Business Analyst - eDV

IBM; Hursley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Sabbatical programs

Maternity and paternity leave

Private medical, dental & optical

Employee discounts

Life assurance

Pension plan (salary sacrifice)

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is hiring a Business Analyst to help transform hybrid cloud and AI initiatives for public and private sector clients. You’ll gather requirements, map processes, and analyze data using SQL, Excel, and Power BI, bridging gaps between technical teams and stakeholders.

You’ll contribute to project testing, QA, and change management, ensuring solutions meet business needs while enabling secure, scalable deployments across multiple sectors.

Qualifications

• Elicit, validate, and document business, functional, and technical specifications.
• Map existing and future business workflows, systems, and data structures.
• Analyze commercial data, metrics, and trends using SQL, Excel, and data visualization software.
• Explain technical concepts to non-technical managers and executives.
• Plan and oversee testing, quality assurance, and user acceptance of new processes or systems.
• Assess the risks, costs, and benefits of proposed changes and support teams during transition.

Responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering: Elicit, validate, and document business, functional, and technical specifications.
• Process Modelling: Map existing and future business workflows, systems, and data structures.
• Data Analysis: Analyze commercial data, metrics, and trends using tools like SQL, Excel, and data visualization software.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a bridge between technical teams, management, and external partners to explain technical concepts in plain language.
• Solution Validation: Plan and oversee testing, quality assurance, and user acceptance of new processes or systems.
• Change Management: Assess the risks, costs, and benefits of proposed changes and support teams during transition

Skills

Data analysis

Process mapping

Requirements writing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We Offer

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering: Elicit, validate, and document business, functional, and technical specifications.
• Process Modelling: Map existing and future business workflows, systems, and data structures.
• Data Analysis: Analyze commercial data, metrics, and trends using tools like SQL, Excel, and data visualization software.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a bridge between technical teams, management, and external partners to explain technical concepts in plain language.
• Solution Validation: Plan and oversee testing, quality assurance, and user acceptance of new processes or systems.
• Change Management: Assess the risks, costs, and benefits of proposed changes and support teams during transition

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

Core Technical Skills

• Data Analysis: Ability to work with tools like Excel, SQL, and Power BI to review data.
• Process Mapping: Knowledge of frameworks like BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation) and UML.
• Requirements Writing: Skill in turning business needs into clear technical documents or user stories.

Soft Skills

• Communication: Ability to explain complex technical data to non-technical managers and executives.
• Stakeholder Management: Skill in building relationships and resolving conflicting priorities.
• Critical Thinking: Talent for finding root problems and proposing smart business solutions.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Ideally hold enhanced DV clearance.