Daljeet Gill

COMPANY: ITV

JOB TITLE: Business Analyst

A Business Analyst works as a liaison among stakeholders in order to elicit, analyse, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies and information systems. The business analyst understands business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommends solutions that enable the organisation to achieve its goals.

RELATED DEGREE:

BA Business Studies degree at Derby University

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 1 years placement at EDS in Sheffield (IT consultancy) as part of degree course
• 3 years work experience at CSC in Solihull (IT Consultancy)

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Thinking
• Commercial Orientation
• Decision Making
• Information Acquisition
• Interacting with People
• Organisational Awareness
• Planning and Organisation
• Customer Focus
• Oral and written expression
• Business Analysis Techniques
• Business Process Improvement Techniques
• Business knowledge
• Corporate, Industry and Professional Standards
• Information Modelling Tools
• Function or Department Operations
• Application Systems
• Data, Process and infrastructure
• Broadcasting knowledge
• Information Capture Techniques
• Presentation Techniques
• Report Writing Techniques

BENEFITS OF THE JOB:

• Variation in project work
• Job satisfaction in designing/implementing new successful ways of working
• Building strong working relationships with key business stakeholders

CAREER GOALS:

• Senior Business Analyst
• Project Management
• Consultant