Lead Business Analyst
Salary: £52,413.00 – £56,730.00 • Employment: Full Time (Hybrid)
About WMPF
WMPF is one of the UK’s largest pension funds, providing local‑authority pension benefits to employees across the West Midlands. We manage the pension interests of over 330,000 scheme members and 800+ employers, with more than £21 billion in assets under management.
We are recruiting a Lead Business Analyst for our Finance, Resourcing and Transformation Service area. Our new office in the i9 building, Wolverhampton, offers excellent transport links by car, bus, train and tram.
Responsibilities
* Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Business Analysts, including recent graduates.
* Assess and allocate tasks and projects to the team based on skills, capacity, and project requirements.
* Lead complex business analysis activities across multiple projects and cross‑functional areas.
* Work collaboratively with stakeholders to define business requirements, objectives, and scope.
* Act as a key liaison between business stakeholders, technical teams and project managers, ensuring clear and effective communication throughout the project life‑cycle.
* Facilitate workshops, meetings and presentations, utilising strong communication skills to gather requirements, resolve conflicts and communicate project progress to diverse audiences.
About You
You will be an experienced Business Analyst with proven leadership skills, able to mentor and develop a team while delivering high‑quality analysis across complex projects. You have a solid understanding of business analysis methodologies such as Agile and SDLC, and you are confident in engaging with stakeholders at all levels to translate business needs into clear, actionable solutions. Highly organised and detail‑focused, you bring strong communication, problem‑solving and influencing skills, ensuring successful outcomes that support the Fund’s objectives.
Benefits
* Generous holiday entitlement (starting with 26 days a year plus bank holidays).
* Hybrid working – two days a week in the office and three from home.
* Modern office environment with study and breakout areas, meeting rooms, kitchens with free tea and coffee, cloakrooms, bike stores, showers and lockers.
* Employee awards scheme and on‑the‑job development – comprehensive study support for professional exams, formal education, structured training and opportunities for advancement within a growing organisation.
* Robust 8‑week induction plan and professional training courses, including LGPS introduction and team‑building activities.
* 24‑hour access to an employee assistance programme.
* Diversity and inclusion commitments – PASA, Investors in People, British Dyslexia Association, Stonewall Gold Award, RACE Code Quality Mark.
How We Support Our Colleagues
We encourage a diverse workforce and an agile, inclusive environment that allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance. As a new employee you will receive a robust interactive induction plan and a range of professional training courses.
Contact & Application
For more information, please email WMPFRecruitment@wolverhampton.gov.uk or apply via www.wmjobs.co.uk. For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role, see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Attached Documents
* Lead Business Analyst.pdf
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