Business Analyst

BAE Systems; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits you at a forward-thinking company where you'll play a crucial role as a Business Analyst. In this position, you will be responsible for driving the execution of operational information collection and process mapping, engaging stakeholders, and leading workshops to capture business requirements. You'll be part of a diverse team that values integrity and inclusivity, working on projects that significantly contribute to national security. With flexible working arrangements and a range of employee benefits, this role offers a chance to make a real difference while fulfilling your potential in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Experience in business process management and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong analytical skills for documenting and presenting information.

Responsibilities

• Drive operational information collection and process mapping.
• Plan and lead workshops to capture business requirements.

Skills

Business process management/modelling

Use case definition/modelling

Stakeholder management

Information analysis and presentation

Tools

BPMN

Siemens Teamcenter

Job description

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Barrow in Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Starting from £45,628 – depending on skills and experience

What You’ll Be Doing

1. Driving the execution of key operational information collection from multiple sources
2. Process mapping to various levels of detail via standard toolsets
3. Identifying key stakeholders and creating engagement packs with required question sets and collateral
4. Working to target delivery dates and highlighting potential blockers and issues
5. Planning and leading workshops with stakeholders (at all levels) to capture requirements, operational information and business process
6. Applying logic and formal methodologies
7. Analysing existing process documentation to highlight gaps and issues that require rework during workshop engagements
8. Creating project documentation for distribution and sign-off

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

1. Business process management/modelling experience
2. Understanding of use case definition/modelling
3. Demonstrable experience analysing, documenting, understanding and presenting information
4. Excellent stakeholder management experience at all levels

Desirable

1. Knowledge of BPMN (Business Model and Notation)
2. Knowledge of Siemens Teamcenter

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The SSNA IM&T Programme Delivery Team

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large, multidisciplined team where you’ll be responsible for owning and delivering critical business needs end to end, identifying and refining business requirements to deliver the right solutions to time cost and quality. Landing change that makes a difference to the security of our country. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 9th May 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.