Senior Business Analyst

AHK Group Ltd; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance

Job summary

Alfred H Knight is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join the IT team in Prescot, Liverpool. The role focuses on leading analysis across global change initiatives and shaping technology solutions.

We offer a dynamic hybrid working environment with three days in the office and two days working from home, plus opportunities to mentor colleagues and partner with senior business leaders and third-party suppliers.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive BA methodologies knowledge across waterfall and agile environments.
• Full software lifecycle understanding from discovery to deployment.
• Strong process modelling, data flows, and integration awareness.
• Ability to collaborate with architects, developers, data engineers and security teams.
• Ability to challenge stakeholders and drive clear requirements.
• Excellent workshop facilitation and interview skills.
• Self-managing, delivery-focused with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis across IT and business change initiatives.
• Define complex problems and design technology solutions.
• Mentor and uplift other Business Analysts and templates.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, IT partners, and suppliers.
• Own discovery, workshops, requirements mapping, UAT support, and go-live readiness.

Skills

BA methodologies

Lifecycle delivery

Process & data analysis

Technical collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation skills

Proactive ownership

Education

Degree level preferred

BCS BA certification preferred

Job description

WHAT IS ON OFFER

Alfred H Knight has a fantastic opportunity for aSenior Business Analyst to join our IT team in Prescot, Liverpool.

This is an incredibly exciting time to be part of the AHK journey. Globally, we are experiencing exceptional commercial growth, establishing ourselves in new countries, and breaking into fresh markets. To support this exciting expansion, we are dedicated to a major period of company-wide change, modernisation, and digital evolution. As our global change pipeline continues to scale up, we are looking for an experienced analyst to bring dedicated expertise to these complex, large-scale global initiatives.

We offer a dynamic, hybrid working environment, providing an excellent balance of collaboration and flexibility with three days in the office and two days working from home.

In this role, you will:

• Shape Global Change: Partner with our business to lead analysis across key IT and business change initiatives, helping to define complex problems and design effective technology solutions.
• Mentor and Support: Act as a coach and mentor to other Business Analysts within the team, helping to uplift our collective capabilities, templates, and overall ways of working.
• Collaborate Across the Business: Build strong relationships and work closely with senior business leaders, technical delivery teams, IT Business Partners, and third-party suppliers.
• Drive Full Lifecycle Delivery: Take ownership from early discovery, workshop facilitation, and requirement mapping right through to supporting UAT, business readiness, and post-go-live implementation.

ABOUT US

Alfred H Knight is a totally independent, family owned business spanning five generations. A global network of strategically placed offices and laboratories enable global trade by providing independent inspection, analysis and consultancy services to the metals and minerals, solid fuels and agriculture industries. We have honed and carefully crafted our reputation. Delivering knowledge and professionalism in all aspects of weighing, sampling and analysis. We thrive by continuing to re-invest in our facilities, technology and people. Click here to find out more about AHK.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

To be successful at Alfred H Knight you will need to display the following:

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Business Analysis Methodologies: Comprehensive understanding of BA methods, tools, and techniques across both waterfall and agile delivery environments.
• Full Lifecycle Delivery: Good understanding of the complete software development lifecycle, including discovery, requirements definition, solution design, testing, UAT, and deployment.
• Process & Data Analysis: Strong proficiency in process modelling, gap analysis, data flows, and identifying system integration points.
• Technical Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively alongside technical teams, including architects, developers, data engineers, and cyber/security specialists.

Required Competencies

• Constructive Challenge: Ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring requirements and assumptions are clear and aligned with business outcomes.
• Expert Facilitation: Strong workshop facilitation and interview skills, with the confidence to lead requirements walkthroughs and review sessions.
• Proactive Ownership: A self-managing, delivery-focused approach with the ability to take ownership and drive work forward with minimal supervision

Required Work Experience

• Substantial Experience working as a Business Analyst, specifically within an IT, digital transformation, or business change environment.
• Demonstrated Track Record of leading discovery sessions with senior stakeholders to define business problems, objectives, and success measures.
• End-to-End Delivery Experience, including producing high-quality documentation (user stories, process maps, gap analysis) and coordinating UAT phases with business users.
• Peer Development Experience through coaching, mentoring, or supporting the professional growth of other analysts

Required Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent is preferred but not essential – we value experience.
• BCS Business Analysis certifications are preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel to both UK and overseas sites if required.

BENEFITS

• We are offering an excellent opportunity with a salary and benefits package to match including pension, life assurance and an employee assistance programme.

If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

Alfred H Knight is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.