Lead Business Analyst - MLS

Fletchers Solicitors Limited; West Kirby; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hours per week

Annual bonus

35 days holiday + option to purchase 3

Pension with salary sacrifice

Life Assurance

Medicash

Sick pay

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/IVF

Learning & Development

Flexible working

Social events

Voucher awards

Ongoing training

Job summary

Fletchers Group’s Medical Law Services is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to shape strategy, drive change, and deliver measurable value across MLS. You will bridge senior leadership priorities with practical delivery, leading initiatives from concept through implementation and ensuring benefits are realized and sustained.

This role blends strategic thinking with hands-on delivery in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• > Strong experience in business analysis, business change, continuous improvement or similar transformation role.
• > Proven experience taking ownership of complex business improvement and change initiatives.
• > Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• > Stakeholder engagement, facilitation and influencing skills.
• > Experience developing business cases, performance measures and reporting frameworks.
• > Experience using Power BI or similar reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• > Translate strategic priorities into practical, deliverable change initiatives that create measurable business value.
• > Analyse processes and operating models to identify root causes and opportunities to improve quality and efficiency.
• > Lead current/new-state process design and define clear delivery plans.
• > Translate workshop outputs into requirements, user stories, and specs.
• > Manage benefits realization and embed improvements into operations.
• > Lead cross-functional MLS transformation initiatives.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Change leadership

Problem solving

Presentation to leaders

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Lead Business Analyst

Medical Law Services

Location- Hybrid with in-office coworking minimum 1-2 days a week in Liverpool

Shape strategy. Lead change. Deliver real business impact.

Are you an experienced Business Analyst or change professional ready to take the next step into a strategic leadership role? This is an exciting opportunity to influence business transformation at a senior level, with the autonomy to shape solutions, drive change, and work closely with key decision-makers across the organisation.

As Lead Business Analyst, you will be the vital link between strategy and execution, translating business priorities into practical, high-impact change initiatives that support growth, improve operational performance, and deliver measurable value across Medical Law Services.

Working in partnership with senior leaders and stakeholders, you will identify opportunities for improvement, define and shape business solutions, and lead change initiatives from concept through to successful implementation. You will ensure that benefits are realised, embedded into day-to-day operations, and aligned to the organisation's long-term objectives.

This role offers the perfect blend of strategic thinking and hands‑on delivery, providing a unique opportunity to play a key role in accelerating transformation across the business while building a lasting legacy of continuous improvement and innovation

If you're passionate about driving meaningful change, influencing senior stakeholders, and delivering results that make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

In return we offer:

• 35 hours working week
• Annual bonus scheme
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days' holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment
• Pension scheme with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• A dedicated Learning and Development team, to help support you develop and grow
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work-life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)
• Monthly voucher awardsfor winning nominees A genuinely supportive and friendly culture
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

Main Responsibilities

Process improvement & Delivery

• Translate strategic priorities into practical, deliverable change initiatives that create measurable business value.
• Analyse business processes, performance and operating models to identify root causes, inefficiencies and opportunities to improve quality, efficiency and customer outcomes.
• Lead current-state and future-state process design, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate ways of working.
• Translate workshop outputs into clear and actionable requirements, user stories, process maps and functional specifications.
• Develop clear delivery plans, milestones, ownership and success measures, and lead initiatives from concept through to implementation.
• Track benefits and outcomes, ensuring improvements are embedded into business-as-usual operations and deliver sustainable results.

Data Analysis & Insight

• Analyse operational, financial and performance data to identify trends, risks, opportunities and areas for improvement.
• Translate complex data into clear, meaningful insights and evidence-based recommendations for senior leaders and operational teams.
• Use data and evidence to develop robust business cases, quantify opportunities and demonstrate the expected value of change.
• Define measures and KPIs to assess performance, track improvement and demonstrate benefits realisation.
• Support improvements in data quality, governance and management information, promoting a culture of fact-based decision-making.

Business Analysis & Change Leadership

• Lead strategic projects and cross-functional business change initiatives across Medical Law Services.
• Act as the lead for business analysis across MLS, promoting effective tools, standards and approaches and providing support, challenge and coaching to colleagues undertaking analysis and change activity.
• Act as a trusted partner between senior leaders, operational teams and technical specialists, creating alignment around priorities and solutions.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, business readiness, implementation and adoption activities to ensure change is successfully embedded.
• Identify and manage delivery risks, dependencies and barriers, escalating and resolving issues to maintain pace and momentum.
• Build capability and enthusiasm for continuous improvement, helping teams take ownership of change and sustain new ways of working.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience in business analysis, business change, continuous improvement or a similar transformation role, with evidence of taking increasing ownership for complex change initiatives.
• Proven experience taking ownership of complex business improvement and change initiatives, from analysis and solution design through to implementation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation and influencing skills, with the confidence to constructively challenge and build credibility with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience developing business cases, performance measures and reporting frameworks.
• Strong Excel and data analysis capability and experience using Power BI or similar reporting and analytics tools.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience working within legal, professional services, regulated or operationally complex environments.
• A firm understanding of case management systems (Proclaim preferred)
• Experience using SQL or similar data interrogation tools.

We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.

About Medical Law Services- MLS:

Our Medical Law Services (MLS) teams are at the forefront of delivering trusted, expert support to the personal injury and clinical negligence sector. We are committed to building lasting partnerships that help our clients navigate complex processes with confidence and ease.

We strive to redefine industry standards, leveraging our expertise, integrity, and innovation to support and deliver real value to our clients by providing a service that drives financial and operational success.

Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We are proud to offer some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in the industry - because we understand that balance drives performance.

We also value connection and collaboration. We create exciting opportunities for teams to come together and thrive. Whether you're starting your career or aiming for leadership, you'll find a clear path to progress and development here - from apprenticeships and professional qualifications to senior roles.

We reward those who help build our success and live our values. Our benefits package is designed to grow with you, offering real opportunities to share in our long-term strength. Our base pay and bonus structure is built to recognise and reward high performance.

Medical Law Services part of Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce: we welcome applications from any and all backgrounds. We're committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive, understanding and celebrating that no colleague is the same. We're proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, signed up to BITC's Race at Work charter, and working towards Henpicked's Menopause and Menstrual Friendly accreditations.

If you would like to more, please visit our website

MLS - Medical Law Services