Description

Business Analyst We’re working with a leading organisation operating within a highly technical and regulated environment to recruit an experienced Business Analyst. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded and analytical professional who enjoys understanding how businesses operate, identifying opportunities for improvement and working with stakeholders to deliver meaningful change. As a Business Analyst, you’ll join a collaborative Programmes team and work closely with colleagues across engineering, operations, finance, IT and other business functions. You’ll play a key role in analysing processes, gathering requirements, supporting business change and helping deliver solutions that improve efficiency, quality and overall business performance. The Role You’ll be responsible for: * Working with stakeholders to understand business challenges, objectives and requirements * Analysing existing processes and identifying opportunities for improvement * Gathering, documenting and validating business and functional requirements * Interrogating business systems to produce reports, dashboards and meaningful insights * Creating process maps, business cases and supporting documentation * Working collaboratively with technical and non-technical teams to design effective solutions * Supporting business change projects from initial concept through to implementation * Facilitating workshops, meetings and stakeholder reviews * Monitoring project progress, risks and dependencies, escalating issues where required * Supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), training and implementation activities * Analysing data to support informed decision-making * Promoting continuous improvement and best practice across the organisation About You We’re looking for someone who is naturally curious, analytical and confident working with people across different areas of a business. Essential experience: * Previous experience working as a Business Analyst or in a similar analytical role * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Experience gathering and documenting business requirements * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills * Ability to interpret and analyse data and turn findings into actionable recommendations * Experience mapping business processes and identifying improvements * Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities Desirable experience: * Experience within an engineering, manufacturing or defence environment * Experience working with ERP, MRP or other enterprise business systems * Experience with tools such as Visio, Power BI or Jira