Business Analyst

Secret Source; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software development company in Leicester seeks a Business Analyst to gather and prioritize stakeholder requirements. You'll analyze business needs and ensure new products meet organizational goals. The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree and proficiency in tools like SQL and Jira. This role offers a hybrid working environment, health care benefits, and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Health Care plan

Training budget

Flexible hybrid working

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, computer science, IT, data science, or management information systems.
• Experience with agile working and project management frameworks.
• Strong analysis skills to investigate business goals.

Responsibilities

• Gather, manage, and prioritize stakeholder requirements.
• Analyze business problems and opportunities.
• Identify areas for improvement and success measures.
• Ensure new products meet business and user needs.

Skills

Analytical problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication

Data analysis

Technical proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant fields

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

SQL

Python

Microsoft products

Service Now

Job description

About the job

Are you an analytical problem-solver who excels in collaboration? Do you thrive in an agile working environment? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Who we are

Evolved Ideas is a Leicester-based software development company working with clients across the UK and internationally. We help businesses challenge the status quo, embrace innovation, and use technology to drive lasting value and growth. As we continue to evolve, we are looking for a talented Business Analyst to join our growing team.

What you’ll do

As a Business Analyst, you'll work closely with stakeholders to gather, manage, and prioritise their requirements, ensuring that business needs are met with efficient, data-driven solutions. You will play a key role in bridging the gap between business goals and technical execution.

Your day to day will include:

• Analysing and understanding a business problem or opportunity
• Undertaking research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
• Identifying areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures
• Identifying and elaborating user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change
• making decisions related to prioritisation and minimum viable product by using analysis led insights
• Ensuring new products and services meet business and user needs, and are aligned with organisational goals
• Understanding any business and policy constraints that need to be considered, and assess the implications

What we’re looking for

• Strong analysis skills to investigate business goals and objectives using relevant information and data to support the definition of requirements
• Proficiency in technical tools and software is essential, including:
• Data analysis and statistical analysis
• Microsoft products, Service Now, Jira, Azure DevOps
• SQL and other programming languages like Python
• Wireframing and modeling
• A bachelor's degree is the minimum requirement, with preferred majors including business administration, finance, economics, computer science, information technology, data science, or management information systems.
• Experience with agile working and project management frameworks
• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to present findings in an easy-to-understand way to support decision making

Why join us?

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays to support a healthy work-life balance.
• Health Care plan to support your well-being
• Training budget to foster your professional growth and career development
• Hybrid working — with flexibility to balance home and office time
• Join a team that values collaboration, creativity, and bold ideas

Evolved Ideas is an equal opportunities employer.