Business Analyst

An excellent opportunity to join us in this exciting role. We provide a friendly informal working environment and our unique training programme provides you with all the steps you need to open up new career possibilities. We teach you to use consultancy to diagnose the real problems that are troubling a business, using specific questioning and intelligent analysis. Our training in this area uses techniques and processes which are exclusive to us and you will get plenty of feedback as you learn.

We believe in sharing our success with the employees who make that success possible. If you are ambitious, have aptitude, the right attitude, motivation and determination, there are real opportunities to advance through the company’s progressive pay and promotion structure as fast as your ability will permit.

The role: This is a front line position, as you will be engaging, by phone, with business owners and senior managers of small companies with whom we are interested in working. You will develop a trusting relationship with them so they will be happy to disclose information about their company’s performance and discuss areas where they want to change You will then analyse the facts and diagnose areas where their business performance could be improved, for example by developing their employee's knowledge, skills, aptitude, and attitude. You then determine whether or not we can assist them, match the need to a funded support programme, and then arrange for one of our field staff to visit to arrange the details of the service we will be providing them with and which will help them to achieve their business aims.

Skills and characteristics required: · A spirit of enquiry with a genuine interest in people · Extremely fluent and mentally agile, with the ability to think on your feet · A first class communicator able to build relationships · The ability to gain respect and trust · Active listening & reasoning skills · A quick and clear thinker · Determined, persistent and influential · Investigative and analytical · Able to close the deal · IT literate – MS Office, and knowledge of databases an advantage · A excellent record keeper with an eye for detail · Enjoy learning and absorbing knowledge

The successful candidate will have confidence and professionalism, be a self starter, have first class communication and organisation skills, and be able to prioritise and manage a demanding workload. You can liaise with people on all levels and will be really keen about getting fully involved in this role. This is an exciting opening in a lively environment.

If you think you can meet the challenge contact us now. Please CLEARLY state all relevant experience on your CV to stand the best chance of securing an interview.