We are currently looking for a skilled Business Analyst to join our team on a 1-year Fixed Term Contract to support a key system upgrade project. This role involves collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and our third-party implementation partner to ensure the successful upgrade of an existing system to its latest version.
As an experienced Business Analyst, you'll bring a winning combination of analytical skills, excellent stakeholder management abilities, and a passion for driving transformational change. If you're ready to leverage your talents to make a tangible impact, we want to hear from you. Essential Skills:
* Proven experience in gathering and documenting business requirements, particularly in system upgrade or migration projects.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex business problems, analyse data, and provide practical solutions.
* Strong analytical skills to assess business processes and identify areas for improvement.
* Competency in modelling techniques such as Activity Diagrams, Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), Sequence diagrams, and Process Flows (BPMN a plus).
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex business problems, analyse data, and provide practical solutions.
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are crucial. As a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, you'll need to convey ideas clearly and collaborate effectively.
At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate. Although this role is contractually based at our Cambridge office, you will have the opportunity to also work mostly from a UK location other than this. Applicants should be aware that there is an expectation that employees will attend our Cambridge office once a month., As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
The Royal Society of Chemistry is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to advance chemical sciences. As a not-for-profit publisher, we reinvest surplus funds back into the global scientific community, supporting our purpose to help the chemical science community make the world a better place.
At the Royal Society of Chemistry, we promote a healthy work/life balance and flexible working options across the organisation. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to all employees including:
* 26 days paid holiday per annum
* 35-hour working week with flexible options
* Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
* Paid volunteering days
* Pension plan with up to 12% employer contributions (depending upon your contribution)
* Life assurance at four times basic annual salary