Business Analyst

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd is recruiting a Business Analyst to join the TIDE team, focusing on technology-enabled change across the organisation. Hybrid working with a Huntingdon office and a circa £50k salary, depending on skills and experience, for a permanent 37-hour week.

You'll bridge business needs and IT solutions, work with stakeholders across the organisation, and deliver requirements, process maps and specifications to support strategic objectives and real business value.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in IT projects.
• Strong requirements gathering and definition experience.
• Experience across multiple business functions within IT projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Well organised with attention to detail.
• Ability to influence stakeholders constructively.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Knowledge of Agile, PRINCE2 and/or ITIL.
• Experience with business process mapping and re-engineering.
• Experience supporting large-scale business transformation programmes.
• Exposure to Jira, Azure DevOps or MS Project.
• Knowledge of data management best practice.
• Experience using analytics or reporting tools, including Power BI.
• Understanding of benefits realisation approaches.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions to capture business requirements
• Gathering, analysing, validating and documenting business, technical and operational requirements
• Producing functional and technical specifications that support successful project delivery
• Creating AS-IS and TO-BE process maps and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Supporting solution design by working with technical teams, service designers and subject matter experts
• Managing stakeholder expectations and helping resolve conflicting requirements
• Assisting with user acceptance testing, including scenario development and test script support
• Supporting the development of strategic roadmaps and contributing to continuous service improvement initiatives

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Business analysis

Process mapping

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Power BI

Job description

Circa £50k, salary depending on skills and experience. Permanent 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid / Huntingdon office.

Passionate about process improvement, stakeholder engagement and delivering real business value? Join our TIDE team as a Business Analyst.

TIDE, part of the Anglian Water Group, supports a portfolio of innovative businesses operating in dynamic markets.

We're looking for a talented Business Analyst to join our TIDE team, helping to shape and deliver technology-enabled change across the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a variety of projects and initiatives, partnering with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand challenges, define requirements and deliver meaningful improvements that support our strategic objectives.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Business Analyst, you'll play a key role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions. You'll work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to understand requirements, analyse processes and help deliver projects that create real value.

Key responsibilities include:

• Facilitating workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions to capture business requirements
• Gathering, analysing, validating and documenting business, technical and operational requirements
• Producing functional and technical specifications that support successful project delivery
• Creating AS-IS and TO-BE process maps and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Supporting solution design by working with technical teams, service designers and subject matter experts
• Managing stakeholder expectations and helping resolve conflicting requirements
• Assisting with user acceptance testing, including scenario development and test script support
• Supporting the development of strategic roadmaps and contributing to continuous service improvement initiatives

What Does It Take To Be Successful?

We're looking for someone who can quickly understand business challenges, build strong relationships and turn complex requirements into clear, actionable solutions.

Essential Experience

• Working as a Business Analyst
• Strong requirements gathering and definition experience
• Experience working across multiple business functions within IT project environments
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Well organised with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to influence stakeholders and challenge constructively where needed
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of Agile, PRINCE2 and/or ITIL methodologies
• Experience of business process mapping and process re-engineering
• Experience supporting large-scale business transformation programmes
• Exposure to project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps or MS Project
• Knowledge of data management best practice
• Experience using analytics or reporting tools, including Power BI
• Understanding of benefits realisation approaches

Why Join Us?

At Anglian Water, you'll be part of a purpose‑driven business that's committed to delivering excellent service whilst protecting the environment and supporting our communities.

We offer:

• Full private healthcare with no excess 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
• A flexible working culture
• Competitive pension scheme – we double‑match your contributions up to 7%
• Life Assurance at eight times your salary
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
• Bonus Scheme – 10%
• Inclusion at Anglian Water

We welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we'll be happy to support you.

Closing the Gap Between Business and Technology

If you're passionate about understanding business needs, improving processes and delivering change that has a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Closing date: 16th September 2026 Interviews: Week commencing 28th September #loveeverydrop #LI-ZP1