Business Analyst

Monthly meetings in Loughborough/London

Join the Access Family and see how we make software ideas become a reality!

Our core value of ‘Love work, Love life’ has been central to our success and so we are looking for people to join us who share our passion for making things better every day, to help us achieve 2 million users of the Access Workspace platform.

Are you ready for the challenge?

What are we all about?

At Access we love software and how technology never stays the same. It is this obsession that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers - from professional services to manufacturing to not for profits and more.

We are passionate about helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business. That is why over 1 million users and over 35,000 organisations rely on Access software to help their organisation thrive.

About you:

This is a process and data-oriented role, and you will be a self-motivated, target driven individual with an eye for detail, strong numerical and technical skills and a keen interest in process engineering, data analysis and reporting. You will enjoy being part of a team that drives Business Excellence and delivers transformational programmes of work, accelerating business performance.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Be responsible for defining and documenting new and existing functional processes
• Work closely with a variety of internal teams to understand the key KPIs used to drive our business and create a visualisation of this data in a manner that can be easily interpreted by Senior Leadership. 
• Working with key project stakeholders to communicate and formulate the business vision for transformational projects, the scope of the project, and to map out initial requirements.
• Strive to ensure that data collection processes are automated and documented where possible to maximise efficiency.
• Work with large data sets, using Excel and other data visualisation tools to deliver on programme and divisional objectives
• Work closely with Programme and Project Managers in the Business Excellence team to deliver analysis required to drive programme outcomes. 
• Work with other Data Analysts on the team to share knowledge, expertise, and best practice
• Work with managers to ensure that the effort and timeline to deliver on a particular piece of analysis is understood
• Be proactive and recommend process improvements or new tools with the overall goal of helping managers to gain greater business insight through the exposure of data or metrics.

As a well-rounded Business Analyst, your Skills and Experiences likely include:

• Minimum 5 years working in a similar role within a Business Excellence team for a software business
• High level of communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with a diverse range of internal stakeholders
• Strong working knowledge of product lifecycles and sales processes
• Highly analytical and data driven
• Excellent Excel skills required
• Excellent Powerpoint skills required
• Experience with at least one data analytics tool such as PowerBI, Tableau, Databricks & Alteryx etc is essential.
• Knowledge of Salesforce is an advantage
• Ability to influence individuals/teams within Access to ensure that the goals of the team are delivered
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and perform effectively under pressure
• Ability to work on own initiative and drive tasks forward is essential
• Strong team player who can contribute to the development of our strategy and flex as our team requirements change

What does Access offer you?

We are a growing software company, and we deliver on what we say we do! We take the development of our people very seriously and we will work with you to carve out your success plan and an opportunity to accelerate your career and make a real difference.

On top of a competitive salary, our standard 25 days holiday (which goes up the longer you’re with us), and a matched pension scheme you’ll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We pride ourselves on being an organisation that gives back so you’ll also have a charity day you can take to support something that matters to you.  

At Access we’re all about helping everyone Love Work and Love Life. Why? Because we believe people can only be their best when they can be themselves. So, if you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t match perfectly, we’d still love to hear from you. You might just be who we are looking for.

We love the fact that we’re all different. We believe by having more diverse perspectives at work improves how we run our business, helps us to better support our customers, and when you think about it, it’s just more fun!

What’s holding you back? Come and be part of our Amazing Access Family!

Love Work. Love Life. Be You.