Business Analyst

AHK Group; Knowsley; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Alfred H Knight is seeking an experienced data-focused IT Business Analyst to join our Technology Delivery team at the Prescot head office. The role is on-site three days per week with the option to work from home up to two days, supporting global BI and data warehousing initiatives.

You will bridge business operations, data teams, and IT to own end-to-end requirements for enterprise data platforms, BI reporting, and data governance across 50+ countries.

Qualifications

• Proven, practical experience delivering BI, analytics, data warehouse, or data platform projects.
• Experience gathering KPIs, business rules, data definitions, and reporting requirements.
• Ability to document end-to-end data flows, source-to-target mapping, transformations and dependencies.
• Strong collaboration with data engineers, BI developers, solution architects and SMEs.
• Excellent workshop facilitation and stakeholder management in ambiguous data situations.
• Experience in both Agile and Waterfall environments.

Responsibilities

• Requirements elicitation & workshops with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities and capture requirements.
• Translate needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog refinement for sprints.
• Model processes and data (BPMN/UML) and perform gap analyses for improvements.
• Assist with evaluation of software solutions, write UAT scripts, and lead global UAT testing.
• Support business cases and feasibility studies for new technology initiatives.

Skills

BI

Analytics

Data warehousing

Data platforms

Education

BCS Certification in Business Analysis

Tools

Jira

Asana

Lucidchart

MS Visio

Google Workspace

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Azure data services

SQL

Job description

Due to exciting global growth and significant investment across our business, Alfred H Knight is hiring an experienced data-focused IT Business Analyst to join our Technology Delivery team at our global head office in Prescot (Pegasus House). This position is based on-site at our head office in Prescot (3 days per week) with the option to work from home for up to 2 days per week.

We are currently embarking on an ambitious digital transformation journey, putting data right at the heart of how we operate globally. In this role, you won't just be documenting processes—you'll act as a key strategic bridge between our global business operations, BI teams, and IT transformation leaders. Working closely with data engineers, BI developers, solution architects, and business SMEs across 50+ countries, you will own the end-to-end requirement journey for our enterprise data platforms, BI reporting systems, and data warehousing initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Elicitation & Workshops: Facilitate engaging workshops and interviews with senior stakeholders to identify business opportunities, define project scope, and capture functional, non-functional, and technical requirements.
• Agile User Stories & Backlog Refinement: Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and use cases, keeping product backlogs refined and ready for sprint execution.
• Process & Data Modelling: Analyse as-is versus to-be processes using BPMN and UML, conducting thorough gap analyses and data modelling to recommend high-value business improvements.
• Solution Evaluation & UAT: Partner with architects and development teams to evaluate software solutions, write comprehensive UAT test scripts, and lead user acceptance testing with global business teams.
• Global Pre-Initiation Support: Assist business leads in building robust business cases and feasibility studies for new technology initiatives.

ABOUT US

Alfred H Knight is a totally independent, family owned business spanning five generations. A global network of strategically placed offices and laboratories enable global trade by providing independent inspection, analysis and consultancy services to the metals and minerals, solid fuels and agriculture industries.

We have honed and carefully crafted our reputation. Delivering knowledge and professionalism in all aspects of weighing, sampling and analysis. We thrive by continuing to re-invest in our facilities, technology and people.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

To be successful at Alfred H Knight you will need to display the following:

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND WORK EXPERIENCE

• Proven, practical experience operating as a Business Analyst delivering Business Intelligence (BI), analytics, data warehouse, or wider data platform projects.
• Exceptional requirements gathering skills, with demonstrated capability in defining KPIs, business rules, data definitions, and reporting requirements.
• Ability to understand, model, and document end-to-end data flows, source-to-target mapping, transformations, and system dependencies.
• Strong experience collaborating directly with data engineers, BI developers, solution architects, and business SMEs. Good understanding of data quality principles, data validation, reconciliation processes, and writing technical acceptance criteria.
• Outstanding workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills, particularly when navigating ambiguous, unclear, or conflicting data definitions.
• Experience working across both Agile and Waterfall project environments.
• Evidence-based analytical mindset with an obsessive eye for data accuracy and problem-solving.
• High level of self-motivation, organisation, and the ability to manage priorities across multiple active data initiatives.
• Passion for continuous learning, innovation, and driving positive data-led organizational change.

Required Work Experience

• Experience using modelling tools and BA platforms (e.g. Jira, Asana, Lucidchart, MS Visio, Google Workspace).
• Prior exposure to LIMS, ERP, or enterprise reporting platforms is highly desirable.
• Sector experience within Metals & Minerals, Mining, Energy, Scientific, or Supply Chain environments is advantageous.

Required Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Business Analysis (such as BCS certification) or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to modern data tooling such as Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services, or SQL is advantageous.

BENEFITS

We are offering an excellent opportunity with a salary and benefits package to match including pension, life assurance and an employee assistance programme.

If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

Alfred H Knight is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.