Business Analyst
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Cardiff, is currently looking to recruit a Senior Business Analyst for an initial 4 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £282.39/day (Inside IR35). This role will be predominantly remote with some travel to offices in Cardiff.
Responsibilities:
– Identify and apply the best processes and delivery methods, measuring and evaluating outcomes.
– Support teams in prioritising work, managing scope, and adhering to MVP principles.
– Lead process, system, and data modelling across projects; analyse and recommend changes to business processes and policies.
– Mentor and coach business analysts, share best practice, and contribute to learning pathways.
– Research emerging tools and techniques to improve efficiency and encourage innovation.
– Advise on approaches to analyse complex business problems and opportunities.
– Interpret analysis to make recommendations for tactical and strategic decisions.
– Recommend options analysis, feasibility assessments, and quantify business benefits.
– Ensure solutions align with business goals, user needs, and expected outcomes.
– Define and manage requirements lifecycle, prioritisation, and traceability across all phases.
– Plan and organise complex analysis activities, adapting as new insights emerge.
– Identify and implement opportunities to improve business performance.
– Lead process change initiatives and assess feasibility of improvements.
– Apply business analysis and evaluation skills to design and test processes.
– Manage continuous research and analysis to map systems and processes.
– Communicate complex, sensitive information across diverse stakeholders.
– Manage stakeholder relationships, negotiate solutions, and resolve conflicts.
– Clarify needs and commitments while focusing on user and business priorities.
– Recommend techniques to analyse and validate user experience needs.
– Lead identification and analysis of IT system capabilities and gaps.
– Collaborate with digital teams on system design, interfaces, and functionality.
– Apply testing tools and techniques, review prototypes, and develop acceptance criteria.
Essential Skills:
– Educated to Masters level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
– BSC International Diploma in Business Analysis professional qualification
– Evidence of continuous professional development
– Practitioner of Agile working with multi-disciplinary teams.
– In-depth knowledge of business modelling techniques and experience in obtaining input from and communicating modelling results to senior managers for agreement.
– Experience of applying a variety of analytical techniques to highly complex information and quantifying result integrity based upon assessment of sources and techniques applied.
– Experience of engaging stakeholders in their working environment.
– Experience of consulting activities and techniques including facilitating stakeholder groups.
– Experience of process analysis, assessment and change including financial, cultural, technological, organisational and environmental factors. Further experience of establishing customer requirements and identifying how these map to process requirements.
– Expertise with the application of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools; experience of the implementation of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools as well as the enhancement of their application.
– Experience of business process testing including the management of test scenarios and reporting of testing outcomes.
– Substantial experience of working on digital products and services with multi-disciplinary teams.
– Demonstrable excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to manage stakeholders, communicate complex information, and negotiate successful outcomes with senior personnel.
– Highly experienced in influencing and negotiation skills including critical questioning and innovative thinking.
– Can demonstrate excellent attention to detail, critical thinking, and the ability to clearly present and communicate analysis/ outcomes
– Can confidently challenge teams and stakeholders about the way things are currently being done.
– Ability to be an active listener and to tailor communication to the audience.
– Ability to plan, document and prioritise own workload in a proactive manner.
– A user-centred focus ensuring your work is based on robust evidence
– Ability to coach and mentor others.
– Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Desirable Skills:
– Experience of benefits management and realisation.
– Demonstrable evidence of being able to produce detailed designs and document using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
– Experience of selecting tools and methods to establish, clarify and communicate the user experience, users’ characteristics and tasks and in identifying the technical, organisational and physical environment in which complex products or systems will operate.
– Experience of planning and performing all types of evaluation and of interpreting and presenting the results of evaluations.
– Experience of evaluating the quality of project outputs against agreed acceptance criteria.
– Experience of assessing, analysing, developing, documenting and implementing changes based on requests for change.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– Identify and apply the best processes and delivery methods, measuring and evaluating outcomes.
– Support teams in prioritising work, managing scope, and adhering to MVP principles.
– Lead process, system, and data modelling across projects; analyse and recommend changes to business processes and policies.
– Mentor and coach business analysts, share best practice, and contribute to learning pathways.
– Research emerging tools and techniques to improve efficiency and encourage innovation.
– Advise on approaches to analyse complex business problems and opportunities.
– Interpret analysis to make recommendations for tactical and strategic decisions.
– Recommend options analysis, feasibility assessments, and quantify business benefits.
– Ensure solutions align with business goals, user needs, and expected outcomes.
– Define and manage requirements lifecycle, prioritisation, and traceability across all phases.
– Plan and organise complex analysis activities, adapting as new insights emerge.
– Identify and implement opportunities to improve business performance.
– Lead process change initiatives and assess feasibility of improvements.
– Apply business analysis and evaluation skills to design and test processes.
– Manage continuous research and analysis to map systems and processes.
– Communicate complex, sensitive information across diverse stakeholders.
– Manage stakeholder relationships, negotiate solutions, and resolve conflicts.
– Clarify needs and commitments while focusing on user and business priorities.
– Recommend techniques to analyse and validate user experience needs.
– Lead identification and analysis of IT system capabilities and gaps.
– Collaborate with digital teams on system design, interfaces, and functionality.
– Apply testing tools and techniques, review prototypes, and develop acceptance criteria.
Essential Skills:
– Educated to Masters level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
– BSC International Diploma in Business Analysis professional qualification
– Evidence of continuous professional development
– Practitioner of Agile working with multi-disciplinary teams.
– In-depth knowledge of business modelling techniques and experience in obtaining input from and communicating modelling results to senior managers for agreement.
– Experience of applying a variety of analytical techniques to highly complex information and quantifying result integrity based upon assessment of sources and techniques applied.
– Experience of engaging stakeholders in their working environment.
– Experience of consulting activities and techniques including facilitating stakeholder groups.
– Experience of process analysis, assessment and change including financial, cultural, technological, organisational and environmental factors. Further experience of establishing customer requirements and identifying how these map to process requirements.
– Expertise with the application of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools; experience of the implementation of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools as well as the enhancement of their application.
– Experience of business process testing including the management of test scenarios and reporting of testing outcomes.
– Substantial experience of working on digital products and services with multi-disciplinary teams.
– Demonstrable excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to manage stakeholders, communicate complex information, and negotiate successful outcomes with senior personnel.
– Highly experienced in influencing and negotiation skills including critical questioning and innovative thinking.
– Can demonstrate excellent attention to detail, critical thinking, and the ability to clearly present and communicate analysis/ outcomes
– Can confidently challenge teams and stakeholders about the way things are currently being done.
– Ability to be an active listener and to tailor communication to the audience.
– Ability to plan, document and prioritise own workload in a proactive manner.
– A user-centred focus ensuring your work is based on robust evidence
– Ability to coach and mentor others.
– Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Desirable Skills:
– Experience of benefits management and realisation.
– Demonstrable evidence of being able to produce detailed designs and document using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
– Experience of selecting tools and methods to establish, clarify and communicate the user experience, users’ characteristics and tasks and in identifying the technical, organisational and physical environment in which complex products or systems will operate.
– Experience of planning and performing all types of evaluation and of interpreting and presenting the results of evaluations.
– Experience of evaluating the quality of project outputs against agreed acceptance criteria.
– Experience of assessing, analysing, developing, documenting and implementing changes based on requests for change.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
