Business Analyst

AB AGRI LTD; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food processing company in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to address complex business challenges and drive impactful solutions. The role involves conducting analysis on high-value projects, collaborating with senior stakeholders to manage requirements, and developing actionable business cases. Ideal candidates will possess strong skills in analysis, stakeholder management, and team mentoring. This position offers a hybrid working model with various employee benefits to ensure a rewarding work experience.

Benefits

Up to 10% pension matching

Up to 10% bonus

Opportunity to buy extra holiday

Discounts on ABF products

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Free daily lunch

Staff shop with discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Business Analyst in large-scale business change.
• Ability to develop and present compelling business cases.
• Effective stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting junior colleagues and team growth.

Responsibilities

• Conduct business analysis across strategic projects with a financial focus.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to prioritise complex business requirements.
• Shape robust business cases with clear and measurable benefits.
• Support and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Business process analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Financial modelling

Facilitation skills

Mentoring

Job description

Do you thrive on solving complex business challenges and shaping solutions that deliver real impact? Can you balance the demands of senior stakeholders, competing priorities, and evolving requirements while ensuring clarity and precision at every stage? We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our team at a pivotal time of growth. Our Global Delivery function here at ABF BTS (ABF Business Technology Services) is evolving, and as part of this, we've launched PMaaS (Project Management as a Service). An internal consultancy that provides skills in project management to major business and technology initiatives across the ABF Group. In this role, you'll be embedded in high‑value projects, often with a financial or treasury focus where you'll manage capturing, challenging, and translating business needs into actionable solutions. You'll work alongside senior stakeholders to shape business cases, drive decision‑making, and ensure delivery of initiatives that make a measurable difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct business analysis workstreams across strategic projects and programmes, often with a financial or treasury focus.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to capture, challenge, and prioritise complex business requirements.
• Shape and construct robust business cases, ensuring benefits are clearly defined, measurable, and achievable.
• Support solution design and validation, ensuring requirements are translated effectively into functional and non‑functional outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and stakeholder sessions to align objectives and resolve competing priorities.
• Oversee requirements change management, ensuring evolving needs are managed without compromising delivery.
• Support and mentor junior team members, sharing knowledge and best practice across the PMaaS community.
• Engage with project teams on testing, readiness, and implementation activities, ensuring solutions are seamlessly integrated.

Key Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Business Analyst working on large‑scale business change or technology programmes.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and present compelling business cases, including financial modelling.
• Skill in business process analysis and design, with knowledge of industry‑standard BA methodologies and tools.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, with the ability to guide, negotiate, and build trusted relationships at senior levels.
• Effective communication and facilitation skills, capable of simplifying complexity for diverse audiences.
• Experience supporting junior colleagues, contributing to team growth and knowledge sharing.
• Flexibility to work across multiple projects, adapting quickly to new domains and challenges.

As part of your application, we ask you to answer some equal opportunities questions that help us to monitor how inclusive our recruitment process is and identify areas we can improve in. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions with no impact on your application.

Hybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park. The office has recently been renovated and along with a modern work environment has great public transport links, free onsite parking, free drink facilities, free lunch option each day, and a great team culture.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services are continually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded… Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world's second‑largest producer of both sugar and baker's yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands. Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we're looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision. We want you to be a part of our future and to support you, so below are a handful of some of our benefits that are offered to our employees.

Benefits

• AB Foods BTS match up to 10% pension (contributory)
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per calendar year
• Discounts on ABF products such as Twinings, Silverspoon, Pataks and Ryvita
• 24/7 free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support you as and when necessary
• Free lunch option available every day
• Access to a staff shop with discounted ABF brand products

We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you. All recruitment activities into our ABF BTS team are supported by our AB Agri business.