Senior Business Analyst

SOLOS Consultants Ltd; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to contribute to the discovery phase of the Integrated Care Record in Wales. The role involves leading process analysis, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring business analysts. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in business analysis techniques, project management, and excellent communication skills. The position offers a competitive daily rate and is initially for four months with an option to extend.

Qualifications

• Experience of applying various analytical techniques to complex information.
• Experience in engaging stakeholders in their working environment.
• Experience of consulting activities including facilitating stakeholder groups.
• Experience in process analysis and change management.
• Expertise in Business Analysis methods and tools.
• Experience in business process testing.
• Substantial experience working on digital products with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrable communication skills for managing stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify and apply the best processes and delivery methods.
• Support teams in prioritising work and managing scope.
• Mentor and coach business analysts and contribute to learning pathways.
• Advise on approaches to analyse complex business problems.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve business performance.
• Lead process change initiatives.

Skills

Analytical techniques application

Stakeholder engagement

Process analysis and change management

Business Analysis techniques

Business process testing

Excellent communication skills

Influencing and negotiation skills

Job description

Senior Business Analyst

215.06 per day PAYE

274.29 per day Umbrella

INSIDE IR35

Full Time

4 Months with option to extend

This is an opportunity to contribute to the discovery phase of the Integrated Care Record, a key initiative to explore and document the best way to codesign and create a shared digital care record in Wales that improves care by making patient/citizen information available both across and within health and social care.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Management, Leadership & Training

• Identify and apply the best processes and delivery methods, measuring and evaluating outcomes.
• Support teams in prioritising work, managing scope, and adhering to MVP principles.
• Lead process, system, and data modelling across projects; analyse and recommend changes to business processes and policies.
• Mentor and coach business analysts, share best practice, and contribute to learning pathways.
• Research emerging tools and techniques to improve efficiency and encourage innovation.

Planning & Design

• Advise on approaches to analyse complex business problems and opportunities.
• Interpret analysis to make recommendations for tactical and strategic decisions.
• Recommend options analysis, feasibility assessments, and quantify business benefits.
• Ensure solutions align with business goals, user needs, and expected outcomes.
• Define and manage requirements lifecycle, prioritisation, and traceability across all phases.
• Plan and organise complex analysis activities, adapting as new insights emerge.

Improvement & Monitoring

• Identify and implement opportunities to improve business performance.
• Lead process change initiatives and assess feasibility of improvements.
• Apply business analysis and evaluation skills to design and test processes.
• Manage continuous research and analysis to map systems and processes.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential Experience

• Experience of applying a variety of analytical techniques to highly complex information and quantifying result integrity based upon assessment of sources and techniques applied.
• Experience of engaging stakeholders in their working environment for example in a hospital.
• Experience of consulting activities and techniques including facilitating stakeholder groups.
• Experience of process analysis, assessment and change including financial, cultural, technological, organisational and environmental factors. Further experience of establishing customer requirements and identifying how these map to process requirements.
• Expertise with the application of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools; experience of the implementation of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools as well as the enhancement of their application.
• Experience of business process testing including the management of test scenarios and reporting of testing outcomes.
• Substantial experience of working on digital products and services with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrable excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to manage stakeholders, communicate complex information, and negotiate successful outcomes with senior personnel.
• Highly experienced in influencing and negotiation skills including critical questioning and innovative thinking.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of reviewing compliance with legislation and organisational/government policy.
• Demonstrable evidence of being able to produce detailed designs and document using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
• Experience of planning and performing all types of evaluation and of interpreting and presenting the results of evaluations.
• Experience of assessing, analysing, developing, documenting and implementing changes based on requests for change.

If this role is of interest and you meet the above criteria, then please apply immediately.