Senior Business Analyst

Matchtech; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a 6-month contract in Kidlington. The role focuses on business transformation, operating models and continuous improvement across multiple functions within a large engineering and technology-led organisation.

The candidate will challenge current ways of working, design practical improvements across people, process, data and technology, and drive end-to-end process optimisation with minimal direction.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering business transformation or operating models.
• Strong skills in process analysis, change management and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in engineering, manufacturing, or complex tech environments.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and improve end-to-end business processes across functions.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to identify improvements.
• Define current-state and target-state processes and operating models.
• Challenge assumptions with evidence-led recommendations.
• Assess maturity and identify efficiency, governance, scalability opportunities.
• Translate challenges into process, data and technology requirements.
• Work across boundaries to improve workflows and hand-offs.
• Support business change activities and drive continuous improvement.
• Operate independently and deliver practical recommendations.

Skills

Process analysis

Process optimisation

Change management

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Tools

SAP

Microsoft 365

Job description

Senior Business Analyst | 6-Month Contract | Inside IR35

We're looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a major business transformation and continuous improvement programme within a global engineering and technology-led organisation.

This is not a traditional requirements-gathering BA role. We're looking for someone who can challenge existing ways of working, assess process maturity, and design practical improvements across people, process, data and technology.

You'll work across a variety of business functions, helping to drive efficiency, standardisation and operational excellence through end-to-end process optimisation.

Role Overview

• Senior Business Analyst required for an initial 6-month contract.
• Part of the Technology & Business Change function, supporting a wider continuous improvement programme.
• Focused on improving end-to-end business processes across multiple business areas.
• Work streams may be process-led, people-led or technology-enabled, depending on business need.
• Operating as a standalone senior resource within the Transformation team.
• Opportunity to influence large-scale change within a complex engineering and product development environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and improve end-to-end business processes across multiple functions.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to understand current ways of working and identify improvement opportunities.
• Define current-state and target-state processes and operating models.
• Challenge assumptions and existing practices to ensure recommendations are evidence-led.
• Assess process maturity and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, governance and scalability.
• Translate business challenges into clear process, data and technology requirements.
• Work across functional boundaries to improve workflows, ownership and hand-offs.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support business change activities.
• Operate independently, structuring ambiguous problems and delivering practical recommendations.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience delivering business transformation, operating model or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong background in process analysis, process optimisation and business change.
• Ability to challenge stakeholders constructively and influence senior decision-makers.
• Experience working autonomously with minimal direction.
• Strong workshop facilitation, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within engineering, manufacturing, product development, operations or complex technology environments.
• Comfortable moving between unfamiliar business domains and quickly understanding operational challenges.
• Experience with SAP, Microsoft 365 or similar enterprise platforms.

This role would suit a Senior Business Analyst, Business Transformation Consultant, Operating Model Consultant or Continuous Improvement Lead who enjoys solving complex business problems, challenging the status quo and driving meaningful organisational change.

Contract Details

• Contract Length: Initial 6 months
• Rate: £650/day - £700/day
• IR35: Inside IR35
• Location: Kidlington, On-site 2-3 days per week
• Start: ASAP