Business Analyst: Data Insights & Process Optimization

K2 DYNAMICS LIMITED; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

K2Dynamics is seeking a skilled and analytical Business Analyst to support decision-making, improve operational performance, and identify opportunities for process optimisation through data analysis. The successful candidate will gather and analyse business data, understand stakeholder requirements, prepare reports and dashboards, monitor KPIs, and translate findings into practical recommendations.

The role requires a structured approach to problem-solving, strong analytical capabilities,

Responsibilities

• Collect, analyse, and interpret business data from internal systems, databases, spreadsheets, and other sources to support informed decision-making.
• Gather, validate, clean, transform, and organise datasets, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability.
• Work closely with management and stakeholders to understand operational requirements, reporting needs, and performance expectations.
• Prepare regular and ad hoc reports, dashboards, summaries, and data visualisations to present business performance, key findings, and emerging trends.
• Monitor KPIs, investigate performance variations, identify underlying causes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Analyse business processes and workflows to identify inefficiencies, operational challenges, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate business requirements into analytical outputs, reporting specifications, and actionable recommendations aligned with objectives.
• Collaborate with teams to define reporting requirements, establish performance measures, and ensure outputs meet business needs.
• Support the development and maintenance of standardised reports, dashboards, and performance monitoring processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve data collection, data management, and reporting accuracy; enhance efficiency of business analysis activities.
• Conduct gap analysis and investigate discrepancies between expected and actual performance, providing evidence-based recommendations.
• Maintain documentation of data sources, requirements, methods, reporting procedures, and findings.
• Present analytical results clearly to management, explaining implications and next steps.
• Ensure business data is handled securely and in compliance with data protection requirements.
• Support evaluation of initiatives by analysing relevant performance data.
• Work with cross-functional teams to support planning, continuous improvement, and achievement of objectives.

Job description

K2Dynamics is seeking a skilled and analytical Business Analyst to support decision-making, improve operational performance, and identify opportunities for process optimisation through data analysis. The successful candidate will gather and analyse business data, understand stakeholder requirements, prepare reports and dashboards, monitor KPIs, and translate findings into practical recommendations.

The role requires a structured approach to problem-solving, strong analytical capabilities,