Senior Business Analyst

ACCA Global; Glasgow; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

Closing date for applications is: 23 April 2025

ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected.

We welcome applications from candidates who meet some but not all of the criteria listed below.

We're currently looking for a Senior Business Analyst on a full time, 12 month fixed term contract basis. This position sits within our Transformation team. The team is primarily based in Glasgow but we are remote first and open to candidates based across the UK.

This is a new role, supplementing our core team and acting as a trouble shooter, providing support when projects have pinch points and picking up and leading on analysis. If you like variety - this is the role for you!

The Job

Reporting to the Lead BA, on a day-to-day basis, you'll be involved in the following:

1. Deliver business analysis services to support the organisation during the full lifecycle of any change initiative.
2. Contribute to the development of the Business Analysis Practice by undertaking Continuous Professional Development and identifying and implementing changes to BA services and deliverables.
3. Lead shaping of changes, understanding business drivers and clearly articulating the business need for change.
4. Coach, mentor and manage the performance of Business Analysts (both permanent and contingent workers).

The Person

We're looking for someone who:

• Thinks creatively and with curiosity - you move fast, learning and adapting as you go based on a proven track record of employing a broad and diverse range of business analysis best practices, methodologies and tools.
• Speaks up to challenge constructively, sharing your ideas for a better approach or improvements.
• Has experience of leading a team and ideally, direct line management experience as this is a required part of the role.
• Does the right thing and builds trusting relationships within the change delivery team and with your stakeholders at all levels.
• Listens to understand, valuing others' perspectives and involving the right people at the right time in your analysis.

Our Benefits

We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and so have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include private healthcare, life assurance and income protection as well as a fantastic defined contribution pension scheme.

We provide an employee assistance programme and are proud to offer a financial wellbeing tool called Nudge, to our employees.

Our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefit plan to suit your needs; you can choose to add a number of benefits including extra holidays, PMI family cover, cycle to work, Travel and Gym loans and more! You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site and wellbeing centre platform.

We are committed to equal opportunities across our recruitment activities and have a real commitment to ensuring the inclusion and well-being of all employees. We have a blended approach to working to support our employees to balance the needs of their job with other aspects of their life.

Interested in this role? Please click Apply to submit your application.