Are you an experienced Business Analyst looking for a new and exciting opportunity, one where it's not just about the opportunity to develop, one where you’ll also be valued, rewarded and supported. Your work will also have a real impact. We help people build things. Make things better. How good would it be to know that you’re part of that?
Why not join us and be part of our Enterprise Delivery teams, your role will be to identify, define and document business processes and software requirements to be developed as software. Liaising between the business and IT teams by facilitating communication and determining software objectives that align with stated and unstated business needs.
We’re an award-winning business with an open, safe environment where people can thrive. With the freedom to be themselves, it’s a place where we’ll ask for your ideas, listen to your opinions and value the contributions you make. Chances are you’ve never experienced anything quite like our culture.
The Role:
You’ll obtain a deep understanding of relevant business areas to be able to recommend solutions and build high-quality requirements.
You’ll work with the business and delivery teams to shape and prioritise business requirements by making recommendations and suggesting alternatives to proposed solutions.
You’ll understand technical options, limitations, costs, and risks, whilst building strong relationships with business partners to discuss tradeoffs and work collaboratively and to shape requirements accordingly.
Translate conceptual user requirements into clear, detailed functional requirements.
Manage requirements scoping throughout the delivery process and support delivery teams as they develop, test, and deploy solutions.
Review delivery team output to ensure requirements are correctly interpreted; define and execute test cases.
Document current processes and models to understand inefficiencies or gaps and identify and assist in prioritising opportunities to streamline business processes.
Does this sound like you?
Proven track record of working in large and complex business facing projects
Previous experience of working in Cloud and SaaS based solution projects with a background in Retail, Customer Relationships and Supply Chain systems is preferred.
You’ll have great interpersonal skills and an ability to build strong relationships at all levels and be able to influence.
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
Experience with agile development methodologies and agile planning tools such as Jira and confluence would be an advantage.
You’ll be a strong problem solver with excellent trouble-shooting skills.
What's in it for you?
Our strong family values and 'cornerstones' lie at the heart of the success of our journey. If matching your ambition to our culture is an exciting prospect, there's never been a better time to join us.
We’re a team. And teams work best together when they know and respect one another. Listen and learn from one another. So we offer a hybrid working model, you will be working from our Support Centre in Watford 2 days a week. Giving you the support you need to do well at work, and the flexibility to make life work for you.
We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that includes:
Competitive package
26 Days holiday plus bank holidays
Contributory Pension and Life Assurance
Flexible Hybrid working
Save-as-you-earn scheme
Colleague discount
Discount platform including savings and cash back at numerous retailers, savings on gym membership, cycle to work scheme
Our widely recognised wellbeing strategy is something we’re proud of at Wickes. As part of this, we offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits and support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, financial education & loans, and access to parental, menopause, and fertility support.
About Us:
Wickes is a multi-channel retailer operating in the home improvement market. With 50 years in industry, Wickes now generates revenue in excess of £1.6bn across 230 stores delivered by 8,000+ colleagues.
But it is the Wickes’ culture that is considered its best kept secret; it’s a collaborative, down to earth, fun and inclusive environment where people feel part of a winning team. All our colleagues come from different backgrounds, but what we all have in common is a determination to succeed and a passion for being the best we can be. If that sounds like you, we’ll make you feel right at home.
Please contact us here if you require any adjustments within the application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage you will have an opportunity to inform us when we invite you to interview. Please note, this link is only for reasonable adjustments required - general enquiries, or direct CV applications cannot be accepted via this form.
We want to move fast, what are you waiting for, apply now, application closing date 23rd August.
