About This Role
This Project Analyst role is a full-time contract position for a minimum of 3 months, with an outlook to extend. You will work across a variety of projects, understanding client and internal stakeholder needs, defining clear requirements, and supporting the delivery team to build solutions on time and within budget.
Responsibilities
- Elicit, analyse and document business and technical requirements through workshops, interviews and process reviews
- Map current and future-state processes, and identify gaps, risks and opportunities for improvement
- Write clear business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, and keep them current as scope evolves
- Work with technical consultants and project team members to make sure solutions meet the agreed requirements
- Support the Prescience project methodology across every phase: Commencement & Confirm, Architect & Design, Configure & Construct, Validate & Iterate, Deploy & Deliver, and Operate & Enhance
- Plan and support testing and user acceptance, and help resolve issues and defects
- Monitor project progress against the agreed plan, and provide weekly updates on status, timelines, risks and issues
- Track estimated versus actual hours and cost, and contribute to traffic-light reporting
- Identify scope changes early, assess their impact, and raise variations when required
- Escalate issues and propose practical solutions to keep projects on track
- Support client communication from kick-off through to certificate of acceptance and project close-out
- Build strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders, and keep communication clear and timely
- Prepare handover and training material to support go-live and project close-out
- Make sure time is entered accurately into WFM
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Project Analyst, Business Analyst or similar role, ideally in a technology or professional services environment
- Strong requirements gathering, process mapping and documentation skills
- Confident facilitating workshops and communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Analytical and detail-focused, with a practical, solutions-oriented approach
- Comfortable working across multiple projects and managing competing priorities
- A collaborative team player who enjoys helping others do their best work
Nice to have:
- BA or project qualification such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, PRINCE2 or Agile
- Familiarity with Oracle or database technology
Benefits
- Be part of a small team where your contribution is visible
