Senior Business Analyst

• Location: Newcastle
• Working pattern: 1-2 days per week in the office
• Clearance: BPSS

We’re looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join a respected consultancy team delivering meaningful work for a high-profile digital service. You’ll be based in Newcastle or Manchester, working closely with multidisciplinary teams on the next phase of a Data Strategy and Data Platform – defining the North Star vision, future capabilities, data onboarding, and a new data governance framework.

• Recent (within the past 2 years) experience as a Business Analyst/Senior BA within UK central government
• Experience translating customer needs into data logic (measures, dimensions, attributes) with business definitions and sourcing rules
• Basic data profiling and analysis skills to assess data sources and quality
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Comfortable working closely with digital, technical, and strategic teams
• Able to build effective relationships across multi-functional teams
• Right to work in the UK

The role involves:

• Requirements elicitation in a strategic setting to shape direction and remove ambiguity
• Stakeholder engagement across multi-disciplinary functions (Solution Architects, Product Leads, etc.)
• Development of business needs and use cases to frame data platform capabilities
• Options analysis and shaping strategic data choices
• Translating business requirements into clear data-focused deliverables
• Supporting agile/strategic delivery through strong analysis and documentation
• Working closely with technical stakeholders to maintain strategic alignment
• Identifying process/data improvements and practical data solutions
• Contributing to data strategy development and governance frameworks

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