It Business Analyst

IT Business Analyst

12 month fixed term contract

Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, MK16 9EZ

Salary - up to 50,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Full time role. Office based 4 days per week. 

Is this Applegreen or Welcome Break?! - let us explain...

 Applegreen is the majority shareholder of Welcome Break. We are working together to find a new IT Business Analyst for the Applegreen Group IT function. This is a group level role looking after our businesses across all of the Applegreen regions.

The role is based in the UK from the Welcome Break head offices in Newport Pagnell.

What will your role look like?

As the Group IT Business Analyst you will act as the key interface between the users and the project manager(s) to gather information, document processes, and confirm the final documents across all IT Regions.

Your main tasks will include determining requirements, performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing some user acceptance testing.

To succeed in this role, you should have a natural analytical way of thinking and be able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.

You will be responsible for:

• Requirement gathering (using RTM's) and analysis for projects across the organisation. Documenting and communicating the results.
• Support RFP's (request for proposals) in describing and soliciting bids for suppliers, assessing and delivering data-driven recommendations and reports
• Fulfils a functional role to analyse requirements and build quality solutions that meet the requirements and advises clients on Solution offerings, strategy, designs, implementation approaches and alternatives / trade-offs
• Provides input to technical estimates created with standards tools, portfolio Work
• Breakdown Structures, statements of work and industry standard estimating techniques

About you

Ideally we are looking for someone who has:

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in business analysis or a related field
• Understanding and awareness of cost estimations and operating models
• Broad understanding of IT, platforms and technologies

About Applegreen

Established in 1992, Applegreen is a leading convenience roadside retailer in the Republic of Ireland, the UK and the US in both large-scale Motorway Service Areas and Travel Plazas, as well as smaller petrol stations. The business has grown to over 3BN in annual revenue, operating 559 forecourt sites internationally and employing over 11,000 people.

We partner with a large number of high-quality international brands in each market including Starbucks, Burger King, Subway, Greggs, KFC, 7-Eleven, Chopstix, Freshii etc

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