Roles & Responsibility
- Using data modelling techniques to identify ways in which an organisation can operate more effectively.
- communicate with senior people in organizations to find out what they hope to achieve
- formulate ways for businesses to improve, based on previous research
- persuade internal and external stakeholders of the benefits of new technology or strategies
- oversee the implementation of new technology and systems
- run workshops and training sessions
- exploring how the organisation is currently operating via research, which could include interviewing employees and collecting quantitative data
- explore different solutions, their risks, benefits and impacts
- proposing solutions to an organisation’s leaders, and keeping them updated with progress
- creating documents to outline the proposed changes and the steps involved.
- ensuring the changes are made – for example, by overseeing the implementation of new technology or a new approach
- contributing to training and support for people affected by new systems and processes.
- Specialist business analysis firms
- Consulting and professional service firms (including technology consulting companies)
- firms
- Large public sector organisations (such as county councils and government departments)
- Technology and engineering firms
- Large organisations that require in-house analysts (such as banks, utilities companies and multinational retailers).
Key skills for business analysts
4+ Years of experience in IT Industry as BA
Banking/Insurance domain experience
- Commercial awareness
- Confidence working with complex data and systems
- An understanding of how IT can be used to resolve problems
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills , and the ability to work with people at all levels of an organisation
- Time management and organisational skills
- Problem-solving skills
- An interest in, and understanding of, project management techniques