The role is the first point of contact for the divisions it serves, feeding any captured requirements into the Technical Solutions department for later delivery as well as having responsibility for the line management, and development of any Business Analysts aligned to the divisions associated with this role.
In addition to division aligned goals the role also acts as the representative feeding into the division any company wide programmes that will have impact within division.
JCDecaux UK is a challenging and ever evolving company where improvements to processes, systems and working practices are continually strived for, and the role of Senior Business Analyst is crucial to both aligned divisions and the wider company’s success.
- In depth experience of working with and supporting a finance function
- In depth experience of working with and supporting a field service function
- In depth experience of working with and supporting a customer facing support function
- Accountancy or advanced management accountancy qualifications, and/or significant experience in working with, or in, a finance function in a £250m+ turnover company or business unit
- Able to work with stakeholders to scope requirements and design solutions that meet business needs
- Capability to produce detailed service and functional specifications that can be used both within the business and with suppliers to gauge product to requirement fit
- Improve systems by studying current practices; designing modifications
- Determine operational objectives by studying business functions, gathering information and, evaluating output requirements and formats
- Prepare technical reports by collecting, analysing and summarizing information and trends
- Validate resource requirements and develop cost estimate models
- Conduct and coordinate financial, product, market, operational and related research to support strategic and business planning within the various departments and programs of the client group
- Interpret and evaluate research data and develop integrated business analyses and projections for incorporation into strategic decision-making
- Conduct insightful, ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues
- Effective project leadership and control for delivery of multiple projects of different sizes and scopes, on time and within budget
- Financial management and reporting of IT Capex and OPEX projects
- Ensure projects align and deliver to business need and specified requirements
- The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams
- Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes
- Preparing items for presentation to the Change Control Board
- Able to deputise for Business Transformation Director in chairing Change Control Board meetings when needed
- Build relationships with key business champions for management and delivery of business requirements
- Manages regular meetings with the business stakeholders to review progress; manage defects and prioritise requirements on the backlog
- Communicates with project stakeholders at all levels
- Forges and strengthens relationships with the business
- Communication of issues and risks at both project and business unit level
- Adherence to the philosophy of continuous improvement through examination of all outcomes of processes, regardless of either a positive or negative outcome
- Ensures standard operating procedures (SOPs) are followed and are auditable across the divisions supported and where audits find non-adherence to SOPs that corrective actions are completed in a timely manner
- Ability to listen, adapt and make suggestions
- Ability to persuade, to negotiate
- Languages: Fluency in English, French desirable
- Highly motivated and project orientated
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication skills (written and oral)
- Excellent analysis, testing and troubleshooting skills
- Strong written and presentation skills
- Educated in a Business or IT related field or strong depth and breadth of relevant industry experience
- Completed or, working towards completion of, an industry recognised Business Analysis Qualification, along with at least 3 to 5 years of working as a Business Analyst
- We believe in building a diverse and inclusive culture and positive employee experience.
- We are One Team, more than just ourselves.
- We are customer first, we understand, and help solve our customers’ problems.
- We Test & Learn, we are empowered to learn and grow, unafraid of change.
- We choose to care, we are committed to doing the right thing, the right way.