Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Salary Competitive

Who We Are

Founded and continuously led by inventor and entrepreneur Tony Aquila, Solera is a global leader in digital technologies that connect and secure life's most important assets: our cars, homes and identities. Since its inception in 2005 as a garage-based start-up, Solera has grown aggressively with over 50 acquisitions across its platforms the company's current product solutions include Audatex, Autodata, AutoPoint, CAP/HPI, Colimbra, Digidentity, Enservio, Explore Data, Hollander, Identifix, Inpart, LYNX and TitleTec, as well as the company's flagship Digital Garage application. Today, Solera processes over 300 million transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in over 80 countries. Unified by a strong culture that values uncommon entrepreneurial thinking and continuous "do-it-different" innovation, Solera's global workforce of 6,700+ associates come from diverse forward-thinking industries that include automotive technology, artificial intelligence, software development, data sciences, cybersecurity, cognitive design, and digital identity protection.

Audatex part of the Solera group are the leading provider of motor damage estimating solutions in the UK and similarly globally have a strong presence in over 86 countries. Audatex provide software and data solutions combined which assist the insurance industry in terms of cost control for spend on repairs to accident damaged vehicles.

The Solera Way

Solera’s uncommon culture is based on three simple principles: Think 80/20 (Focus), Act 30/30 (Efficiency), and Live 90/10 (Accountability). We define our mindset using Our 3H’s: Humility, a Hunger to succeed, and a desire to Hunt for opportunities to win. We train our volunteers to engage with each other modulating between their intellect (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ) using our 3Fs: Facts, Finesse, and Force. Solera has become a global technology leader that is constantly growing in the double digits. The principles, drills, and values associated with the Solera Way have been fundamental to Solera’s success and our ability to grow, continuously change, and innovate.

Our Space

• Location-wise, we are based in Theale, 1 station away from Central Reading
• Our office setting is open plan and we work collaboratively as a team.
• Smart casual is our dress code and we are open to flexible start and end times and some remote working (with agreement from your manager).
• We offer weekly fruit to keep the team healthy!
• We also like to celebrate company success, funding legendary summer and winter parties.
• There are frequent opportunities internally to learn and grow into other fields / disciplines. Career progression is important to us.

Are You Uncommon?

We’re on the hunt for a Business Analyst who ranks in the top quartile among their peers. Someone who has a highly competitive and entrepreneurial mindset that is wired with a team-first attitude, has no problem rolling up their sleeves to execute their missions, and can modulate between leading and following as needed. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team in our product management department, to work on understanding business problems and opportunities in the context of the customer’s requirements, working with all parties to deliver solutions that enable the organisation to achieve its goals.

What You’ll Be Doing

At Solera, we believe in providing clarity and focus to what our staff are responsible for – their mission. The 80’s, as we call them at Solera, are the employee’s priorities associated with their role or mission. The mission 80’s for this role, are:

Product Management

• Embrace the role of the Business Analyst; be responsible for maximizing the value of the product to the customer early in the development cycle, and the work of the development team.
• Work closely with the business teams to understand customer requirements.
• Ensure that the product backlog is accurate and up to date. Make sure it is clearly defined, ordered, maintained and visible to all stakeholders.
• Agree the sprint goal with the development team - work with the team to ensure that requirements are fully understood and that the design/implementation meets the customer’s needs.
• Make sure that the Business case and Value Proposition are delivered.
• Maintain an active product roadmap and release plan for each product you are responsible for. 
• Ensure that any changes are carefully considered, with a good feel for requirement prioritization. 

Requirements Analysis

• Analyse and define the detailed requirements, this includes – Facilitating requirement workshops, requirement prioritisation, and creation of user stories/software specifications, process mapping, mind maps, and user interface designs.
• Support the development team by conducting impact analysis, test case reviews, assist with updating design standards, fielding questions, and look at continual process improvements to gain better efficiency.
• Ensure the release documentation is completed; this includes release notes, quick start guides, user guides and training packs.

Project Management

• Take the 80 on putting together product release plans, and creating proposals to present to the business for consideration.
• Manage stakeholder expectations; ensuring development progress is visible and clearly communicated to all.
• Support the Project Manager by reviewing plans, escalating any project risks, potential impacts.
• Take the 80 on consolidating development plans and feed the key dates into the main project plan. For some projects you may be required to conduct the role of the project manager.
• Take responsibility for delivery on time and to plan, within cost and to the agreed specification

Are You Qualified for the Business Analyst Role?

• Experience working in Agile Scrum development environment
• Worked as a Business Analyst or Product Owner defining requirements for software
• Proven experience of business analysis and process improvement
• Creation of concise requirement document’s
• Has experience interacting with external and internal customers, promoting solutions, facilitating requirements workshops
• Experience working with 3^rd Party Development Teams
• Knowledge of the automotive industry and Insurance Motor Claims sectors
• Project Management experience

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