Business Analyst
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Rate: £55-£60 per hour
Location: Bristol, UK
Start Date: February 2026
Clearance: SC required / UK Citizens only (not needed from day one)
About the Role
A fantastic long-term contract opportunity has become available for an experienced and proactive IT Business Analyst to support a large-scale transformation environment. The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders across multiple functions to identify, capture and translate business needs into clear, actionable IT requirements.
This role demands a confident communicator who can engage effectively at all levels, facilitating workshops, presenting ideas, and bridging the gap between technical and non-technical teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Engage with stakeholders to elicit, analyse and document detailed business requirements.
- Translate business needs into functional specifications and user stories.
- Conduct gap analysis, feasibility assessments and impact evaluations.
- Facilitate workshops, interviews and validation sessions.
- Collaborate closely with project managers, developers, testers, and other IT specialists.
- Support UAT by developing test cases, coordinating testing and capturing results.
- Produce user documentation and training materials when required.
- Monitor project progress, manage scope changes and assist in issue resolution.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes and recommend system improvements.
- Maintain clear, accurate documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, or related discipline.
- Prior experience as an IT Business Analyst.
- Strong business analysis methodologies and tools knowledge.
- Experience with requirements gathering, process mapping and documentation techniques.
- Solid understanding of SDLC and Agile delivery.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills.
- Proficient with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS Visio.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work confidently with both technical and non-technical teams.
- Exposure across key business functions (Finance, HR, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, etc.) is advantageous.
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