Business Analyst

Experis Scotland; Perth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Senior stakeholder exposure

Job summary

Experis Scotland is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join a major IT and technology transformation programme. The role bridges business and technology across multiple workstreams, shaping requirements, process maps and user stories to enable platform development and migration activities.

You will engage with stakeholders at all levels, facilitate workshops, and support testing, change management and business readiness as part of a large-scale transformation effort in a hybrid Perth,

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst within technology, transformation or change environments.
• Strong requirements gathering, documentation and analysis skills.
• Demonstrable experience facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience working on large-scale IT, digital or business transformation projects.
• Experience supporting enterprise-wide transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business requirements through workshops, interviews and stakeholder engagement.
• Work with business stakeholders, project managers, SMEs and technical teams to define and validate requirements.
• Produce high-quality BRDs, process maps, user stories and functional specifications.
• Analyse current and future-state processes to identify improvements.
• Support platform development by ensuring well-defined business requirements.
• Facilitate workshops and requirements gathering sessions across the organisation.
• Support data and system migration activities, understanding business impacts.
• Identify process gaps, risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Contribute to solution design discussions aligning with business objectives.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

IT transformation experience

Process mapping

Data migration experience

Regulated industries experience

Agile & Waterfall

Delivery-focused

Education

BCS/IIBA qualification

Job description

Business Analyst - Major IT & Technology Transformation Programme

Location: Perth, Scotland (2 days in the office, 3 days working from home)

Reporting to: Programme Director

The Opportunity

Our client is embarking on a major IT and technology transformation programme and is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role in delivering strategic change across the organisation.

Working as part of a wider transformation team, you will collaborate with stakeholders, project teams and technical specialists to understand business needs, define requirements, support solution design and ensure successful delivery of technology and business change initiatives. This is a significant programme of work involving platform development, migration activities and wider business transformation projects.

The Role

As a Business Analyst, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between business and technology, ensuring requirements are clearly understood, documented and translated into effective solutions.

You'll work across multiple workstreams, engaging with stakeholders at all levels to analyse processes, identify improvements and support the successful delivery of transformational change.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business requirements through workshops, interviews and stakeholder engagement.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, project managers, SMEs and technical teams to define and validate requirements.
• Produce high-quality business requirements documents, process maps, user stories and functional specifications.
• Analyse current and future-state business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimisation.
• Support platform development initiatives by ensuring business requirements are clearly defined and understood.
• Facilitate workshops and requirements gathering sessions across the organisation.
• Support data and system migration activities, ensuring business impacts and requirements are fully understood.
• Identify process gaps, risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Contribute to solution design discussions and ensure proposed solutions align with business objectives.
• Support testing activities, including requirements traceability, user acceptance testing and business sign-off.
• Assist with change management and business readiness activities.
• Work collaboratively across multiple projects and workstreams within a wider transformation programme.

About You

We're looking for a proactive and delivery-focused Business Analyst with experience working within technology, transformation or business change programmes.

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst within technology, transformation or change environments.
• Strong requirements gathering, documentation and analysis skills.
• Demonstrable experience facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience working on large-scale IT, digital or business transformation projects.
• Strong process mapping, gap analysis and business process improvement experience.
• Experience supporting system or data migration initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate business requirements into clear, actionable deliverables.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams.
• Experience working within regulated industries.
• Experience supporting enterprise-wide transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Exposure to platform implementations, modernisation programmes or digital transformation initiatives.
• BCS, IIBA or equivalent Business Analysis qualification.

What's On Offer

• Opportunity to work on a major IT and technology transformation programme.
• High levels of exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic initiatives.
• Hybrid working model with 2 days in the Perth office and 3 days working from home.
• The opportunity to play a key role in shaping future technology and business capabilities.
• A collaborative environment with significant investment in transformational change