Legal Operations Business Analyst 6 Month FTC

CMS Legal; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent legal consultancy in Greater London is seeking a Legal Operations Business Analyst for a 6-month Fixed-Term Contract. The role involves data analysis, project management, and providing insights to support key projects. Candidates should have a background in business analysis, strong commercial acumen, and proven skills in relationship building. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working, generous bonus scheme, and private medical insurance. This is a great opportunity for professionals eager to enhance their expertise within a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Generous bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Up to 25 days holiday

Qualifications

• Proven BA experience in a commercial role.
• Strong ability to build credible relationships at all levels of seniority.
• Highly analytical and solution-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Interact with business stakeholders and the Legal Ops team.
• Gather data from primary and secondary sources.
• Produce actionable business insights from data analysis.

Skills

Data analysis

Commercial acumen

Relationship building

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Project management

Multi-tasking

Process mapping

Education

Degree (or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

MS Office Suite

Visio

Job description

We are looking for a Legal Operations Business Analyst to join our London team on a 6 Month Fixed-Term Contract.

About the Role

One of the exciting opportunities of this role is the breadth of exposure you will gain from working with a diverse team of Legal Operations Business Partners. The team aims to use data in meaningful ways to support the consultative model we deploy.

The role requires both good data analysis skills as well as a strong commercial competences to interpret and draw meaningful conclusions. This requires understanding the challenges of navigating our data and the associated complexities and potential limitations involved in analysing it, in order to provide meaningful and actionable insights.

• Interact with business stakeholders and the Legal Ops team to understand business issues and problems
• Project management experience: ability to understand how to scope and deliver against a specific brief
• Gather data from primary and secondary sources in a structured and cohesive way
• Produce actionable business insights from detailed data analysis and modelling
• Comfortable presenting findings to a broad stakeholder group, including senior levels.
• Interpret trends from different data sets to support the development of solutions for key projects
• Advise best practice and provide technical training and support to team members
• Strategic analysis to support financial and progress reporting for teams and projectsCommunicate effectively with different stakeholders

About You

• Proven BA experience in a commercial role
• Strong ability to build credible relationships at all levels of seniority
• Highly analytical and solution orientated
• Strong ability to translate objectives into tangible outputs to meet specific needs
• Ability to manage different stakeholder types confidently and diplomatically
• Ability to confidently sell value, benefits, and results to improve buy‑in/engagement
• Project management experience and a proven understanding for behavioural considerations involved
• Ability to confidently advise, consult and influence in all situations
• Comfortable with "unknowns"
• Experience of process mapping a plus
• Able to prioritise quickly, often in busy periods, in a calm manner
• Invested team player and confident to collaborate
• Strong ability to multi‑task and maintain excellent attention to detail

Education/Qualification

Degree (or equivalent)

Office Skills

• Excellent working skills of MS office applications (Word, Outlook, Power point etc.)
• Advanced knowledge and experience of data manipulation and visualisation tools including Excel and PowerB
• Ideally knowledge of process mapping including tools such as Visio
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills

Commercial Skills

• Strong commercial acumen
• Financial awareness

What's in it for you?

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
• Flexible, hybrid working policy
• Generous bonus scheme
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
• Holiday exchange scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.