IT Business Analyst - Law Firm - 12 months FTC

IT Business Analyst required by my Global Law Firm client to work on a range of industry leading projects, this is a fantastic chance for a BA from other professional services to gain sought after Law Firm experience.

The Business Analyst (BA) is responsible for a full range of activities including but not limited to; business planning; developing project proposals in line with strategic goals, performing impact assessments; determining benefits and developing the business case; requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, prioritisation and management; process mapping; process improvement; stakeholder engagement and relationship management; managing change, supporting delivery and communication.

Areas of focus and responsibilities

• Develop proposals articulating project benefits, strategic alignment, impacts, options and recommendations. Assist in the preparation of the business case
• Estimate resource requirements and effort necessary to perform BA activities
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, business process descriptions, use cases/scenarios, business analysis, process and workflow analysis
• Identify solution options including organisation, process and/or systems and make recommendations based on the analysis of those options
• Interpret client needs, determining how they fit into global priorities and managing expectations by building collaborative relationships
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
• Collaborate with IT and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs
• Documentation preparation, including business requirements, use-cases, wireframes, functional specifications, communications and training documents and communicate those with other functions eg development, testing and training teams
• Competently present to an audience either orally or in written materials, with the ability to get a point across whilst listening to others
• Work independently with users to define concepts and under direction of project managers
• Proactively seek process improvements - including global policies or procedures, as well reporting and use of systems, with the aim of improving accuracy, consistency and efficiency
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language
• Act as liaison between Divisions, Business Services and Project Teams

For your application to be considered you must be an IT Business Analyst with more than 4 years experience gained working in professional services.