Senior Business Analyst at VML Enterprise Solutions, London, £Contract Rate

Senior Business Analyst with Commerce experience required to join our Delivery team here in the UK, please note we offer Hybrid working.

We are VML Enterprise Solutions - a group of talented engineers, tech experts, and creators who combine our passions and contribute to the IT world. You may know us better as Wunderman Thompson Technology in 2024 we changed our name, but at the same time, we remained a great team of people who deliver our best. We design, build, manage and run complex technology platforms and help our clients to benefit from our work and creativity.

The opportunity:

Senior Business Analyst needed to join our team here at VML Enterprise Solutions. Working under your own initiative with required guidance and support, a Business Analyst with proven experience you will be part of the Business Analysis team and expected to take the initiative in ensuring the business needs of our client are fully documented, understood and met by the proposed solution.

This is a contract role based in London.

What you'll get to do:

• Gather and document requirements and translate them into clear user stories and acceptance criteria that can be used and interpreted by both business and technical users. This will involve planning, running and facilitating workshops, reviewing and assessing source documentation from the customer
• Manage, guide and support other BAs on your project or in the wider team
• Identify and recommend options for potential solutions and assess them for both technical and business suitability
• Create logical and innovative solutions to problems
• Present proposals to clients
• Manage a scrum/delivery team through to go live
• Analyse business systems in order to recommend efficiencies
• Provide estimates for analysis work and plans in conjunction with Project/Programme Managers
• Communicate and collaborate with developers, testers and a variety of end users to ensure all solutions deliver quality and customer satisfaction
• Provide training to users of a new system as required
• Plan and work flexibly to meet deadlines
• Keep up to date with technical and industry sector advances
• Maintain great client relationships at all levels of the organisation
• Maintain consistently high levels of client satisfaction and effectively escalating business critical situations to as required
• Manage situations and relationships both internally and externally

What you should have:

• Working as a Senior Business Analyst on large E-commerce or digital experience projects
• Experience of working supplier side and managing client stakeholders and 3rd parties
• Able to plan, and run large workshops with senior client stakeholders and manage senior stakeholders effectively
• Highly proactive, talented, enthusiastic, focused, eye for detail, professional. Keen to learn and to challenge for smarter ways of doing things; a team player proud of their work who wants to share it
• You like working in a fast-paced environment and are ready to inspire outstanding online experiences for consumers and brands, no matter what product, service, sector, device or channel!
• You will be happy working at client locations when needed
• Experience of Agile software delivery
• Business Process mapping and engineering
• eCommerce and retail/brand experience
• Production of high quality user stories and acceptance criteria
• Analysis and design of systems (package integration and bespoke development)
• Ability to work on your own initiative to an agreed action plan
• Strong communication skills - as this role requires a high level of communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Strong problem solving, time management and organisational skills
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen
• Energetic, enthusiastic with strong attention to detail

Bonus points if you have:

• Scrum Master qualification
• Certified Scrum Product Owner
• Experience working with multiple different ecommerce/experience platform

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we'll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We'll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.