Senior Systems Analyst

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Job description

Senior Systems Analyst

Permanent, full time

Hybrid role between home and office working

About PPL

Founded in 1934, PPL is the UK music industry's collective management organisation (CMO) for over 120,000 performers and record companies. We license recorded music in the UK when it is played in public (shops, bars, nightclubs, offices etc.) or broadcast (BBC, commercial radio, commercial TV etc.) and ensure that revenue flows back to our members. These include both independent and major record companies, together with performers ranging from emerging grassroots artists through to established session musicians and globally renowned artists. PPL's public performance licensing is carried out on PPL's behalf by PPL PRS Ltd , the joint venture between PPL and PRS for Music.

We also collect performance rights internationally when music is played overseas in public and used on TV, radio and some online streaming services, as well as for private copying. International royalties are an increasingly important revenue stream for performers and recording rightsholders.

In 2020, in total, we collected £225.7 million across all of our revenue streams, while also distributing money to over 135,000 performers and recording rightsholders.

What you'll be doing:

Working within our Technology department, as the Senior Systems Analyst you will be responsible for gathering business requirements from business users and converting these into artefacts which can be used for design and build of systems. You will be able to advise and work with the developers and architects in bringing together the expertise from a business perspective along with a knowledge of what it takes to design and build systems. You will have management responsibility over two business analysts.

Key requirements:

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• The ability to plan your time effectively to ensure maximum results

• 5 years minimum experience in a formal business analysis role undertaking requirements definition and business process design
• Experience in participating in at least 1 medium to large systems implementation project through the full project lifecycle
• Experience of both package and bespoke systems implementation projects.
• Experience of projects involving multiple business units / user communities and that involve a significant element of business change
• Solution architecture design exposure
• Awareness of relational database concepts and data modelling skills
• Researching possible technical solutions to business / technical requirements
• Writing formal technical specifications for use by other team members

• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a simple manner
• Excellent functional understanding of a variety of systems and technical implementations
• Good understanding of leading requirements definition and process design tools and techniques
• Experience/exposure of software development methodology e.g. Agile
• Keeps abreast of current developments and trends in area of expertise

What we can offer you:

When you come on board at PPL you can expect to be rewarded for your hard work. Employees are entitled to a wide range of benefits which support their needs and lifestyles including private medical care, employee assistance programme, flexible working hours, £120 annually to be spent on music and many more!

PPL is currently offering hybrid flexible working which will be a mixture of office based (three days minimum) and home working along with our flexible start and finish times, should employees wish to utilise this.

Next Steps

If this sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you! Please apply

Closing date: 9 th December 2021

Equality and Diversity at PPL

PPL are committed to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusivity, therefore we welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community.

Here at PPL we are proud to operate in a genuine, open and straightforward way while continuing to maximise all opportunities as they arise striving to represent PPL's members. Our job is to protect our members' rights, and make sure their talent and investment is rewarded fairly. We take an entrepreneurial approach, working together to create new ways to deliver better service and solve business challenges. Collaboration creates great things; everyone's talent deserves recognition and each of our members is important to us. We are the professional face for our clients. We serve with a smile and go the extra mile when representing them. We share a passion for music - that's why we do what we do.

Unfortunately, due to the high number of application received for every role here at PPL we are only able to contact candidates we'd like to progress to interview stage