Workday - Senior Business Analyst

<h2>Overview</h2> <p>You will join our high performance team of Business Analysts and act as a senior providing professional advice, managing and/or co-ordinating an area within Business Analysis. You will have the opportunity to oversee technical areas within Business Analysis projects using available frameworks, tools and establishing project plans with on-time and on-budget project goals.</p> <h2>Responsibilities</h2> <ul> <li>Manage and coordinate multiple phases of technical areas within a project and/or multiple small projects of moderate scope and sometimes complex assignments</li> <li>Map full business processes and implement solutions for technological and process improvements within the context of overall business processes</li> <li>Gather business requirements from stakeholders and review existing ones to produce detailed business requirement specification documents</li> <li>Run workshops using proven techniques for creating detailed business, functional and non-functional requirements</li> <li>Assist and supervise team contribution and communication to ensure complete requirement coverage </li> <li>Apply standards and methodologies. Provide expertise and support on use of methods and tools</li> <li>Responsible for needs analysis, task planning, process/data analysis and modelling and/or logical database design with relational databases</li> <li>Identify and assess risks to the success of the project </li> <li>Agree the project approach with stakeholders, and prepare realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans)</li> <li>Track activities against the project schedule and manage stakeholder involvement as appropriate</li> <li>Handle training and build competency within the practice</li> </ul> <h2>Qualifications</h2> <ul> <li>Relevant third level qualification or equivalent work experience</li> </ul> <p>Desirable</p> <ul> <li>Management qualification or relevant years of experience</li> <li>Additional course or certification in Business Analysis</li> </ul> <h2>Essential skills</h2> <ul> <li>Excellent client-facing skills</li> <li>People management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions</li> <li>Team work and emotional intelligence </li> <li>Good self-management – continuous performance is both a goal and a mind-set </li> <li>Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance </li> <li>High value on openness and transparency</li> </ul> <h2>Experience</h2> <ul> <li>Experience working with Workday systems.</li> <li>Knowledge in business analysis methodologies and has awareness of new and emerging technologies and developments</li> <li>Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge</li> <li>Proven ability in assuring project meets quality standards by providing guidance and developing procedures relating to product quality</li> <li>Experience in applying problem-solving methodologies and tools to diagnose and solve operational problems</li> <li>Experience in providing technical guidance to enable others and solving technical queries from junior colleagues</li> <li>Highly proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word</li> <li>Experience of using recommended project control solutions for planning, scheduling and tracking</li> </ul> <h2>Benefits</h2> <p>At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and a substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.</p> <p>We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help our you achieve a healthy work life balance. </p> <p>By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ours peers through good times and challenges</li> <li>We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects </li> <li>Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses</li> <li>Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more! </li> <li>Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their