hubbado are currently looking to hire a Business Analyst on an initial 3-month contract with a potential to extend, working on Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) project. The programme is significant in scale.
Due to Brexit there is a requirement for the DCaaS solution to be provided to one of the group operating countries and therefore will require a formalised and repeatable approach. In addition, the process around inter-company purchases needs clarification and a process defined that can be used by all the teams, as they move to a group operating model
Role & Responsibilities: -
Requirement 1 – Inter-company purchases & financial cross-charging
- To attend, chair meetings & capture the requirements, challenges, risks processes and gaps in process and any relevant documentation from each of the departments for the inter-company purchase model
- To plan in collaboration with the programme management team approach, plan and end deliverables.
- To define prepare & present approach following analysis
- To drive meetings as required with relevant stakeholders, capture actions and provide updates to the UK project manager
- To define sub processes & overarching process though to acceptance
Requirement 2 – Support for the DCaaS contract
- Capture all UK & third-party vendor support, licensing & hardware information in a clear presentable way
- Support indirectly the UK Commercial Manager in building out the contract schedules
- Driving & capturing requirements to complete the contract
- Engagement with Service Management to capture agreed operational support models and include in the contract
- Assist DC Operations with defining a service catalogue and capturing pricing, etc for the contract
Requirement 3 – Programme support
- Assist the programme team in providing high quality presentation materials based on requirements 1 & 2
- Provide weekly reports on progress, including risks, issues & constraints
- Attend programme meetings to ensure alignment to overall programme objectives
Essential requirements
- Qualified as a business analyst through a recognised professional body
- 5-10 years’ experience working for large organisations directly or indirectly (Consultancy)
- Must be able to align to a flexible working policy, including 2 days on site with some travel to sites in London as required
- Must be self-driven, although will be working in close collaboration and be supported by the programme management team
- High proficiency in MS office software tools including Visio, Power point & Excel
- Able to put together director level presentations taking complex business requirements and simplifying in to easy-to-understand process flows
- Used to working with senior level stakeholders up to Director level
- Understands finance, tax, VAT, legal & contract terminology
- Used to working in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable working facing customers or third-party stakeholders
- Prepared to sign non-disclosure agreements as required
Nice to have requirements
- Used to working in a fast-paced environment
- Has some exposure to complex infrastructure projects or programmes
- Has experience working around Brexit legislation
- Knowledge of MS project
- Has experience working for a large media company