Commercial Business Analyst

Fruition Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group in Leeds is seeking a Commercial Business Analyst to drive commercial impact through AI-enabled solutions. Hybrid working arrangement with delivery teams and AI engineers, focused on grounding cost, profitability and board metrics in real evidence.

The role emphasizes requirements elicitation, process analysis and quantified business cases, with broad interaction at senior levels and a path through a dynamic consultancy landscape.

Qualifications

• Strong business analysis foundation with elicitation, process mapping and stakeholder interviews.
• Experience with business cases and financial modelling, including benefits identification and tracking.
• Analytical rigour with imperfect data and defensible numbers.
• Commercial awareness of consulting engagement pricing, scoping and drift prevention.
• Confident communicator presenting to senior stakeholders up to board level.
• Solid AI literacy and ability to assess adoption drivers.
• Ability to identify and scope next opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Baselining current-state operations, covering cost, volume, errors and time, to anchor value claims.
• Building quantified business cases with sensitivity analyses on key assumptions.
• Modeling realised value, considering adoption and integration.
• Advising on build-vs-buy decisions with clear reasoning.
• Linking solutions to client OKRs and board metrics.
• Tracking benefits against baseline through pilots with evidence.
• Contributing to go/stop decisions and honest case to stop.
• Delivering BA work: requirements elicitation, process analysis and documentation.
• Turning engagement evidence into reusable value benchmarks.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Process mapping

Workshops

Financial modelling

Stakeholder communication

AI literacy

Opportunity spotting

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Business Analyst
Location: Leeds (Hybrid)

Why Apply?
This is a Business Analyst position in Leeds for someone who wants commercial impact, not just documentation. You'll work for a fast-growing consultancy that builds AI-driven solutions tied directly to client cost, profitability and board-level OKRs, sitting alongside Delivery Leads and Forward Deployed AI Engineers. If you're searching for a full-time Business Analyst role where your output becomes the evidence base for major business decisions, this is it, with the flexibility of a hybrid set-up and a genuine path through one of the more interesting corners of consultancy careers today.

Commercial Business Analyst Responsibilities

• Baselining current-state operations, covering cost, volume, errors and time, to give every value claim a starting point
• Building quantified business cases, weighing best case against realistic value with sensitivity analysis on key assumptions
• Modelling realised, not just potential, value, adjusting for adoption, effectiveness and integration
• Advising on build-vs-buy decisions, with clear reasoning behind each call
• Connecting every solution to client OKRs and board-level metrics, translating operational gains into cost and margin terms
• Tracking benefits against baseline through pilots, so impact is proven with evidence rather than assumption
• Contributing to go/adjust/stop decisions, including making the honest case to stop
• Delivering classic BA work on established engagements: requirements elicitation, process analysis and documentation
• Turning engagement evidence into reusable value benchmarks and proof points for future work

Commercial Business Analyst Requirements

• A strong business analysis foundation: requirements elicitation, process mapping, structured interviews, workshops and clear written synthesis
• Business case and financial modelling experience, including benefits identification, quantification and realisation tracking
• Analytical rigour with imperfect data, producing defensible numbers with honest confidence bounds
• Commercial awareness of how consulting engagements are priced, scoped and protected from drift
• A confident communicator, comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders up to board level
• Solid AI literacy, able to challenge feasibility claims and understand what drives adoption of AI tools
• A sharp eye for spotting and scoping the next opportunity

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.