Business Analyst

Key Points • Location: Nottingham, Ipswich, London, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Croydon, Exeter, Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds. • Contract Duration: Initial Contract • Hybrid • IR35 Status: In Scope • Day Rate: £650 Overview An opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role within a complex business transformation portfolio, supporting the delivery of digital transformation, technology modernisation, policy-driven change, operational improvement and business performance initiatives. Working across business, technology, finance and operational functions, you will be responsible for understanding and translating business needs into clear, structured requirements that support the design and delivery of technology-enabled and data-driven solutions. A significant aspect of the role will involve supporting the development of a Unit Cost Framework and associated cost allocation methodologies, enabling improved operational insight, governance and decision-making. The successful candidate will bring strong stakeholder engagement, process modelling and analytical capabilities, with experience operating across large-scale change environments and working closely with business leaders, delivery teams, suppliers and SIAM service providers. Key Responsibilities • Capture, analyse, validate and document business requirements, ensuring business needs are translated into clear and actionable deliverables. • Produce detailed As-Is and To-Be process models using BPMN, maintaining end-to-end traceability between activities, outputs, outcomes and business benefits. • Map operational, support and indirect activities across business functions to support business transformation and service improvement initiatives. • Support the development and continuous improvement of Unit Cost Frameworks, activity-based costing models and cost allocation methodologies. • Identify and document the resources, systems, processes, data sources and controls required to support full economic cost modelling and operational reporting. • Contribute to the definition of outputs, cost drivers, allocation methodologies, stepped cost triggers, assumptions and governance frameworks. • Support cost-benefit analysis activities, providing evidence-based recommendations that support strategic and operational decision-making. • Work closely with Finance, Operations, Data and Technology teams to catalogue cost data sources, identify data gaps and improve data quality and reporting capabilities. • Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews and requirements gathering activities across all levels of the organisation. • Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, SMEs, project teams, suppliers and external partners. • Work collaboratively with Project Managers to support delivery against agreed scope, timelines, risks, dependencies and strategic objectives. • Support functional testing, user acceptance testing, implementation activities and business readiness activities to ensure successful adoption of solutions. • Translate business requirements into commercial specifications and supplier-facing documentation to support procurement activities. • Work effectively within SIAM and multi-supplier environments, ensuring requirements, processes and service outcomes are aligned across internal teams and third-party service providers. • Support supplier engagement, service integration activities and operating model development to ensure effective delivery of business and technology change. • Produce high-quality business analysis artefacts and ensure compliance with agreed standards, methodologies and governance frameworks. • Contribute to policy-driven and regulatory change initiatives, ensuring business impacts are understood, assessed and effectively delivered. • Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, customer experience, operational efficiency and business performance. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.