Senior Business Analyst

Viqu Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join their dynamic team for a 6-month contract. This role is pivotal in driving high-impact digital transformation initiatives across EMEA, including cloud migrations and ERP/CRM modernization. You will work within a cross-functional team, ensuring clarity in requirements and alignment with business value. If you are a proactive analyst passionate about simplifying complexity and unlocking business value, this opportunity offers a flexible remote-first environment with occasional onsite collaboration. Join a forward-thinking organization and make a significant impact in an evolving digital landscape.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Business Analysis from Discovery to Delivery.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to define requirements and guide solutions.
• Operate in Agile and Waterfall environments to ensure delivery.

Skills

Business Analysis Fundamentals

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Stakeholder Engagement

User Story Creation

Backlog Management

Workshop Facilitation

Job description

Overview

Reference
NH240

Salary
£400 - £450/day + Outside IR35

Job Location
United Kingdom -- England -- West Midlands -- Birmingham

Job Type
Contract

Posted
09 April 2025

Senior Business Analyst | Outside IR35 | Remote with occasional travel (up to 1 day per week) | 6-Month Contract

We're working with a Global organisation undergoing a major digital transformation across multiple business units and regions. As part of this journey, we're looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join on an initial 6-month contract and play a critical role in driving high-impact programmes across EMEA.

This is an opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of programmes including cloud migrations, infrastructure upgrades, ERP/CRM modernisation, e-commerce delivery, and more.

Role Overview

• You'll be embedded within a cross-functional delivery team, collaborating with stakeholders, 3rd parties, and systems integrators to drive clarity, define requirements, and guide solutions through to successful delivery.
• You'll need to be equally comfortable operating in Agile and Waterfall environments, flexing your approach depending on the maturity of each workstream.
• You'll be focused on understanding the true business value behind initiatives, and ensuring delivery stays aligned to what matters.

Key Skills

• Strong Senior Business Analysis fundamentals - from Discovery to Delivery.
• Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Skilled at translating high-level asks into refined user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experienced in backlog management, story refinement, and feature definition.
• Ability to work with 3rd parties and delivery partners.
• Confident running workshops, interviews, and analysis sessions.

Key Experience

• Proven experience working in large global organisations, ideally within structured governance frameworks.
• Prior involvement in cloud migration programmes (understanding As-Is/To-Be process mapping, business impact assessments, etc.).
• Experience operating in digitally maturing environments where Agile ways of working are still evolving.
• Familiarity with Gherkin-style syntax for writing acceptance criteria is a must.
• Comfortable working across a variety of systems including ERP, CRM, CPQ, PIM, and digital apps.
• Strong commercial mindset - able to focus delivery around business and customer value.
• Full lifecycle experience from Discovery, Define, Design through to Delivery and Adoption.

Contract Overview

• Role: Senior Business Analyst
• Length: Initial 6-month contract
• IR35: Outside IR35
• Location: Remote-first, with up to 1 day per week on-site (flexible)
• Start: ASAP

If you're a proactive, delivery-focused Business Analyst with a passion for unlocking business value and simplifying complexity, we'd love to hear from you.

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