Business Analyst

Burges Salmon; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Burges Salmon is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join the Transformation & Projects team to shape digital change across the firm. You will work with Innovation, Technology and business stakeholders to identify opportunities, define requirements and support delivery of a diverse portfolio of initiatives.

Responsibilities include discovery, design and implementation across the full project lifecycle, facilitating workshops, documenting requirements and ensuring adoption of new processes

Qualifications

• Experience delivering business change or digital transformation.
• Strong business analysis and requirements management expertise.
• Knowledge of agile ways of working and backlog management.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Jira.
• Confidence facilitating workshops and engaging with stakeholders.
• Curious mindset and passion for continuous improvement and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating workshops and stakeholder discussions to understand business needs.
• Analyzing business processes and identifying opportunities for improvement, automation and digital enablement.
• Gathering, documenting and prioritising requirements for complex projects.
• Translating business needs into epics, user stories and acceptance criteria for agile delivery teams.
• Working closely with project managers, product owners, developers, testers and stakeholders to support delivery.
• Managing requirements, backlogs and delivery activity through tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira.
• Producing clear documentation, reports and presentations to support effective decision‑making.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Backlog management

Workshop facilitation

Continuous improvement

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

At Burges Salmon, we are committed to continuously improving the way we work for our people, clients and communities. As part of this, we are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our Transformation & Projects team and help shape the future of digital change across the firm. Working closely with colleagues across the Innovation, Technology teams and the wider business, you will play a key role in identifying opportunities to improve processes, adopt new technologies and deliver practical solutions. This is an opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of business services and legal services initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders at all levels to understand challenges, define requirements and support successful delivery. What you'll be doing You will work across the full project lifecycle, supporting the discovery, design and implementation of digital and business change initiatives. Your responsibilities will include:

• Facilitating workshops and stakeholder discussions to understand business needs and opportunities.
• Analysing business processes and identifying opportunities for improvement, automation and digital enablement.
• Gathering, documenting and prioritising requirements for complex projects and programmes.
• Translating business needs into epics, user stories and acceptance criteria for agile delivery teams.
• Working closely with project managers, product owners, developers, testers and business stakeholders to support successful delivery.
• Managing requirements, backlogs and delivery activity through tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira.
• Supporting user adoption by helping colleagues embrace new ways of working and future-state processes.
• Producing clear documentation, reports and presentations to support effective decision-making. We are interested in speaking with experienced Business Analysts who are collaborative, commercially aware and motivated by delivering meaningful change.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Experience delivering business change, digital transformation or technology-focused initiatives.
• Strong business analysis and requirements management expertise.
• Knowledge of agile ways of working and backlog management.
• Experience working with tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira.
• Confidence facilitating workshops and engaging with a broad range of stakeholders.
• The ability to balance detail with the bigger picture and focus on delivering value.
• A curious mindset and a genuine interest in continuous improvement and innovation

What makes this opportunity different?

You will join a team that is focused on helping the firm evolve through innovation, technology and smarter ways of working. You'll have the opportunity to influence strategic initiatives, work across a diverse range of projects and collaborate with colleagues who are passionate about delivering positive change. If you enjoy solving complex problems, working with people and helping organisations make the most of technology, we'd love to hear from you.