Senior Business Analyst

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Define business, stakeholder, solution functional and non-functional, and transition requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and technical colleagues to develop digital solutions and provide team documentation.
• Maintain, refine, and prioritise the product backlog.
• Coordinate communications and facilitate resolution of risks, issues, and changes relating to the backlog.
• Support and mentor business analysts and participate in professional communities of practice.
• The role may include line management responsibility for other business analysts.

Person specification

• Experience collaborating with Product Owners and technical colleagues in agile teams to refine business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience as a business analyst delivering digital projects and products using Agile methods and suitable frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience investigating business requirements and specifying effective business processes.
• Experience applying and monitoring modelling and analysis tools, methods, and standards.
• The BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis or an equivalent qualification, such as IIBA CCBA or CBAP, is required; candidates may hold one or be prepared to work towards one.

Location and work arrangements

• The role may be based in Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham (Chadderton), Birmingham (Garretts Green), or Uxbridge.
• For Uxbridge-based applicants, the contractual base is Yeading; work will temporarily take place in Uxbridge during estate works and move to Yeading when it reopens in 2028.
• Working patterns include full-time, job share, and part-time options.

Salary and benefits

• Salary is £45,900, with a £4,000 London Weighting allowance for candidates based in Yeading or Uxbridge.
• The Civil Service Pension has an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Annual leave starts at 25 days and increases by one day per year of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays and a privilege day.