Senior Business Analyst

WRK Digital; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Life assurance

Employee share scheme

Wellbeing platform

Learning & development

Career progression

Transformation programmes

Job summary

WRK Digital is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to drive HR transformation across people, process and technology. You will lead requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement and deliver HRIS and Workforce Management projects, ensuring adoption and measurable benefits.

You'll work closely with HR, Technology and the wider business to shape solutions that boost efficiency, employee experience and growth. A strong track record in complex organisations is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience operating as a Business Analyst within complex organisations.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Experience delivering business transformation and technology change initiatives.
• Excellent requirements gathering, process mapping and documentation skills.
• Strong understanding of testing, validation and user adoption processes.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive positive business change.
• Experience with HRIS implementations and workforce management solutions.
• Experience delivering HR technology transformation projects and data governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering workshops and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Analyse and improve business processes, systems and information flows.
• Support the delivery of HR technology and transformation programmes.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional solutions.
• Work closely with technology teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Support testing, training and change activities to drive user adoption.
• Contribute to business cases, delivery planning and benefits realisation.
• Mentor and support other Business Analysts across the function.
• Champion Business Analysis best practice and continuous improvement.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Process mapping

Change management

User adoption

HRIS

Tools

HRIS platforms

Workforce Management systems

Job description

Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits

Are you an experienced Business Analyst with a passion for delivering business change and getting the very best from HR technology?

We're working with a leading organisation undergoing significant transformation and investment across its people, process and technology functions. As part of this journey, they're looking for a Senior Business Analyst to play a key role in delivering business-critical HR projects and transformation initiatives.

This is an opportunity to work closely with stakeholders across HR, Technology and the wider business, helping to shape solutions that improve efficiency, enhance user experience and support long-term growth.

The Role

As a Senior Business Analyst, you'll be responsible for understanding business challenges, gathering and documenting requirements, and translating them into scalable technology and process improvements.

A key part of the role will involve supporting HR-focused transformation projects, including HRIS implementations, Workforce Management solutions and Time & Attendance systems, whilst ensuring successful delivery through stakeholder engagement, testing and user adoption.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead requirements gathering workshops and stakeholder engagement activities
• Analyse and improve business processes, systems and information flows
• Support the delivery of HR technology and transformation programmes
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional solutions
• Work closely with technology teams to ensure successful delivery
• Support testing, training and change activities to drive user adoption
• Contribute to business cases, delivery planning and benefits realisation
• Mentor and support other Business Analysts across the function
• Champion Business Analysis best practice and continuous improvement

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience operating as a Business Analyst within complex organisations
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Experience delivering business transformation and technology change initiatives
• Excellent requirements gathering, process mapping and documentation skills
• Strong understanding of testing, validation and user adoption processes
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive positive business change
• HRIS implementations
• Workforce Management solutions
• HR technology transformation projects
• Data quality and governance initiatives

What's In It For You?

• Annual bonus
• Life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Wellbeing and reward platform
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Genuine career progression within a large, evolving organisation
• Opportunity to work on major transformation programmes with significant business impact

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst looking to take ownership of meaningful transformation initiatives whilst working closely with both business and technology stakeholders.