Lead Business Analyst

Lead Business Analyst (12 Month Contract)

Location: Bath (hybrid - one day a week in the office)

Salary: £46,735 to £54,136 plus benefits package, including pension, professional development opportunities, and generous annual leave.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Lead Business Analyst to join a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation. This role plays a crucial part in shaping and delivering strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment between organisational objectives and tangible project outcomes.

The successful candidate will provide expert business analysis across a portfolio of strategic projects, driving effective governance, financial management, and benefits realisation. They will work closely with senior stakeholders, influencing key decision-makers and enhancing the organisation’s approach to business analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of strategic business cases, collaborating with financial teams to ensure robust cost-benefit analysis.
• Develop and implement business analysis frameworks, ensuring best practice is consistently applied across the organisation.
• Work with senior leadership to identify and prioritise strategic programmes and projects.
• Establish and oversee processes for benefits realisation and risk management within the project portfolio.
• Provide expert guidance and coaching to business analysts, project managers, and senior stakeholders.
• Implement effective reporting mechanisms, including dashboard analytics, to track project progress and business impact.
• Facilitate strategic workshops, supporting business units in clarifying and formalising business needs.

The person

• Project or Programme Management Qualification or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of business analysis and project management methodologies/frameworks and their application
• Higher Education or Public Sector experience is essential
• Experience of resource capacity planning, workshop facilitation, change control and transition management, assurance/quality reviews, development of business cases and benefits management, supplier management, formal project governance approaches, stakeholder and communications management and design and production of project dashboards.
• Significant project work experience, including working in teams on multiple tasks at one time
• Financial Management
• Experience of leading stakeholders to define their business needs
• Strategic analysis, thought leadership and leadership and management skills

If you are a strategic and forward-thinking business analyst looking to take on a leadership role, we would love to hear from you.