Business Analyst

Som3; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Manchester seeks an experienced Business Analyst to enhance processes across business divisions. Your role will involve clarifying business problems, capturing requirements, and producing outputs that drive decision-making. The position is primarily remote with occasional on-site meetings in the Leeds/Manchester area, requiring strong stakeholder engagement and documentation skills.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in business analysis and process improvement.
• Experience in automating manual processes.
• Skilled in facilitating workshops.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of analysis work from scoping to delivery.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business needs.
• Facilitate workshops to define processes and requirements.

Skills

Business analysis

Process improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Document production

Communication skills

Agile approaches

Job description

Business Analyst

Midlands / Northwest based - 1 / 2 days per month on site

Experienced Business Analyst from a regulated environment (financial services, pharma, legal etc) needed to join a busy team who are looking to simplify and improve processes across the business divisions.

As part of a small team, you will be responsible for clarifying business problems, capturing and analysing requirements, mapping processes, and producing clear outputs that enable decisions and drive delivery.

You will take accountability for the quality and clarity of your work, and for managing your tasks end-to-end. Working across our business units, the role sits within our Group Services function and reports into the Group Change Product Manager.

You will

• Take ownership of analysis work - from scoping through to delivery of clear outputs
• Work with stakeholders to understand business needs, problems and opportunities
• Facilitate workshops and sessions to define current ("as-is") and future ("to-be") processes and requirements
• Develop clear process maps using standard methods
• Translate business needs into structured requirements
• Identify risks, dependencies, and options - helping stakeholders shape effective solutions

Your background

• Strong experience in business analysis and process improvement
• Experience of owning and delivering analysis work independentlyExperience in automation of manual processes
• Skilled in facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders
• Able to produce clear documentation - process maps, user stories, business requirements
• Proactive and self-managing - able to plan and prioritise workload effectively
• Strong verbal and written communication skills - able to convey complex topics clearly
• Familiarity with agile delivery approaches (Scrum, Kanban) and writing user

You will come from a medium size company - 250 to 1000 people, experience working across multiple divisions / subsidiaries, and from a regulated environment

This position is remote, but would like for you to be able to meet up once or twice a month with the team who are mainly based in or around Leeds / Manchester area