Business Analyst

Role: Business Analyst Location: London, Birmingham, Bristol Salary: Competitive (based on experience) Level: CL9   –   Consultant Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application. 
 Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too. “Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO Join Secure Transformation Services, the UK market leading team for sovereign tech transformation at secure clients working on projects in complex, regulated, public sector environments.   We deliver services that make a lasting impact by improving   users   lives, making our country safer and enabling business to evolve. Our impact goes beyond improving utilisation and sales KPIs. We are expanding the STS Business Analysis team to shape new ambitious and business critical products and experiences for users of both public and private sector clients.   The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate,   operate   and deliver value   provides   an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.   Requirements You   will play   an important role   in bridging the gap between all business stakeholders, both internal and external, including Sales, Project Management, Technical Architecture, Development, QA Testing, and service support colleagues. You will take ownership to understand the change needs of our clients, investigate business problems and opportunities, and   facilitate   the delivery of   appropriate changes   through the application of business analysis techniques and documentation .   For this role you are :   Performing discoveries and are comfortable with planning, conducting,   analysing   and communicating findings that ground design decisions against user needs.   An intellectually curious, creative problem solver and passionate about solving business problems by creating inclusive, accessible services for a diverse user population.    C ollaborative and supportive, and you enjoy working in a dynamic and creative environment. You are comfortable working with the different technical experts being part of a multidisciplinary team.   Keen to be up - to date with AI   advancements and   are p assionate   to steer   clients   to   take advantage of AI, and how AI can bring efficiencies to your ways of working.   C o- creato r   with   stakeholders and   users . You   relish participation of stakeholders and the wider   team and   have experience leading workshops and broader inclusive design initiatives.   A   great with stakeholders and are an engaging communicator, able to speak fluently to   businesspeople , designers,   engineers   and other stakeholders.   Elaborate epics and user stories from high level concepts to 'playable' units of work for the Developers.   C raft and translate business needs into traceable requirements and show evidence how the solutions meet the required needs with measurable value   and business priority .    C omfortable working with the team reshaping user stories and defining acceptance criteria.    Elaborate epics and user stories from high level concepts to 'playable' units of work for the Developers.    Work closely with the Design and Research team, notably User Researchers and Service Designers, and integrate and enable user research as part of elaboration and continuous improvement    Assist   the / Delivery Manager / Scrum Master with maintenance of physical and digital Agile boards    Can articulate the definition of ready/done, user story kick-off and sign-off   and requirements for UAT   Work with other Business Analysts, Product Managers, Delivery Managers, Technical Leads and QA and external stakeholders on site    An advocate for best practice and p romote business analysis across   Secure Transformation Services   Experience Previous   business analysis experience   Knowledge and application of the Requirements Engineering Process and experience in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).    Experience of applying a variety of BA techniques   appropriate to   the business situation such as Business Process Modelling (using BPMN), Context Diagrams, Use Cases, SWOT analysis, MOST   analysis   and Business Activity Models to support the investigation and analysis of business situations.   Experience of working in an agile context.   Experience in a range of prioritisation techniques ( RoM , t-shirt sizing,   MoSCoW   etc).   Understanding of user centric design experience with non-functional aspects such as security, privacy, accessibility,   performance   and reliability.   What’s in it for you At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includ