
Senior Business Analyst
- United Kingdom
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead end-to-end business analysis across strategic programmes and high-impact projects
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder interviews to elicit, challenge, and refine business requirements
- Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable user stories, functional specs, and process models
- Drive process reengineering and optimisation initiatives, identifying opportunities for automation and efficiency
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, and Delivery Managers to shape solutions and prioritise backlogs
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions through data-driven insights and structured analysis
- Own and manage traceability of requirements through development, testing, and implementation
- Support change management and business readiness activities, ensuring smooth adoption of new solutions
- Champion best practices in business analysis, mentoring junior BAs and contributing to capability development
- 7+ years' experience in business analysis, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead capacity
- Proven track record of delivering complex projects in Agile, hybrid, or waterfall environments
- Strong understanding of business architecture, process modelling (e.g. BPMN), and requirements engineering
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in regulated or enterprise-scale environments
- IIBA or BCS certification (ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis) preferred
- Degree in Business, IT, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including C-suite interaction
- Advanced facilitation and negotiation skills, with the ability to resolve conflicts and align diverse viewpoints
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a strategic mindset
- Proficiency in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Lucidchart, and Google suite
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in complex settings