Lead Business Analyst

Anglian Water Group; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave plus bank hols

Flexible working options

Private health care

Pension scheme with 7%+ employer match

Life assurance

Annual bonus

Car allowance (possible)

Personal medical assessments

Virtual GP service

Cancer screening

Financial wellbeing support

Lifestyle discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Volunteer days

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead a capability that supports SAP-enabled transformation across major programmes. You will guide discovery, requirements, process analysis and business readiness while developing a high-performing BA team and collaborating with Digital, Data and Technology partners.

You will ensure SAP configuration and system development meet business needs, translate complex requirements into clear functional specs, and drive delivery excellence across

Qualifications

• Extensive business analysis experience within complex, large-scale business transformation and IT-enabled change.
• Strong knowledge of SAP ECC6 and/or SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing a team of Business Analysts.
• Experience across Agile delivery, sprint planning, backlog management, testing and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the business analysis team supporting SAP-related activities across change and transformation programmes.
• Set clear standards for discovery, requirements management and business readiness.
• Develop delivery plans, forecasts and budgets with project leaders.
• Oversee sprint planning and backlogs ensuring priorities align with business outcomes.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and manage conflicting requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in BA methods, templates and tools.
• Bridge the gap between business and technical delivery for SAP configuration and development.
• Define user stories, acceptance criteria and test scenarios for system-enabled change.
• Support testing, deployment and end-user training across major programmes.

Skills

SAP ECC6

SAP S/4HANA

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Process mapping

Agile delivery

Documentation

Root-cause problem solving

Education

IIBA CCBA/CBAP certification

Job description

Business analysis is critical to understanding the challenges we need to solve, defining clear requirements and ensuring new systems and processes deliver the right outcomes. In this role, you'll lead the capability supporting projects from early discovery through design, build, testing and business readiness, with a particular focus on SAP-enabled change and large-scale business transformation. You'll combine strategic leadership with hands, delivery, providing expert business analysis on our most complex programmes while leading and developing a team of Senior Business Analysts and Business Analysts. Working closely with programme leaders, process specialists, change professionals, product owners and Digital, Data and Technology teams, you'll ensure business needs are understood, translated and delivered consistently.What you'll be doing:

• Lead the business analysis team supporting SAP related complex change and transformation programmes across Anglian Water
• Set clear standards for discovery, requirements management, process analysis, user stories, acceptance criteria and business readiness
• Lead, coach and develop team members, creating an inclusive, accountable and high-performing culture
• Develop business analysis delivery plans, resource forecasts and budgets in partnership with project and programme leaders
• Maintain oversight of sprint planning and backlogs, ensuring priorities remain aligned to business outcomes
• Provide clear progress reporting and escal risk, issues and dependencies at the right time
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, managing conflicting requirements and constructively challenging proposed solutions
• Drive continuous improvement in business analysis methods, templates, tools and professional practice
• Ensure excellent engagement with subject matter experts and stakeholders to understand current processes, pain points and the problems to be solved
• Ensure functional, non-functional, technical, organisational and operational requirements are captured, validated, prioritised and clearly documented
• Bridge the gap between business teams and technical delivery, ensuring SAP configuration and system development meet agreed requirements
• Define user stories, acceptance criteria, test scenarios, role profiles and authorisations for system-enabled change
• Support testing, deployment, end-user training and business readiness activities across major programmes
• Extensive business analysis experience within complex, large-scale business transformation and IT-enabled change
• Strong knowledge of SAP ECC6 and/or SAP S/4HANA environments
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing a team of Business Analysts
• Extensive experience of requirements gathering, analysis, solution assessment and validation, process mapping and business readiness
• Strong prioritisation and decision-making capability, with the ability to manage resources across multiple competing programmes
• Strong stakeholder management experience at senior level, with confidence influencing programme and project leadership
• Ability to translate complex business needs into clear functional and technical requirements
• Excellent questioning, facilitation, communication and documentation skills
• Experience working across Agile delivery, sprint planning, backlog management, testing and deployment activities
• Innovative and analytical approach, with strong root-cause problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Desirable:

• International Institute of Business Analysis certification, such as CCBA or CBAP
• Experience of business process re-engineering and enterprise process architecture
• Project or programme management qualification, such as MSP, APM or PRINCE2
• Knowledge of water utilities or another regulated, asset-intensive environment
• Understanding of IT applications, infrastructure, corporate data models and data management requirements

At Anglian Water, transformation is about more than implementing technology. It's about improving how our people work, strengthening services for customers and delivering better outcomes for communities and the environment.

In this role, you'll lead a business analysis capability with influence across major change programmes, including SAP-enabled transformation. You'll have the opportunity to shape professional standards, develop career pathways and build a team recognised for high-quality analysis and trusted delivery. You'll work with senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams on complex organisational challenges while continuing to apply your own expertise to the programmes where it can make the greatest difference.

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
• Flexible working options
• Private health care
• Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 7%
• Life assurance at eight times your salary
• Annual bonus
• Potential funded car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage
• Personal medical assessments
• Virtual GP service
• Cancer screeningFinancial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits
• Lifestyle savings including discounts on retail, travel and utilities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Volunteer days