Senior Business Analyst

Sword Services Greece S.A.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career development

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Private health and well-being

Job summary

Sword is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to drive the integration of acquired assets across business and technology teams. You will gather requirements, map processes, assess impacts, and plan transitions with stakeholders.

You will operate in complex, multi-workstream environments within Oil & Gas or energy sectors, coordinating with suppliers and MSPs, ensuring readiness and smooth handover to operations.

Qualifications

• Proven background as a Senior Business Analyst in Oil & Gas or Energy sectors.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestments or large-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong service transition and operational readiness experience.
• Ability to work across both business and technical workstreams.
• Expertise in business process mapping, requirements elicitation, gap analysis, and stakeholder management.
• Experience coordinating with third-party suppliers and managed service providers.
• Excellent communication with senior business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering, impact assessments and transition planning during asset integrations.
• Drive process mapping and gap analysis across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate with business, IT and external suppliers to ensure smooth transitions and Day 1 readiness.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Requirements elicitation

Process mapping

Agile delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Oil & Gas industry

Education

BCS certification

IIBA certification

Job description

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving real transformation change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.

This role will play a key part in the integration of acquired assets, ensuring a smooth transition of services, processes, systems, and operational capabilities. The successful candidate will work across business and technology teams, engaging with multiple stakeholders to drive requirements gathering, impact assessments, process mapping, and transition planning.

Key experience required:

• Proven background as a Senior Business Analyst within the Oil & Gas or Energy sector
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestments, or large-scale business transformation programmes
• Strong service transition and operational readiness experience
• Ability to work across both business and technical workstreams
• Expertise in business process mapping, requirements elicitation, gap analysis, and stakeholder management
• Experience coordinating with third-party suppliers and managed service providers
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage senior business stakeholders

The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a complex environment where multiple workstreams are running in parallel and will be able to quickly understand business priorities and dependencies to support a successful transitio

• Proven experience operating as a Senior Business Analyst on large-scale transformation programmes
• Previous experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestments, or business integration initiatives
• Strong service transition and operational readiness experience
• Experience working within Oil & Gas, Energy, or other asset-intensive industries
• Strong business process mapping and process improvement skills
• Experience conducting requirements elicitation, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder analysis
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder groups across business and technical functions
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Experience working within both Agile and traditional project delivery environments

Desirable :

• Experience transitioning services into managed service providers or outsourced support models
• Knowledge of ITIL Service Management principles
• Experience working across infrastructure, applications, cloud, cybersecurity, and operational technology environments
• Familiarity with acquisition integration programmes and Day 1/Day 2 readiness activities
• Relevant Business Analysis qualifications such as BCS or IIBA certifications

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.

We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here’s what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

Personalised Career Development:We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.

Flexible working:Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.

A Fantastic Benefits Package:This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more…..

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.