfolio and making decision based on business value.
• Championing the need for Business Analysis throughout Programme delivery mentoring and coaching Senior Business Analysts within your Portfolio to develop their professional and leadership skillset and confidence, as well as strategic thinking and perspectives building strong strategic relationships across government departments and regularly engaging to build and share knowledge, sharing solutions to reduce costs.
• Effectively communicating your work to Portfolio Directors and Programme Delivery Leads to influence judgements and decisions working with the Head of Role to set strategy for Business Analysis recruitment to attract and build talent defining the problem to be solved and ensuring strategic decision-making supports business outcomes as well as user needs.

Essential Skills and Experience:

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Business Analysis, with the following skills or proven experience in:

• Building strong, strategic relationships with the ability to understand, empathise, negotiate and influence individuals and groups.
• Directing the strategic approach for stakeholder relationships and promoting the meeting of stakeholder objectives planning a team’s strategic modelling approach, supported by sound strategic thinking skills with the ability to turn longer term goals into strategic solutions as required guiding your team to decide the best approach.
• Helping them to visualise outcomes, prioritise work and agree minimum viable product and roadmaps to live services leading on the elicitation of requirements and needs, and leading investigations and implementations of changes to programme scope decision-making skills, with an ability to digest information from a multitude of sources and use that to develop a prioritised plan of action, often in spite of multiple, conflicting demands.
• Previous line management or coaching/mentoring experience.