Essex County Council
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Chelmsford, Essex
Business Design Consultant
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Salary: £50,500 per annum |
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Overview
Please note that this is a fixed term contract position for a duration of 12 months. Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK. We currently require the services of a dynamic and experienced Change Business Analyst with excellent people and stakeholder management skills to join our Corporate Systems Programme. We are moving from an Oracle E-Business Suite (ERP) solution to an Oracle Cloud ERP solution. The Change Business Analyst will report to the Business Readiness and Preparation Lead. Working with senior business stakeholders, subject matter experts and our systems implementor transformation team to define, document and deliver business change in the adoption of the Oracle Cloud ERP solution. The role will require the facilitation of critical business decisions between the Business SME's and the system Implementor and will require management of application of SLA's for process data and configuration decisions. We intend to adopt standard Oracle functionality and so the analysis role will centre around developing a future operating model based on the existing 'to be' capabilities of the Oracle Cloud ERP solution. Role Responsibilities You can investigate problems and analyse options for new and existing services. You know how to provide recommendations to solutions. You can work with stakeholders to identify objectives, opportunities and potential benefits available You know how to analyse current services and processes and can identify and implement opportunities to optimise these. You can help to evaluate and establish requirements using relevant techniques such as gap analysis. You know how to source requirements. You can facilitate the setting of business priorities for change initiatives of medium complexity. You can manage and implement requests for changes to baseline requirements. You can identify needs and engage with users or stakeholders to collate user needs evidence. You understand and can define research that fits user needs. You can use quantitative and qualitative data about users to turn user focus into outcomes You can review requirements, specifications and define test conditions. You can identify issues and risks associated with work while being able to analyse and report test activities and results You can analysing business issues using appropriate methodologies and techniques, to identify the root cause and define appropriate solutions. Responsible for using analytical techniques to generate insight and make clear recommendations in order to create meaningful business change Responsible for analysing business issues using appropriate methodologies and techniques, to identify the root cause and define appropriate solutions. Knowledge Skills and Experience Educated to degree level or equivalent by experience Must hold relevant professional qualifications as a business analyst practitioner Significant experience supporting IT transformation projects in large and complex organisations Proven experience analysing business processes and defining, documenting and delivering To Be capability Experience analysing business and technical data and information and presenting insights as "actionable intelligence" Demonstrable skill in understanding core ERP functionality and system capabilities Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area Awareness of working in a political environment Interviews will be conducted virtually Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity is key to our success.