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Senior Business Analyst (Consulting)
Location: Leeds (hybrid with client travel)
Employment Type: Full‑time, Permanent
Sector: Digital Consultancy
Overview
Our client, a UK‑based digital consultancy, is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join their consulting practice. This is a leadership role suited to a senior practitioner who enjoys working across multidisciplinary teams, influencing stakeholders, and shaping how business analysis is delivered in complex environments.
You will play a key role in guiding teams, advising clients, and applying a range of analytical and delivery approaches to clearly define business needs and drive impactful digital outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Analyse complex business challenges and recommend improvements to existing services or the creation of new, user‑centred solutions.
- Apply visual modelling techniques to document processes and identify improvement opportunities with measurable benefits.
- Lead and facilitate workshops with delivery teams and client stakeholders to align on goals, scope and solutions.
- Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with clients and senior stakeholders.
- Collaborate with designers to prototype and test early product concepts that address real user problems.
- Participate in and support research activities, using insights and data to inform decisions and recommendations.
- Work closely with Product Owners and Delivery Managers to plan, prioritise and manage delivery backlogs.
- Select, tailor and continuously improve ways of working, measuring their effectiveness throughout delivery.
- Champion Agile business analysis practices to support iterative, value‑driven delivery.
- Coach, mentor and guide Business Analysts and other team members.
- Contribute to the wider Business Analysis community through knowledge sharing, internal initiatives, events and thought leadership.
- Travel occasionally to client sites as required by project needs.
Requirements
Analytical & Critical Thinking
- Ability to synthesise information from multiple sources and recommend the most appropriate approach for complex situations.
- Confidence presenting findings, rationale and recommendations to senior stakeholders using evidence‑based reasoning.
- Ability to respond independently to stakeholder queries with minimal supervision.
- Experience communicating insights through a range of formats, selecting the most effective approach for the audience.
Requirements Gathering & Management
- Proven experience leading requirements elicitation using a variety of techniques and stakeholder groups.
- Ability to guide and mentor other Business Analysts on effective requirements approaches.
- Ownership of requirements documentation, including constraints, dependencies and governance considerations.
- Accountability for ensuring shared understanding of scope, priorities and delivery objectives.
- Ability to promote and embed best practice across delivery teams.
User‑Centred Design
- Strong understanding of user‑centred and service design principles and the Business Analyst’s role within them.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with designers and influence research planning and design decisions.
- Familiarity with recognised service design standards, such as Government Digital Service (GDS) standards or equivalent.
- Capability to coach other Business Analysts on applying user‑centred approaches.
- Advanced experience documenting complex processes, systems and information structures using appropriate modelling techniques.
- Ability to identify, analyse and quantify process improvements or issues in complex environments.
- Experience coaching others in selecting and applying modelling methods effectively.
Client Engagement
- Strong client‑focused mindset, ensuring solutions consistently align with client needs and objectives.
- Ability to define client requirements clearly and present coherent, end‑to‑end delivery approaches.
- Effective use of professional networks and subject‑matter expertise to resolve client challenges.
- Contribution to the growth and strengthening of long‑term client relationships.
- Ability to manage and reprioritise work proactively in response to changing demands.
- Experience managing conflict constructively and supporting delivery within budget and scope constraints.
- Ability to support onboarding and integration of new team members into projects.
- Competitive and transparent salary structure
- Contributory pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus UK public holidays
- Flexible benefits scheme, including options for:
- Private medical and dental cover
- Additional pension contributions
- Additional annual leave
- Charity contributions
- Life assurance and critical illness cover
- Employee wellbeing and financial education sessions
- Cycle‑to‑work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
- Season ticket loans
- Discount and rewards platform access
- Relocation support package (subject to eligibility and terms)
Application Process
Candidates should be based within reasonable commuting distance of a UK office location and be flexible to work from client sites as required. Applications from across the UK are welcomed.
Our client is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace. Applications from underrepresented groups are actively encouraged and reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply for further details and a confidential discussion.
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