Business Analyst - Reference Data Transformation

Square One Resources; City Of London; On-site; GBP 112,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Square One Resources is seeking a Business Analyst to support a Reference Data Transformation Programme in London. The role focuses on designing, implementing and migrating a new reference data model and CMS platform across the organisation.

You will document current and future-state Reference Data processes, facilitate cross-functional workshops, and capture migration requirements to enable a new operating model. Start date is September 2026, with a day rate of £474 inside IR35.

Qualifications

• Proven BA experience on data transformation programmes.
• Strong requirements elicitation and documentation skills.
• Data modelling and data management experience.
• Business process modelling and workflow design.
• Data migration planning and execution support.
• User story creation and backlog management.

Responsibilities

• Document current and future-state Reference Data processes.
• Facilitate workshops with Product, Data, Engineering and Operations teams.
• Capture and manage business, functional and migration requirements.
• Support the design and implementation of a new Reference Data operating model.
• Document dataset dependencies, upstream and downstream impacts, and migration activities.
• Develop migration plans and coordinate execution with delivery teams.

Skills

Data transformation

Requirements elicitation

Data modelling

Business process modelling

Data migration planning

User stories

Job description

Job Title: Business Analyst - Reference Data Transformation Programme
Location: London
Day rate: £474 per day inside IR35
Start Date: September 2026

We are looking for a Business Analyst to support one of our data analytic clients in the design, implementation and migration of a new reference data model, CMS platform and associated business processes across the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

• Document current and future-state Reference Data processes.
• Facilitate workshops with Product, Data, Engineering and Operations teams.
• Capture and manage business, functional and migration requirements.
• Support the design and implementation of a new Reference Data operating model.
• Document dataset dependencies, upstream and downstream impacts, and migration activities.
• Develop migration plans and coordinate execution with delivery teams.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven Business Analyst experience on data transformation programmes.
• Strong requirements elicitation and documentation skills.
• Data modelling and data management experience.
• Business process modelling and workflow design.
• Data migration planning and execution support.
• User story creation and backlog management.

Desirable experience:

• Reference Data or Master Data Management (MDM).
• CMS implementation programmes.
• Metadata management.
• Data governance frameworks.
• Enterprise data platforms.
• Data quality management.