Senior Business Analyst

Role overview

Responsibilities

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

Experience and qualifications

• Experience collaborating with Product Owners and technical colleagues in agile teams to develop business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience applying Agile methods to digital projects and products using frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience investigating business requirements, specifying business processes, and applying and monitoring modelling and analysis tools, methods, and standards.
• Hold the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis or equivalent, such as IIBA CCBA or CBAP, or be prepared to work toward one.

Locations and working arrangements

• The advertised locations are Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham (Chadderton), Birmingham (Garretts Green), or Uxbridge.
• For applicants based in Yeading/Uxbridge, the contractual base is Yeading; the role will initially be based in Uxbridge during estate works and employees will be required to work from Yeading once it reopens in 2028.
• The stated working patterns include flexible working, full-time, job share, and part-time.

Pay and benefits

• Salary is listed as £45,900; the advert does not specify a pay cadence.
• Yeading/Uxbridge-based candidates receive a £4,000 London Weighting allowance.
• The advert lists a Civil Service Pension employer contribution of 28.97%, 25 days of annual leave rising with service to 30 days, bank holidays, and a privilege day.