Senior Consultant, Technical Business Analyst, TC, UKI, Belfast

<div><p>At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. </p><p>We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. </p><p>Join EY and help to build a better working world. </p></div><div> </div><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:black">Technical Business Analyst - Technology Consulting – Belfast</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:black"> </span></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In Digital Engineering we shape, concept and build innovative solutions that address the most important issues and opportunities for our clients. Our consultants work in agile, cross-functional teams addressing some of most significant issues facing society today, such as transition to sustainable energy, digitisation of government, scaling high-growth businesses, exploiting the potential of AI and improving wellness with digital healthcare.</span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The core capabilities of our team include:</span></p><ul><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:black">Digital strategy, horizon scanning, and strategic planning. </span></strong><span style="color:black">Working in combined teams with Business Designers, Researchers, Strategists, Industry and Functional Specialists, we develop a vision, roadmap and case for change to address fundamental issues facing our clients, such as “how can we grow?”, “how do we respond to disruption?” and “what can we do next?”</span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:black">Digital technology delivery management.</span></strong><span style="color:black"> Using principles of lean start-up and agile, we manage large-scale delivery programmes that include custom software and SaaS solutions, using an ecosystem of EY, client and partner agency resources. We have a range of skills across programme management, solution architecture, product management, business analysis and delivery management, </span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:black">Digital software engineering. </span></strong><span style="color:black">Many of our solutions involve custom engineering of unique solutions and experiences created from modern web-scale technologies, such as HTML5, JavaScript, Micro-Services, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning.</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As a technology specialist, EY offers you the opportunity to apply your skills in a highly strategic context, working on meaningful and impactful solutions that build a better working world. EY is a leader in Business Transformation services and the Digital Engineering team is rapidly growing to enable us to deliver more of our technology work.  This is an exciting time for new joiners who will have many opportunities to make their mark on the business and accelerate their personal and professional growth.</span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:black">The opportunity</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>EY is actively growing our Digital Engineering team in Belfast and are expanding our Business Analyst team. As a BA you will have work across a wide range of products that are transforming how our client’s work. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a leading firm whilst being instrumental in the growth of our service offering. </span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:black">Your key responsibilities</span></strong></span></p><ul><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Work closely with product owners, architects, developers, and QA teams to translate complex business needs into clear, accurate functional/technical requirements</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Create detailed artefacts such as user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows and API designs</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Facilitate requirement</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">gathering workshops, technical discussions, and backlog refinement sessions </span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Act as the bridge between business stakeholders and engineering teams to ensure shared understanding and alignment</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Work with delivery managers to refine the backlog, track progress, and ensure timely delivery of features.</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Champion standards for requirements quality, documentation, traceability, and version control.</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Support non</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">functional requirement definition including performance, security, compliance, and scalability considerations.</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:black">Skills and attributes for success </span></strong></span></p><ul><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience as a Technical BA or product analyst in a technology driven environment</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong experience in translating complex business requirements into technical requirements for Engineers to consume. It would be advantageous to have experience working on backend microservices, e.g. impact analysis on API mapping and microservices </span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Hands</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">on experience with tools such as Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, Confluence, JIRA, and Visio/MIRO.</span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts (e.g., caching, event driven process, error handling, integration endpoints)</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience working in Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, DevOps).</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly to both technical and non</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">technical audiences.</span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to create clear documentation, user stories, and acceptance criteria.</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> Strong analytical mindset, problem</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">solving skills, and attention to detail.</span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Desired knowledge of front</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">end and backend architectures to support design discussions effectively</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>To qualify for the role, you must have</strong></span></p><ul><li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">A proactive, self</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">starter mindset.</span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities in fast</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">paced environments.</span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.</span></li><li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> A collaborative approach and willingness to work closely with cross</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">functional teams.</span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> High</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">quality written and verbal communication in fluent English.</span></span></li><li style="line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">An analytical approach combined with practical problem</span><span style="color:black">‑</span><span style="color:black">solving ability.</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 60.0pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Interview process: </strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you are successful in your application, you will be invited to attend an in-person assessment centre towards the end of February. As part of the assessment centre, candidates will complete a 45minute assessment designed to evaluate their skillset (as outlined in the Skills and attributes for success section) and their ability to analyse technical scenarios. Candidates will be given a short scenario and a set of supporting artefacts (such as API specifications, process flows, logs, or business rules) and will be expected to interpret the requirements, identify gaps or assumptions, and write clear, well-structured user stories with acceptance criteria. We will be looking for strong reasoning around requirements quality, technical feasibility, and clear, concise communication of insights.‑person assessment centre towards the end of February. We will be looking for strong reasoning around requirements quality, technical feasibility, and clear, concise communication of insights. This will be followed by a 45minute competency based interview giving you opportunity to also ask us about the role.  </span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>What we look for</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We’re interested in candidates with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about joining Digital Engineering and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.</span></p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="line-height:107%">What working at EY offers <br></span></strong><span style="line-height:107%">We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:</span></span></p><ul><li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around</span></li><li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career</span></li><li style="line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. <br><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Join us in building a better working world.  <br> </span></p><p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="line-height:107%">Apply now.</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </p><div><p><b>EY | Building a better working world </b></p><p>EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.</p><p>Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.</p><p>EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. 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