Business Analyst Fixed Term

Are you an experienced Business Analyst looking for a new and exciting role?

It's a really exciting time to join us as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England – our purpose being to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.

We've got a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to join our Transformation team, working at the forefront of significant strategic and transformational business change projects. This is a 12-month Fixed Term role, based from our head office in Basingstoke with flexibility for some remote working.

What you'll be doing

You'll work within various types of change projects providing end to end business analysis to identify business customer needs and mapping processes to support the definition, design and delivery of successful projects that are solution orientated and drives a customer centric culture.

Responsibilities include:

• Liaising with a variety of stakeholders you'll gather, prioritise and validate their business needs through detailed analysis, offering your guidance
• Working with the Design team you'll shape and develop business and technical requirements into clear and robust business cases that support the development, signoff and delivery of effective solutions
• Facilitate the Benefit Management process in the project phases by supporting the business to identify and document the drivers, objectives, benefits and enablers for the change initiative
• Assisting in researching and evaluating new product ideas or enhancements to existing solutions in order to determine their potential
• Acting as a change champion, enabling people to understand the benefits and challenges associated with planned change and to identify/overcome any barriers to success of change initiatives

You will be strengthening our approach to change and growing the Business Analysis capability within the business by proactively promoting business analysis techniques and sharing knowledge with business stakeholders. 

What we need from you

You should have demonstrable experience working as a Business Analyst within a business change environment. We're also looking for:

• Proven experience of Stakeholder Management, Requirements Elicitation and Process Analysis
• Strong knowledge and experience of Benefit Management and Cost Benefit Modelling is desirable
• Experience of Transformation Programme and Change delivery
• Previous experience of working closely with a Design Team would be beneficial
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to form effective relationships with multiple stakeholders at various levels
• Any experience within Housing Associations or Property Management with RFP Process for IT Solutions would be advantageous 
• A qualification in Business Analysis is desirable but not essential

What you'll receive from us

We have some fantastic benefits at SNG, including:

• £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working - we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover

There may be some travel between sites when required to deliver workshops or attend meetings so you should have access to transport and be happy to travel.

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

This is a great opportunity to join the team as we progress through an exciting period of change at SNG. This role will be instrumental to its success and could be your chance to truly make an impact and inspire others.