Business Analyst

Tilt Recruitment; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Tilt Recruitment is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join a Technology & Change team delivering a major IT transformation programme in a hybrid Cheshire setting. You will translate business needs into practical technology solutions across Agile, DevOps and Waterfall environments.

Responsibilities include requirements gathering, user stories, process mapping, data migration support and defining KPI requirements with stakeholders from across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Delivering Business Analysis across IT and business transformation projects.
• Requirements gathering and stakeholder workshops.
• Business process mapping and process improvement.
• Writing user stories, functional specifications and acceptance criteria.
• Data analysis, reporting and dashboard requirements.
• Data migration, system implementation or transformation projects.
• UAT planning and execution.
• Working within Agile, DevOps and/or Waterfall environments.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops and engage with stakeholders to understand business needs
• Define project scope, objectives and business requirements
• Produce user stories, use cases, process maps and functional specifications
• Analyse existing business processes and identify opportunities for improvement
• Create process flows, data flow diagrams and system interaction models
• Support data migration activities including mapping, validation and reconciliation
• Work closely with Solution Architects and technical teams to shape effective solutions
• Define reporting, dashboard and KPI requirements alongside business stakeholders
• Prepare test scenarios, acceptance criteria and UAT scripts
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing and support business users through testing
• Assist with deployment planning, cutover activities and post-go-live support
• Collaborate with developers, QA and delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder workshops

Business process mapping

User stories

Data analysis

UAT planning

Agile delivery

Waterfall delivery

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Visio

Excel

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Visio

Excel

Job description

Business Analyst - IT Transformation Programme

Hybrid - Cheshire - Up to £50k

Be part of a major business transformation.

We're recruiting for an experienced Business Analyst to join a Technology & Change team delivering a large-scale, multi-year transformation programme. This is an opportunity to work on projects that will modernise core business systems, improve operational processes and help shape the future of a nationwide organisation.

You'll work across a diverse portfolio of IT projects, partnering with stakeholders, developers, architects, QA and delivery teams to translate business needs into practical, high-quality technology solutions. If you enjoy variety, working across the full project lifecycle and influencing business change, this is an excellent opportunity.

The Role

As a Business Analyst, you'll play a key role in delivering technology projects from initial concept through to implementation. Working across Agile, DevOps and Waterfall environments, you'll be responsible for understanding business challenges, defining requirements, supporting solution design and ensuring successful delivery.

This role offers broad exposure across software development, system configuration, reporting, data migration and business process improvement.

What You'll Be Doing

• Facilitate workshops and engage with stakeholders to understand business needs
• Define project scope, objectives and business requirements
• Produce user stories, use cases, process maps and functional specifications
• Analyse existing business processes and identify opportunities for improvement
• Create process flows, data flow diagrams and system interaction models
• Support data migration activities including mapping, validation and reconciliation
• Work closely with Solution Architects and technical teams to shape effective solutions
• Define reporting, dashboard and KPI requirements alongside business stakeholders
• Prepare test scenarios, acceptance criteria and UAT scripts
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing and support business users through testing
• Assist with deployment planning, cutover activities and post-go-live support
• Collaborate with developers, QA and delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle

About You

You'll be an experienced Business Analyst who enjoys working closely with both technical and business teams and is comfortable managing multiple workstreams within complex IT environments.

You'll ideally have experience of:

• Delivering Business Analysis across IT and business transformation projects
• Requirements gathering and stakeholder workshops
• Business process mapping and process improvement
• Writing user stories, functional specifications and acceptance criteria
• Data analysis, reporting and dashboard requirements
• Data migration, system implementation or transformation projects
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning and execution
• Working within Agile, DevOps and/or Waterfall delivery environments
• Tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Visio and Excel
• Excellent communication, documentation and stakeholder management skills

Desirable Experience

Experience within hospitality, retail or service-based organisations would be advantageous, as would exposure to ERP, CRM, POS or enterprise business systems. Knowledge of Power BI or other reporting tools, together with BCS, IIBA or Agile certifications, would also be beneficial.

Why Apply?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established organisation undertaking a significant technology transformation programme. You'll have the opportunity to work on high-profile projects with real business impact, collaborate with experienced technology professionals and influence the delivery of solutions that support thousands of users across a complex operational environment.

If you're an experienced Business Analyst looking for your next exciting and challenging contract opportunity and enjoy working across the full project lifecycle, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply now and we'll be in touch shortly :)

Our client is an equal opportunity employer - they celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.