Strategic Business Analyst — Transformation & Automation

Berkeley Group Plc; Gravesend; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Discount platform access

Berkeley Foundation volunteer day

Private pension

Group life assurance

Job summary

Berkeley Group is seeking a commercially minded and highly collaborative Business Analyst to play a key role in a major transformation programme. The initial focus is the transition to IFS Cloud, with opportunities to partner across functions and drive practical, value‑adding change.

You will build trusted relationships with stakeholders, run workshops and discovery sessions, translate business needs into functional specifications and user stories, and map current and future state processes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Qualification in Business Analysis, ideally BCS Foundation and Practitioner Certification.
• Strong elicitation and workshop facilitation skills.
• Experience with ERP or enterprise systems and digital transformation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders to understand operational challenges and opportunities.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and discovery sessions to capture business requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear functional specifications, user stories and process documentation.
• Act as the bridge between business teams and technical specialists to ensure solutions meet operational requirements.
• Map current and future-state processes across multiple business functions.
• Identify inefficiencies, risks and opportunities for automation and standardisation.
• Recommend and support the implementation of improved ways of working.
• Ensure changes align with wider business objectives and transformation goals.
• Support the delivery of key technology and business change initiatives, including the transition to IFS Cloud.
• Review existing processes and assess readiness for new systems and technologies.
• Conduct gap analysis, impact assessments and process validation activities.
• Support testing, user acceptance activities and change adoption across the business.
• Help establish structured governance processes for reviewing, assessing and prioritising business change requests.
• Support stakeholders in evaluating the business value, impact and feasibility of proposed developments.
• Create clear documentation, workflows and decision-making frameworks to support effective prioritisation.
• Ensure proposed enhancements align with strategic objectives and operational needs.
• Develop process documentation, user guides and knowledge resources.
• Support the creation and delivery of training materials for new processes and systems.
• Promote consistent ways of working and drive user adoption of business change initiatives.
• Work closely with support teams to ensure knowledge transfer and continuous improvement.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements elicitation

Workshop facilitation

Process mapping

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BCS Foundation and Practitioner Certification (or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Berkeley Group is seeking a commercially minded and highly collaborative Business Analyst to play a key role in a major transformation programme. The initial focus is the transition to IFS Cloud, with opportunities to partner across functions and drive practical, value‑adding change.

You will build trusted relationships with stakeholders, run workshops and discovery sessions, translate business needs into functional specifications and user stories, and map current and future state processes.