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Job Title: Business Analyst / Consultant

Department: Recruitment

Grade: Professional / Experienced

ALMO Financials LTD is a financial services firm whose activities include accounting and auditing, and

which operates a Management Consultancy practice advising clients on Business Process

Improvement (BPI) and the deployment of enterprise software. We are passionate about improving

the processes of our existing clients and look forward to onboarding new clients.

Job purpose

To provide business analysis for our SME clients in order to help their businesses achieve their

strategic objectives through the implementation of effective systems and processes.

This Business analyst / consultant role will be responsible for understanding and defining the

business processes and translating them to functional specifications that would enable us to deliver

solutions complete with technical, process, change and capability development without

compromising the agreed design, systems and processes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Develop a deep understanding of client processes, strategies, priorities, and constraints. Use a

variety of business analysis methods (e.g. interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops,

business process analysis, use cases, task and workflow analysis and facilitation) to elicit

requirements, document business processes and identify opportunities for process and performance

improvement.

Critically evaluate the requirements gathered from various sources and, where necessary, reconcile

any conflicts. Determine the root cause of issues and so identify the underlying true requirements

and distinguish these from user requests.

Document current- and future-state processes to support business change and system

implementations via a thorough understanding of business processes, strategies, priorities and

constraints.

Produce proposals for new solutions and service improvements for technical and non-technical

audiences; to include technical documents based including use cases, test cases, and activity

diagrams.

Deliver the relevant documentation as required, including functional and business requirements

specification, process and system documentation

Identify and appraise solution options, carrying out options- and gap-analysis, to inform

recommendations for implementation.

For allocated project work, act as liaison between the business and project teams, technology

suppliers, technical and support teams to ensure the solution meets user requirements and that

issues are identified and addressed as early as possible.

Person specification

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration or a related

discipline (or equivalent professional experience).

• Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst on process improvement and/or ERP

implementation projects, ideally including Oracle, Odoo, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics or a comparable

platform.

• Strong working knowledge of business process mapping techniques and notations (e.g. BPMN) and

requirements-gathering methodologies.

• Understanding of finance, accounting or audit business processes sufficient to engage credibly with

financial services clients.

• Experience producing BRDs, functional specifications, test scripts and UAT plans.

Desirable

• ERP functional or implementation certification, or hands-on configuration experience.

• Business analysis certification (e.g. BCS/ISEB, IIBA CBAP/CCBA, Agile BA).

• Experience working within a professional services or management consultancy environment.

Skills & Attributes

• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with high attention to detail.

• Ability to manage multiple client engagements and deadlines concurrently.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion across our organisation.

We aim to develop a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve, while fostering an

inclusive workplace where every colleague feels valued, respected and supported. We believe that

embracing different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and ideas strengthens our organisation and

enables our people to make a meaningful difference.

Closing Date

Please submit your CV and cover letter to [email protected] Your cover letter should be no

more than 1,000 words and should clearly demonstrate how your skills, experience and qualifications

meet the essential criteria for the role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once a candidate is identified. To ensure your application

is considered, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the application or recruitment

process, please contact us [email protected]