Senior Consultant, Business Analyst - BTA - Technology Consulting - Belfast & Londonderry/Derry

EY; Belfast; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in Belfast is seeking a Business Analyst to understand client business goals and drive solutions. The ideal candidate has 2+ years in consulting, strong analytical skills, and a third level degree. This role offers significant career progression in a diverse and autonomous culture. Competitive compensation and ongoing learning opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Continuous learning

Flexibility in work

Transformative leadership

Diverse and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience in consulting or relevant fields.
• Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Strong academic record.
• Experience in focus industries like Financial Services or Utilities.
• Client-facing experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in business development.

Responsibilities

• Understand business goals and formulate solutions.
• Build relationships with clients through delivery.
• Contribute to proposals and client presentations.
• Create innovative insights for clients.

Skills

Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills

Keen attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Eager to build valued relationships

Strong drive to excel professionally

Identifying new opportunities

Passion for developing people

Ambition to further develop

Education

Third level degree

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Business Analyst – Business & Technical Analysis – Technology Consulting – Belfast

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY has a number of career opportunities available, and we are interested in meeting candidates who are looking for a new challenge, one where you can develop your range of skills significantly. Be that a move out of industry into practice, or from within practice into advisory services. We are looking for future leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. Our opportunities will allow you to apply your expertise to a variety of projects whilst offering you excellent career progression opportunities.

The opportunity

Here at EY you’ll work with a team of amazing Technologists who are always growing, learning, and adapting, in and out of the office. Technology is changing the world, and we’re at the centre of it all. With a team list that reads like a who’s who in tech, and a highly disruptive business model, we’re advancing the art of team collaboration. Driven by honest values, an amazing culture, we’re out to unleash the potential of every team. We are looking for people like you who are powered by passion and eager to do the best work of their lives in a highly autonomous yet collaborative environment.

Your key responsibilities

• As a Business Analyst, you will work with our clients to understand business goals and priorities, and to work with functional teams to formulate solutions to meet these goals.
• You will build valuable relationships with our clients through demonstrating exceptional delivery.
• You’ll also have the responsibility to help grow and win new business by contributing to proposals and client presentations.
• You will also get to draw on your skills and experience, creating innovative insights for clients looking to develop their change agenda to deliver value and improve their operations.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Eager to build valued relationships with both our clients and your peers across EY
• Strong drive to excel professionally, and to guide and motivate others
• Strives to identify new opportunities and to create proposals to help solve our client’s most complex problems
• Passion for developing people through effectively coaching and mentoring more junior members of staff
• A continued ambition to further develop and learn, fostering an interest in innovative technologies

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• At least 2 years’ experience working within a consulting firm, industry or government organisation within local, European & US markets
• Experience gathering, defining and documenting business and solution requirements for the enhancement, replacement, or introduction of IT systems
• A strong academic record including a third level degree
• Experience in one or more of our focus industries including Power & Utilities, Government & Public Sector, Financial Services, Life Sciences and Telecommunications & Media
• Experience operating in a fast‑paced, multi‑vendor environment in a client‑facing role
• Experience in business development such as client relationship management and proposal support

Ideally, you also will have:

• Experience analysing systems and procedures, process design and modelling, and documenting ‘As is’ and ‘To be’ assessments for a Target Operating Model
• Experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies, including the creation of User Stories or Use Cases and working closely with a Product Owner
• Experience conducting workshops and interviews
• Experience with stakeholder management and working collaboratively with Development and Testing teams to deliver high quality solutions that meet client and user business needs
• Experience in the delivery of large‑scale business/technology programmes and ideally in ERP or CRM implementations (Oracle, MS Dynamics, SAP)

What we look for

We’re interested in candidates with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

What we offer

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

Apply now.

Please note;

Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters!