Business Analyst

Experis UK; Greater Lincolnshire; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis UK is seeking a Business Analyst to support a high-profile Data Migration Discovery project. This 6-month contract offers a remote-with-UK-travel arrangement and a pay rate of £415/day Inside IR35.

You will gather requirements from stakeholders, map data usage, and produce high-quality BA documentation to guide technology decisions during the Discovery phase.

Qualifications

• Proven BA experience on data migration or large transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management across operations and tech teams.
• Ability to translate complex needs into clear outputs.
• UK citizenship and BPSS eligibility

Responsibilities

• Engage stakeholders to gather, analyse and document business requirements.
• Facilitate workshops and discussions to define data and business needs.
• Identify the minimum viable dataset for decommissioning legacy platforms by March 2029
• Map data usage across New Style JSA and ESA services
• Produce high-quality BA documentation: process maps, requirements and findings
• Work with architects, data analysts and tech teams to align requirements
• Provide insight to support decision-making during Discovery
• Identify risks, dependencies and impacts of data migration and decommissioning

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Workshop facilitation

Data migration

Data discovery

Process mapping

Analytical thinking

Job description

Location: Remote within the UK (with occasional UK travel as required)

Duration: 6 months

Pay rate: £415/day Inside IR35

We're hiring a Business Analyst to support a high-profile Data Migration Discovery project for a reputed client. If you enjoy turning complex information into clear requirements-and helping shape what "good" looks like before technology decisions are made-this could be a strong fit.

What You'll Be Doing

• Engage operational, policy and technical stakeholders to gather, analyse and document business requirements
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to define data and business needs
• Help identify the minimum viable dataset needed to support safe decommissioning of a legacy platform by March 2029
• Map data usage across New Style JSA and ESA services
• Produce high-quality business analysis documentation, including process maps, requirements and findings
• Work closely with architects, data analysts and technical teams to keep business and technical requirements aligned
• Provide insight and recommendations to support decision-making during the Discovery phase
• Help identify risks, dependencies and impacts linked to data migration and legacy system decommissioning

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst on data migration, data discovery or large-scale transformation programmes
• Strong stakeholder management skills across operational and technical environments
• Experience facilitating workshops, gathering requirements and documenting business processes
• Ability to translate complex needs into clear, actionable outputs
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Must be a UK Citizen and have lived in the UK continuously for the last 5 years
• Eligible to undergo and maintain BPSS clearance

Additional Information

• Desirable: experience supporting legacy system decommissioning programmes, including government/public sector data migration
• Desirable: familiarity with database schemas, entity relationships, data structures and data extraction concepts