Senior Consultant

Cognizant; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in England is seeking a Business Analyst to drive retail analytics projects. Responsibilities include leading business analysis initiatives, improving processes, and engaging with stakeholders for requirements gathering. An ideal candidate will have a strong background in retail environments and skills in process mapping and documentation. This role provides an opportunity to contribute to strategic development in retail-focused data strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience in business analysis within retail environments.
• Strong skills in process mapping and documentation.
• Ability to engage and facilitate workshops with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead Business Analysis across retail workstreams.
• Enhance processes by implementing best practices.
• Engage stakeholders for requirements gathering.

Job description

Drive business analysis efforts across retail data and analytics projects including current state assessments, business use case development, requirements gathering and solution design. Ensure alignment with retail operations, merchandising, supply chain and customer experience strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive Business Analysis across workstreams to drive and support the execution of retail and consumer goods initiatives for our customers.
• Improving processes across the business by identifying and implementing logistical practices.
• Engage with business stakeholders and conduct workshops for requirement elicitation.
• Map business processes and user journeys developing business domain models and associated documentation – Business process modelling, Process flow modelling, Data flow modelling, Stakeholder analysis.
• Create the business requirements document including non-functional requirements.
• Creation of Process Maps (L1–L4) and undertaking gap analysis.
• Documentation of BRDs, FSDs, NFRs and RTMs.
• Support internal and external delivery teams with project planning, functional and non‑functional requirements, testing, reporting, implementation and post‑implementation activities.
• Support and facilitate the test team and business teams during business process validation.
• Support end users in adopting functional changes (e.g., training documentation, implementation support).
• Contribute to research design and writing of articles/whitepapers and participate as a team member in collateral development.
• Retail‑Focused Strategy Development: Support the creation of data strategies tailored to retail environments focusing on improving customer insights, inventory optimization and sales performance.