Business Analyst

UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK university is seeking a Business Analyst to support their Future Integrations programme utilizing the Azure Integration platform. The role involves conducting strategic analysis, leading workshops for documenting requirements, and creating process maps to illustrate complex data and business processes. The position offers a competitive salary with opportunities for incremental progression and flexible working arrangements including remote options. Candidates should have strong business analysis skills and experience with leading workshops.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

32-35 days of annual leave

Flexible working policies

Staff discounts

Wellbeing programmes

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience in business analysis for digital and business solutions.
• Ability to lead workshops with business and technical experts.
• Familiarity with Azure Integration platform and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct strategic business analysis for a large Future Integrations programme.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements and quality expectations.
• Lead workshops for requirement gathering, validation, and documentation.
• Create schematic diagrams for process mapping.
• Support change management activities.

Skills

Business analysis

Workshops facilitation

Process mapping

Azure Integration platform

Job description

Overview

The Business Analyst will contribute to the business analysis activities on a large Future Integrations programme involving the Azure Integration platform. They will undertake strategic analysis activities to ensure digital and business solutions meet requirements and satisfy the quality expectations of both Information Services and business, and will play a significant role in managing the changes being introduced. The analyst is responsible for gathering, validating and documenting requirements by facilitating workshops with technical and business subject matter experts, and for mapping complex data, information and business processes using schematic diagrams to support and align understanding of change impacts and efficiency opportunities. The position requires onsite presence in Portsmouth on the first day and occasionally thereafter, with remote working available. The role is ideally suited to candidates seeking full‑time hours, with flexibility for reduced or compressed hours (minimum 30 hours per week) if required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct strategic business analysis to support the Future Integrations programme and Azure Integration platform.
• Ensure digital and business solutions meet requirements and quality expectations of Information Services and business stakeholders.
• Lead workshops with technical and business subject matter experts to gather, validate and document requirements.
• Create process maps using schematic diagrams to illustrate complex data, information and business processes.
• Support change management activities, facilitating understanding of change impacts and efficiency opportunities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, including incremental progression within your scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Generous leave entitlement of 32-35 days a year, plus bank holidays, and an additional Christmas closure.
• Family‑friendly policies supporting flexible working.
• Staff discounts and loyalty schemes.
• Staff car parking and discounted public travel.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Staff wellbeing programmes.
• Recreation facilities, including discounted gym membership, food on campus schemes, use of the Library and staff social activities.
• Discounted learning.
• Start‑up business mentoring from expert entrepreneurs via our Entrepreneurs in Residence programme.