Lead BA - Strategic Analysis - NESO

Overview

National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

This Lead Business Analyst role is within the Strategic Business Analyst team part of the DD&T directorate. Strategic Business Analyst team at NESO focuses on shaping and interpreting new IT demand across the System Operations, Resilience and Emergency Management, Markets and Major Projects directorate. The role primarily delivers strategic pre-project business analysis supporting how IT may address current and future business challenges.

To create and maintain valued partnerships with the Business by gaining understanding of the Business’ core needs & processes, in the short, medium and long term and develop Business Cases to recommend innovative and appropriate process or Technology enabled solutions which effectively balance derived value against cost.

The area of focus is on understanding business analysis at a strategic level, how our changes in roles and responsibilities as NESO impact our directorates. Responsibility for this role involves close stakeholder engagement with the system operations and Markets teams, operational Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and product teams. The role will involve working within a context of uncertainty, due to the general nature of early-stage analysis and the specific evolving nature of new projects.

This role can be based in Wokingham or Warwick NESO offices, with hybrid working (1 or 2 days office) and home. The Strategic Business Analyst (BA) team work across the NESO offices and travel will be expected on team days or as needed.

Key Accountabilities

This position is accountable for working with Business Unit and Technology managers to understand business needs and create robust proposals with sound business cases that meet Directorate and Business objectives. This position is critical to translating business needs into technology solutions, leading the thinking and getting support from various technical elements in the technology organisation.

• Build and maintain relationships with key business stakeholders and enhance working relationships with management members of Business and Data, Digital & Technology (DD&T)
• Review our current Business capabilities and raise awareness through gap analysis for new potential IT solutions.
• Programme/project benefits management. Ensure alignment of IT and business objectives.
• Maintain our Digital Charters understanding IT roadmaps for the directorates and how to prioritise these initiatives.
• Analyse complex business and IT environments to identify innovative, appropriate and cost-effective solutions.
• Responsible for working with assigned business area to develop robust Discovery plans and manage demand for Technology services.
• Make use of a range of consultancy techniques, methods, and processes as appropriate to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Participation on project boards, steering and governance groups as required.
• Support in transforming the Technology organisation into a proactive value-added business-focused service provider.
• Act as a role model valued Business Partner and help champion these behaviours across the organisation.

• Direct experience of a broad range of consulting approaches, Technology delivery processes and best practices to analyse complex business and Technology environments and provide innovative, appropriate and cost effective solutions
• Experience of data, digital and technology strategic, investment and programme planning ensuring alignment with business strategy and priorities
• Ability to create and maintain alignment with diverse groups of stakeholders on uncertain and evolving changes through our roles and responsibilities as NESO
• Strong demonstratable experience in consultancy / business analysis within a regulated industry. Ability to perform well in high pressure regulatory environment.
• Strong communication skills – written and verbal with ability to present complex business and technical…