Senior Business Analyst

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This role is within the Analysis Guild in the Chief Data and Information Office (CDIO), working across projects supporting Borders and Trade (B&T). Within CDIO, the Business Analysis professionals play an essential role in delivering high quality analysis using different methodologies and techniques to define technical requirements.

The CDIO Borders and Trade Delivery Group are responsible for the end-to-end service management and development of over 140 separate services from the generation of Trade Statistics to the administration of Customs and Excise duties.

Job description

As a Senior Business Analyst in the Analysis Guild in CDIO Borders and Trade, you will provide technical business analysis skills to support the delivery of change to Borders and Trade systems.

Collaborating with colleagues across CDIO, you will define the requirements for technical systems and integrations required to meet the business needs.

You will lead the analysis on larger, complex projects to deliver change to B&T systems, mentoring and delegating tasks to other BAs where appropriate.

You will also be expected to directly line manage other BAs if required.

Within the Analysis Guild there are ample opportunities for personal and professional development, through bespoke training, development opportunities and formal certification.

Person specification

- Lead requirements gathering workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions for large and complex projects.

- Elicit, document, and analyse technical requirements from stakeholders, identifying areas for improvement and transformation.

- Scope and shape the analysis work required and input into the resourcing needs for large projects.

- Define acceptance criteria and support system testing activities.

- Develop detailed technical process models and documentation.

- Collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders to lead analysis activities in the delivery of new systems and system changes.

- Manage stakeholder relationships and communications throughout the project lifecycle.

- Proactively contribute to the continuous improvement of business analysis practices and methodologies through sharing of your knowledge and expertise.

- Provide mentorship, training and guidance to business analysts within your project team.

- Line Management of staff, supporting their professional and personal development and performance management.

Essential Criteria

- Proven experience as a Technical Business Analyst, working on large, highly complex and technical projects.

- Ability to work in ambiguity whilst defining and agreeing scope of BA work.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

- Proficiency in business analysis tools and techniques, in particular process modelling and technical requirements elicitation.

- Experience working directly with developers and architects to define low level solution requirements.

- Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

- Experience mentoring and leading business analysts on projects.

Desirable Criteria

- Knowledge of customs and trade regulations or related domains.

- Line Management experience.

- Familiarity with data analysis and visualisation techniques.

- Understanding of Agile methodologies and practices.

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a 'Further Location Preferences (optional)' field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office Closures

If your location preference is for the following site, it's important to note that this is not long-term site for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

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This site is:

• Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Location

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

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Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your job history. Your job History, should cover up to the last 5 roles where applicable and should give a brief summary of what you have delivered and any key achievements for each role. Note there is a maximum of 200 words per role - any content exceeding 200 words will be discounted at the sift stage.
• A 750-word personal statement. Your Personal Statement should provide details on how you meet the essential criteria for this role, by stating what you have done and how you went about it, it should be aligned to demonstrate your suitability for this role.

Please complete a separate statement (Max 250 words) for the Desirable Criteria where applicable. This is not mandatory for the role but may be considered by the vacancy-holder where candidates have the same scores at interview.

Prior to applications being sifted candidates will be asked to complete an additional IKM assessment. Candidates will be sent details of the assessment once the advert has closed. This assessment is a pass or fail, and only those who pass will be considered at the sift stage.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on your CV.

At full sift your CV and Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, your experience will be assessed against the essential criteria provided within the person specification element of the job advert. You will also be required to deliver a presentation showcasing a project or piece of work where you utilised your business analysis skills.

Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and Interview dates to be confirmed.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - insert vacancy ref & vacancy closing date insert date '.
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