IT Business Analyst

IT Business Analyst needed in Oxford Paying  £350 per day ref 450040

Full time hours on a temporary basis

We are seeking a skilled and proactive IT Business Analyst to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in maintaining and supporting the continuous development of our business application support service, ensuring it remains secure, effective, and efficient.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and support the continuous development of a secure, effective, and efficient business application support service.
• Support the delivery of an effective business application reporting environment, providing staff with access to necessary reports.
• Understand customer requirements, collect information, deliver analysis, and recommend options for enhanced use of business applications.
• Undertake analytical activities and deliver analysis outputs in accordance with customer needs and agreed standards.
• Support the delivery of business application-related learning activities.
• Promote and improve data integrity through continuous support and development of business application reporting environments.
• Protect application integrity and security through rigorous monitoring and implementation of safe working practices.
• Apply and maintain specific security controls to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of business applications.
• Investigate operational needs, problems, and opportunities related to business applications, recommending improvements.
• Support the coordination, escalation, and monitoring of calls to third-party application suppliers.
• Support relevant projects as a business application specialist, implementing solutions to fulfill business requirements.
• Use appropriate management software and tools to proactively monitor performance statistics and carry out application maintenance tasks.
• Develop and maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant business applications and associated software.
• Maintain application support, system administration, and change control procedures and documentation.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Ideal ITIL qualification or equivalent experience.
• Business analysis/BPR training.
• Knowledge of relational databases and the use of industry-standard data analysis tools.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to deliver detailed analysis and recommendations.
• Experience in maintaining and supporting business applications.
• Knowledge of business application reporting environments and data integrity practices.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to  quoting the reference number. 

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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