Business Analyst (Data & Technology)
**6-month Contract
Market Rate - Inside IR35
Hybrid - London Office**
We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support delivery of key data and technology initiatives within a fast-paced enterprise environment.
You'll work closely with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements, challenge existing processes, and deliver high-quality analysis that enables effective data-driven solutions. This role requires strong technical analysis capability, stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to operate independently within a contract setting.
Key Responsibilities
* Engage stakeholders to identify business needs and translate into clear requirements
* Elicit, analyse and document functional and non-functional requirements
* Challenge existing processes and identify improvement opportunities
* Ensure traceability from requirements through to design, testing and delivery
* Manage stakeholders and expectations across business and technology teams
* Validate solutions to ensure alignment with business goals and technical feasibility
* Support testing, implementation and change management activities
* Manage requirement changes, risks and issues throughout delivery
* Produce clear documentation including requirements, process maps and analysis artefacts
* Ensure compliance with governance, standards and regulatory requirements
Key Skills & Experience
* 5+ years' Business Analysis experience within data or technology environments
* Strong technical systems analysis skills (APIs, integration's, data flows, databases)
* Advanced SQL for data extraction, transformation and analysis
* Experience working with complex data environments (transactional, operational or market data)
* Proven stakeholder management across business and technical teams
* Experience using JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar tools
* Strong documentation, communication and problem-solving skills
* Comfortable working independently in a contract environment and managing multiple priorities
* Experience working within Agile and/or Waterfall delivery models
Desirable
* Background as a Data Analyst or Developer
* Python or scripting for data analysis
* Experience reading code (C#, Java or similar)
* Exposure to big data or messaging technologies
* Relevant Agile or project delivery certifications