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Founded in 1904, Portwest has become one of the fastest growing workwear companies in the world currently employing over 6,000 staff worldwide. With 1400 styles across more than 20 ranges, we design, manufacture and distribute market leading workwear, safety wear and PPE in fully owned production facilities. \nWe’re on a mission to become the world’s most requested PPE and Safety Wear Brand.\nJOB SUMMARY: \nWe are looking for a motivated, analytical Business Analyst to join our IT team and play a key role in our data transformation and systems integration projects.\nWorking closely with business stakeholders, technical teams and project managers, you will gather requirements, analyse business processes and map data flows, helping to deliver data-driven solutions that make a real difference across the organisation.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nGather, analyse and document business and functional requirements, translating business needs into clear specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.\nDocument 'As Is' and 'To Be' business processes, identifying gaps between existing systems, data and business requirements.\nSupport data transformation, migration and integration projects, working with technical teams to understand data structures, flows and dependencies.\nAnalyse data quality issues and assist with data cleansing, validation and reconciliation.\nDocument source-to-target mappings, transformation rules and data quality and validation requirements.\nDocument integration requirements, system interfaces, data exchanges and business rules, mapping data flows between systems to improve accuracy and consistency.\nSupport enterprise application projects, including ERP, CRM and other business platforms.\nDevelop test scenarios and cases, supporting functional, data validation and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to confirm solutions meet agreed business requirements.\nDocument defects, track issues and work with technical teams to support resolution.\nBuild effective relationships with business users, IT teams and external technology partners, participating in workshops, communicating technical information clearly to non-technical stakeholders and providing regular updates on assigned activities.\n\nREQUIREMENTS:\nBachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Analytics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n1-3 years' experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst or in a similar role.\nExperience gathering and documenting business and functional requirements.\nInvolvement in data transformation, migration, integration or data quality projects.\nGood understanding of data structures, data mapping and transformation concepts.\nStrong Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to work with and analyse datasets.\nExperience working with business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.\nExposure to Infor M3, Salesforce or other enterprise business systems, and familiarity with data integration concepts, APIs or ETL processes, would be an advantage.\n\nCOMPANY AWARDS\nGreat Place To Work 2024 \nPrivate Irish Business of the year - Export IndustryAwards 2025\nGold Ecovadis Sustainability Rating 2026\nApplicants must have a right to live and work in the relevant jurisdiction.\nPortwest is an equal opportunity employer. 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