Business Analyst

Salary: £120,000 - 144,000 per year

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in complex business or technology environments.
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, stakeholder engagement, communication and workshop facilitation skills.
• Experience producing business requirements, functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong business process mapping and modelling experience, including knowledge of BPMN, UML or other recognised techniques.
• Experience with As-Is and To-Be process analysis, gap assessments, system implementations, process improvements or business transformation.
• Experience working with Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies and understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Ability to translate complex requirements into clear deliverables, manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality analysis within agreed timelines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical-thinking, documentation, presentation and organisational skills.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, including developers, testers, project managers and solution architects.
• Experience in areas such as digital or business transformation, ERP, financial services, finance, HR, cloud, data, regulatory change, CRM, public sector, healthcare, process automation, systems integration, product development or operational improvement is advantageous.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Visio, Lucidchart, Miro or Microsoft Excel is beneficial.
• Relevant qualifications are desirable but not essential, including BCS Business Analysis certificates or diplomas, IIBA CBAP or CCBA, Agile Business Analysis, PRINCE2, Scrum or other Agile certifications. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
• Candidates should have relevant UK working rights.

• Lead business analysis across the project lifecycle, from discovery and requirements gathering through implementation and business readiness.
• Engage stakeholders to understand business objectives, challenges, processes and requirements.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews and discovery sessions.
• Gather, analyse and document functional and non-functional requirements.
• Produce business and functional requirements documents, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Develop As-Is and To-Be process maps using BPMN 2.0 or other process modelling techniques.
• Conduct gap analysis, impact assessments and feasibility studies.
• Identify opportunities for process optimisation, automation and operational improvement.
• Translate business requirements into clear specifications for technical and delivery teams.
• Work with solution architects, developers and system integrators to support solution design.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support data mapping, data migration and integration requirements where applicable.
• Collaborate with testing teams to define test scenarios, review test cases and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Analyse business risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Support change management, business readiness, training and implementation activities.
• Produce process documentation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other business analysis deliverables.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with business objectives, regulatory requirements and operational needs.
• Support Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning and requirements prioritisation.

• Azure
• BPMN
• Cloud
• Confluence
• CRM
• DevOps
• ERP
• Excel
• Support
• JIRA
• UML
• API
• Oracle
• SAP

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We are recruiting experienced Business Analysts for permanent, contract and fixed-term opportunities across the UK, with full-time, hybrid and remote working patterns; the listed work location is remote. Our opportunities cover industries including financial services, technology, healthcare, professional services, government and the public sector, and involve working with stakeholders, project managers, product owners, architects, developers and testing teams. Permanent roles offer long-term career development and involvement in strategic transformation programmes, with an indicative salary of £70,000–£90,000 per year. Contract assignments may involve interim, specialist and transformation work; the posting lists a day rate of £500–£600 and notes outside-IR35 opportunities. We welcome applications from experienced Business Analysts seeking a suitable permanent or contract opportunity. Candidates may register their profile with Corelink Hire to be considered for relevant opportunities and may be asked whether they consent to contact with potential employers on their behalf.

last updated 43 week of 2026