Business Analyst

Simmons & Simmons; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Simmons & Simmons is seeking a Business Analyst to join its Transformation department in Bristol or London. The role supports a firm‑wide portfolio to redesign workflows, deliver change in a coordinated way and embed AI into operations.

You will bridge business stakeholders, technology teams and leadership to ensure initiatives are aligned with strategic objectives and delivered in a controlled, sustainable manner.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in transformation programmes or major systems implementations.
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops and leading business analysis activities.
• Demonstrable process mapping and business process improvement experience.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, validate and document business requirements using appropriate techniques.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and stakeholder sessions to understand business challenges.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Support governance, documentation and traceability across the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with programme leadership to ensure value delivery.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Process mapping

Job description

The role:

We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our Transformation department in Bristol or London.

This newly created role will support our TransformationPortfolio, a firmwide initiative to redesign how we work: toimprove workflows,deliver change in a coordinated wayand build thefoundations neededto be a leadingAI-enabledlawfirm.This is more than just deployment of new tools:it is acontinuous evaluation ofour operating model,and theabsorption ofAI into everything we do.

Your role plays a key part in the successful delivery of the firm’s transformation portfolio. Working across strategic business, process, technology, data and operating model initiatives, you will partner with stakeholders to identify business needs, analyse current and future state processes, define requirements, support solution design and ensure that change initiatives deliver measurable business value.

You are the bridge between business stakeholders, subject matter experts, technology teams, vendors and programme leadership, ensuring that transformation initiatives are aligned with strategic objectives and are delivered in a controlled, effective and sustainable manner.

What will you do:

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Elicit, analyse, validate and document business requirements using appropriate techniques.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and stakeholder sessions to understand business challenges and opportunities.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, process models and acceptance criteria.
• Support the definition of project scope, objectives and success measures.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.

Business Process Improvement

• Analyse current-state business processes, systems, data flows and operating models.
• Identify inefficiencies, risks, duplication and opportunities for improvement.
• Design future-state processes that align with business objectives and strategic transformation goals.
• Develop process maps, operating models and business capability assessments.
• Support the implementation of standardised and scalable ways of working.

Transformation Delivery

• Work alongside programme managers, project managers, solution architects and subject matter experts to support delivery.
• Contribute to business case development, benefits definition and benefits realisation activities.
• Assist in evaluating solution options and recommending approaches based on business value, feasibility and risk.
• Support planning activities including impact assessments, dependency analysis and change readiness assessments.
• Identify and manage business analysis risks, issues and assumptions.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across legal practice groups, business services and technology teams.
• Facilitate decision-making by presenting analysis, options and recommendations in a clear and structured manner.
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Act as a trusted advisor to programme and business leaders.

Testing & Implementation Support

• Support the development of test scenarios, business acceptance criteria and test plans.
• Coordinate business user testing activities where required.
• Support deployment, training and adoption activities.
• Assist with post-implementation reviews and lessons learned exercises.

Governance & Documentation

Produce high-quality project artefacts including:

• Business cases
• Requirements specifications
• User stories
• Process maps
• Decision logs
• Impact assessments
• Benefits realisation plans
• Operating model documentation
• Ensure governance standards, methodologies and documentation practices are consistently applied.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst within transformation programmes, strategic change initiatives or major systems implementations.
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops and leading business analysis activities.
• Demonstrable process mapping and business process improvement experience.
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