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Lead Business Analyst
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Lead Business Analyst – Essex – Hybrid– Contract 37.5 hours per week – £62.50 per hour - £71.43 ph – SC Clearance or willing to undergo
Our client is looking for a Lead Business Analyst to own and drive the BA workstream on a major enterprise transformation programme.
You'll need proven experience leading BA teams across Discovery, Fit-Gap Analysis and Design, with a hands-on and accountable approach.
At that level you are required to convert behavioural scenarios and requirements into testable end-to-end acceptance tests, ideally using the QTest Framework, Playwright, or an equivalent behavioural testing framework.
Working Patterns and location
Hybrid – 3 days on site per week in Essex
The Key Responsibilities of a Lead Business Analyst
- Own and manage the BA strategy, methodology and delivery plan across the full programme lifecycle.
- Lead, direct and coordinate the Business Analysis team, allocating work against programme milestones.
- Lead business process discovery, capability analysis, scenario development and requirements-gathering activities.
- Define and govern the approach to Fit-Gap Analysis, requirements prioritisation and solution design support.
- Maintain end-to-end traceability between business capabilities, scenarios, gaps, requirements and delivered outcomes.
- Facilitate workshops and decision-making forums to drive alignment and resolve cross-functional issues.
- Act as senior escalation point for BA risks, quality concerns and delivery constraints.
- Convert behavioural scenarios and requirements into testable end-to-end acceptance criteria.
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Key Skills Required
- Significant experience leading a BA workstream on a large-scale transformation programme.
- Strong Fit-Gap Analysis and requirements traceability experience across the full delivery lifecycle.
- Proven ability to establish BA governance, standards, quality controls and delivery frameworks.
- Experience managing and coordinating BA teams, SMEs and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong facilitation skills and ability to run workshops and decision-making forums effectively.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate confidently in complex delivery environments.
- Experience supporting programme planning, risk management and stage-gate governance processes.
- Experience converting business scenarios into testable acceptance criteria using QTest, Playwright or equivalent.
Nice to Have
- Experience delivering a major ERP implementation, upgrade or enterprise technology transformation.
- Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics or a comparable enterprise platform.
- Experience working across business, data, architecture, security and organisational change workstreams simultaneously.
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Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.
Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.
Please note that the client has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and therefore this contract will be run through an Umbrella Company. Income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.
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