IT Business Analyst - FTC
Role Overview
Two IT Business Analyst roles supporting business and technology transformation across the organisation.
Work with stakeholders, Project Managers, Solution Architects and technology teams to define solutions and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Contract is fixed-term through December 2027; role type is hybrid.
Hours are Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.
Salary stated as £56,925; the source does not specify a pay period.
Role locations listed as Manchester, Leeds or York.
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Role overview
Two IT Business Analyst roles supporting business and technology transformation across the organisation.
Work with stakeholders, Project Managers, Solution Architects and technology teams to define solutions and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Contract is fixed-term through December 2027; role type is hybrid.
Hours are Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.
Salary stated as £56,925; the source does not specify a pay period.
Role locations listed as Manchester, Leeds or York.
Key responsibilities
- Lead business analysis across projects, programmes and transformation initiatives.
- Elicit, analyse and document functional and non-functional requirements; develop use cases, epics, user stories and other analysis artefacts.
- Map current and future processes; identify improvement, automation and transformation opportunities.
- Support business cases covering costs, benefits, risks and expected outcomes.
- Work with architects and IT teams to define and assess solution options; maintain traceability through delivery and acceptance.
- Support project initiation; identify change impacts, risks, dependencies and opportunities; use data to inform decisions.
- Engage stakeholders at all levels and ensure deliverables meet agreed standards, principles and governance.
Essential experience and qualifications
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst or in a similar role, including business transformation and change.
- Experience in complex business and technology environments, requirements elicitation, process analysis, As-Is/To-Be processes and business cases.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
- A Level and/or degree educated.
- BCS, IIBA or equivalent Business Analysis qualification, or significant equivalent experience.
Desirable experience
- Digital or technology-enabled transformation experience is desirable.
- Using data and insight to support business decisions is desirable.
- Agile, project management, change or transformation experience is desirable.
Benefits
- Benefits described include free travel on Northern services and discounts on other networks.
- The employer describes a pension scheme, enhanced family benefits and a Cycle to Work Scheme; the supplied description is truncated.
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