Senior Business Analyst (contract X 2)
Details:
1. Public Sector Data Transformation
2. Rate: £460 per day (inside IR35)
3. Duration: 3 months contract, extension likely
4. Location: Newcastle or Manchester
5. Working pattern: 1-2 days per week in the office
6. Clearance: BPSS
We’re looking for two Senior Business Analysts 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.
Essential requirements:
7. Recent (within the past 2 years) experience as a Business Analyst/Senior BA within UK central government
8. Experience translating customer needs into data logic (measures, dimensions, attributes) with business definitions and sourcing rules
9. Basic data profiling and analysis skills to assess data sources and quality
10. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
11. Comfortable working closely with digital, technical, and strategic teams
12. Able to build effective relationships across multi-functional teams
13. Right to work in the UK
The role involves:
14. Requirements elicitation in a strategic setting to shape direction and remove ambiguity
15. Stakeholder engagement across multi-disciplinary functions (Solution Architects, Product Leads, etc.)
16. Development of business needs and use cases to frame data platform capabilities
17. Options analysis and shaping strategic data choices
18. Translating business requirements into clear data-focused deliverables
19. Supporting agile/strategic delivery through strong analysis and documentation
20. Working closely with technical stakeholders to maintain strategic alignment
21. Identifying process/data improvements and practical data solutions
22. Contributing to data strategy development and governance frameworks
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