🚀 Exciting Opportunity: IT Business Analyst | Day Rate up to 400 Outside IR35 | 3 Months Contract-Potentially Extendable| Scotland Based -Hybrid 2 days in Office Are you passionate about leading digital transformation and delivering innovative, user-focused solutions? We’re seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst to play a pivotal role in modernising business information management and driving operational efficiency through cloud migration and data-driven strategies. Key Responsibilities 🔍 Conduct detailed impact assessments of current business processes and application usage. Capture how end users interact with data and systems, identifying pain points and improvement areas. 🤝 Collaborate with business areas to understand workflows involving on-premise network drives, Microsoft Teams channels, and data management. Facilitate workshops, interviews, and discussions to gather and validate requirements. 📋 Translate complex functional and non-functional business requirements into clear, actionable acceptance criteria. Maintain traceability of requirements throughout the project lifecycle to ensure alignment with business goals. 📝 Produce business process models, use cases, business rules, user stories, UML diagrams, storyboards, and wireframes/prototypes to communicate requirements to both technical and business teams. 🤝 Work with IT infrastructure, software development teams, and external suppliers to ensure accurate understanding and implementation of business requirements. 📈 Monitor and report on benefits delivery, ensuring solutions meet intended business value and performance targets. Essential Skills and Experience ✔️ Proven expertise in IT business analysis within medium to large technology change programmes. ✔️ Strong track record managing business requirements from inception to delivery with quality and time management. ✔️ Skilled in documenting requirements, use cases, business rules, process flows using UML, wireframing, and prototyping tools. ✔️ Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, interviewing, presentation, and relationship-building skills. ✔️ Experience with Agile methodologies and iterative delivery frameworks. Desirable Qualifications and Skills 🎓 Professional certifications such as Agile, PRINCE2, Business Analysis, or ITIL. 💻 Technical knowledge of integrated IT systems, SDLC, and cloud platforms. ☁️ Familiarity with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and related cloud technologies advantageous.