Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

Location: ScottishPower HQ, 320 St Vincent Street, Glasgow. G2 5AD

Salary from £37,142

Permanent

Flexible/Hybrid Working Arrangements

Closing Date: 15th December 2024

The Company

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. ScottishPower is the first integrated energy company in the UK to generate 100% green electricity. Our focus is on wind energy, smart grids and driving the change to a cleaner, electric future and we’re investing over £4m every working day to make this happen. We’re committed to speeding up the transition to cleaner electric transport, improving air quality and over time, driving down bills.

Our Retail business provides energy to millions of households and businesses across the UK. At ScottishPower we want to do the right thing for our customers. We believe in fair pricing and offer a choice of tariffs to suit customer needs. We offer products that help our customers control and protect the energy in their homes and the flexibility to help customers manage their energy accounts today, tomorrow and in the future.

At ScottishPower Retail, we know people are central to building a better future, quicker and we are seeking new talent to join our team.

About the Job

ScottishPower’s Business Analysts play a key role in driving our roadmap of improvements to help deliver the best possible experience to our customers.

As a Senior Business Analyst, you work on a specific project critical to ScottishPower’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects. You will act as the bridge between the business stakeholders and the software developers, ensuring that requirements are clearly defined, understood, and successfully delivered.

We need our Business Analysts to be bright, inquisitive, and passionate about building relationships and solving problems. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team, who are using cutting edge technology to solve real business problems.

Skills & Requirements

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a similar technical field of study
• Excellent communication and the ability to explain complex problems
• Eager to learn and share knowledge across diverse teams.
• Positive thinking and creativity

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or relevant technical field.
• Knowledge of requirement gathering and process mapping
• Experience of the full software delivery lifecycle including the use of Agile methodology
• Ability to analyse large volumes of complex data and derive solutions to problems (SQL)
• Excellent communication and the ability to manage senior stakeholders
• UK Energy Retail Industry Process experience

Responsibilities

• Document existing business processes and workflows and translate business requirements into functional requirements for technical teams.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, and testers to drive forward system and process improvements
• Provide robust and innovative solutions to meet the fast-moving needs of the business
• Manage multiple stakeholders and priorities

What we Offer

This is a permanent contract. Salary for this role will in the following range depending on experience: £37,142 - £46,428 per annum.

As part of our commitment to a supportive and inclusive place to work, we recognise that our employees have different personal circumstances and want a suitable work-life balance. We are working hard to support flexible and alternative ways of working where possible including: Flexible Working, Shared Parental Leave, Career Breaks, Wellbeing / Employee Assistance Programme. You will also have access to our flexible benefits programme where you can decide what is important for you.

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.