Support & Business Analyst (12 Month FTC)
Music is Universal
It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.
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The Role
The Support & Business Analyst is a hybrid role focused on both operational support and business analysis within Universal Publishing Music group. This is an exciting opportunity to develop knowledge across multiple websites, applications, and territories whilst contributing to the analysis, improvement, and delivery of technology solutions.
Working closely with the Senior Director – Synch & Production Music, Director of Production Music Systems, Head of CRM & Systems Integration, Product Owners, development teams, and business stakeholders, you will be involved in a full range of duties - playing a key role in strengthening communication and delivering training and support to our network of websites, tools and business stakeholders while also helping to identify business needs, gather requirements, analyse processes, and support the successful delivery of digital products and enhancements.
The role offers excellent exposure to Product Management, Agile delivery methodologies, stakeholder engagement, and business process improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
Assist Product Owners in gathering, documenting, and refining business requirements for new features, enhancements, and system improvements
Analyse support trends, user feedback, and system usage data to identify recurring issues and recommend improvements
Collaborate with Product Owners to prioritise enhancement requests based on business value, user impact, and strategic objectives
Support change management activities including stakeholder communications, training, and rollout planning for new functionality
Create and maintain business process documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria, and training materials
Support the Product Owners with rollout and communication of IT projects and managing the triage, prioritisation, escalation and resolution of website and product issues
Provide first line support and communication to both the business and internal teams
Monitoring of application uptime and communication to the wider team and business stakeholders on live issue resolution(s)
Integration with the primary build teams and attendance in build related meetings to understand Agile development methodology and to plan for any new training and comms
Ownership of:
The UPM suite of tools including Cue Sheet Helper, Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro
Sitecore CMS and user guide and support for global territories including prioritisation of changes and requirements raised by super-users and communicating new functionality and translation requirements to global teams
Support for Salescloud and Mulesoft integrations including territory training and assisting global teams with CMS enquiries. Includes requests and support for Marketing Cloud
UPM technology communication bulletins and communication with Application Support
Management of Zendesk instance
Post launch requirements gathering and prioritisation for the main UPM website
Global Security Office requests
Skills and Experience Required
You will have a strong track record proving the ability to communicate with both internal teams and business stakeholders and have a can-do attitude - enjoying working in a collaborative and fast paced environment.
Strong problem-solving skills with an interest in business analysis and product development
Understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle
Experience gathering and documenting business requirements or process improvements would be desirable
Sitecore CMS and Salesforce CRM experience
Experience with Zendesk
Confident with reporting and analysis tools
Knowledge of Jira and Confluence
Broad musical knowledge base
Key Behaviours
Exceptional oral and written communication skills with the ability to work under pressure
Self-starter with a strong initiative
Demonstrate the ability to elicit and document requirements, analyse processes, and translate needs into actionable solutions
Analytical thinker
Has a can-do attitude and enjoys working in a collaborative environment that is constantly changing and evolving
Strong attention to detail
Curious and proactive in identifying opportunities for process improvement and operational efficiency
Ability to balance operational support responsibilities with project-based work
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across support and project activities
About UMG UK
We are Universal Music Group UK – the UK’s leading music-based entertainment company. We exist to shape culture through the power of artistry. We help UK artists produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to inspire and entertain fans at home and around the world.
Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits
Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
Private Medical Insurance
25 paid days of annual leave
Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
Holiday Purchase scheme
Dental and Travel Insurance options
Cycle to Work Scheme
Salary Sacrifice Cars
Subsidised Gym Membership
Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)
Just So You Know…
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.