Role: Business Analyst – Data / MI / Planning / Forecasting
Location: (Hybrid Role – 2-4 days per week in Essex area or Manchester onsite), the rest remote
Start: ASAP, likely early 2026
Duration: 6 months initially plus likely extension (inside IR35)
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a Deloitte team supporting the delivery of a large-scale remediation programme.
We are seeking a highly analytical and detail driven BA with significant experience working with Data / MI / Planning / Forecasting.
Key Responsibilities
· Translating business needs into clear requirements and supporting the delivery of data solutions, dashboards and reporting capabilities.
· Analysing existing MI tools, planning processes and data flows, identifying gaps and improvement opportunities.
· Analysing complex datasets to validate requirements and assess data quality.
· Translate business logic into operational MI and planning datasets.
· Validate outputs such as dashboards, reports and planning models to ensure accuracy.
· Demand planning as an input into integrated business planning (IBP) and driving the end-to-end supply chain.
· Generating business value from data and analytics.
About you
· Familiarity with BI tools and data manipulation tools for analysis.
· Exposure to data governance, data quality frameworks.
· Experience working on transformation programmes.
· Experience developing driver-based monthly forecasts, reviewing and adjusting these forecasts, and measuring monthly demand plan performance.
· Experience preparing value forecasts from volume forecasts, optimizing forecast parameters, and facilitating reviews with cross-functional teams.