Senior Business Analyst

DB Recruitment; Fingal; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DB Recruitment is seeking a Senior Business Analyst in North Dublin to join a dynamic engineering and manufacturing environment. You will translate business needs into practical, technology-enabled solutions, working with ERP/CRM integrations and Power Platform to drive efficiency.

You will collaborate across business and IT teams, map processes, define requirements, and support testing, adoption and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst.
• Strong ability to gather requirements and engage stakeholders.
• Experience documenting requirements, workflows and process improvements.
• Experience with business systems, integrations and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to understand challenges and gather requirements.
• Lead business analysis across process optimisation, automation and systems enhancements.
• Document business requirements, workflows and user stories.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Business process analysis

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Systems integration

Power Platform

Power Apps

Power BI

ERP/CRM integrations

Tools

ERP systems

CRM platforms

API integrations

Job description

Senior Business Analyst

Location: North Dublin

Industry: Engineering / Manufacturing

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join an established organisation operating within the engineering sector.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded Business Analyst to work closely with business stakeholders and technology teams, identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency, optimise business processes and deliver technology-enabled solutions.

The successful candidate will play a key role in translating business needs into practical solutions, supporting systems integration, process improvement and data-driven decision-making across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to understand operational challenges, gather requirements and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Lead business analysis activities across process optimisation, automation and systems enhancement initiatives.
• Document business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, process maps and workflows.
• Support systems integration across ERP, CRM, APIs and other business applications.
• Contribute to solutions involving Microsoft Power Platform, Power Apps and Microsoft 365.
• Develop and support Power BI dashboards and reporting to improve business visibility and decision-making.
• Analyse existing processes and recommend opportunities to improve efficiency, governance, data quality and consistency.
• Work collaboratively with technical teams to ensure solutions meet business requirements and deliver measurable value.
• Support testing, implementation, change adoption and continuous improvement activities.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate complex requirements clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience in a Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst role.
• Strong experience in requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement and business process analysis.
• Demonstrable experience documenting business requirements, workflows and process improvements.
• Experience working with business systems, integrations and technology-enabled transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with ERP and CRM platforms, APIs and systems integration.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, Power Apps, Microsoft 365 and/or Power BI would be highly advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to translate complex business needs into practical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working within Agile and/or Waterfall delivery environments.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be a proactive and commercially aware Business Analyst who enjoys working at the intersection of business operations and technology.

You will be comfortable engaging with stakeholders at different levels, challenging existing processes constructively and driving improvements that deliver tangible business outcomes.

A combination of strong business analysis fundamentals, systems knowledge and a continuous improvement mindset will be key to success in this role.