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IT&S GroupYou will work withA multi-disciplinary squad to engage business users in eliciting, defining, and handling business requirements using structured business analysis tools, techniques and methodologies, to ensure that we successfully meet customers’ expectations.Let me tell you about the roleA Business Analyst at bp provides enduring deep domain expertise to bridge the gap between business goals and technology solutions. Using techniques such as data analysis, customer and partner interviews, and workshops and training, they gather, refine, and define business requirements while collaborating with teams to deliver solutions that meet both user and business needs. The role also involves monitoring progress towards business goals while driving efficiency and effectiveness. The role's focus on ongoing relationship management ensures alignment across commercial and technology partners.What you will deliver
- User research: Engage with users, observe and analyze their workflows, and extract meaningful insights about how they interact with a product or system. This involves uncovering pain points, process mapping, pattern recognition, and connecting learnings to potential solutions.
- Requirements definition: Take responsibility for eliciting requirements through various techniques such as interviews, workshops, and document analysis. They lead workshops to assemble and refine requirements, consider tradeoffs, and ensure a clear understanding of system constraints. Additionally, they collaborate with design teams to develop solutions that meet both business and user needs.
- Relationship management: Builds strong relationships with commercial and technology partners at all levels within a distributed team, ensuring effective communication, alignment and collaboration.
- Service delivery: Diagnoses issues and works closely with other support teams across functions to understand defects, drive minor improvements, and document change requests clearly and concisely in order to bring quick resolution.
- Business process change: Lead business process workshops to analyze and map business processes, finds opportunities for process improvements, and implements changes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Data analysis: Analyzes and model data requirements, understands data models and database design to support sophisticated datasets, and provides insights and recommendations based on data analysis to support decision-making.
What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Superb oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to build positive relationships with a variety of domain experts.
- Proficiency in data analysis and modeling.
The competencies for a business analyst at this level include a skilful understanding of the core principles and practices of business analysis. At this grade, a business analyst is expected to have comprehensive theoretical, technical, and sometimes specialized knowledge that they use to solve difficult problems and complete complex tasks independently. Specifically, they should be proficient in areas such as requirements definition, stakeholder management, service delivery, testing, business process change, and data analysis. This level of competency allows them to lead initiatives and see them through to the end, demonstrating a high level of skill and expertise in their domain.
Preferred experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Prior experience in energy, manufacturing and renewable industry.
- Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst or in a similar role.
- Familiarity with business analysis tools (e.g., ADO, Power BI).
About Bp
Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.Additional InformationWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered.
Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
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Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
