IT Business Analyst

ACCA Careers; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology firm in Derby is seeking an IT Business Analyst to join their Submarines division. This role involves investigating product requirements, collaborating with IT stakeholders, and developing business cases. The ideal candidate will have a degree and relevant business analysis qualifications, along with experience in IT projects. This full-time position offers a hybrid work environment, competitive salary, and exceptional benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Degree qualified with relevant business analysis qualifications.
• Experience in a technical IT role.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct high-level investigations for strategy studies.
• Develop business cases with the Product Owner.
• Evaluate and demonstrate user stories.

Skills

Business Analysis experience

Clear communication skills

Understanding of IT delivery lifecycle

Facilitation skills

Education

Degree qualified

BCS/IIBA/Business Analysis qualification

Tools

ITIL

TOGAF

Job description

Overview

IT Business Analyst - Submarines

Full Time

Derby / On-Site

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an IT Business Analyst to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby. We're a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

As an IT Business Analyst you will to take responsibility for investigative work to determine Product requirements and specify effective business processes.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What You Will Be Doing

You will apply and monitor the use of required modelling and analysis tools, methods and standards, giving special consideration to business perspectives.

• Conduct investigations at a high level for strategy studies, business requirements specifications and feasibility studies.
• Work with the Product Owner to prepare business cases which define benefits, options for achieving these benefits through development of new or changed processes, and associated business risks.
• Identify stakeholders and their business needs with the Business Product Manager.
• Evaluate and demonstrate user stories
• Define and execute business test cases with the test manager in the pod.

Who we're looking for

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Degree qualified and BCS/IIBA/ Business Analysis qualification or equivalent and experience in a technical IT role such as ITIL/TOGAF.
• Business Analysis experience over a range of IT projects and programmes.
• Understanding of the full IT delivery lifecycle and exposure to Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Clear communication and relationship management skills - both written and spoken; facilitation skills to achieve collaboration between the business and IT stakeholders.
• Awareness of developing approaches & technologies and their application, and taking responsibility for driving own development.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don't currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Job Category: Information Technology

Posting Date: 11 Sept 2025; 00:09

Posting End Date: 24 Sept 2025