Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Location: West Sussex

We’re working with a leading organisation operating within a highly technical and regulated environment to recruit an experienced Business Analyst.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded and analytical professional who enjoys understanding how businesses operate, identifying opportunities for improvement and working with stakeholders to deliver meaningful change.

As a Business Analyst, you’ll join a collaborative Programmes team and work closely with colleagues across engineering, operations, finance, IT and other business functions. You’ll play a key role in analysing processes, gathering requirements, supporting business change and helping deliver solutions that improve efficiency, quality and overall business performance.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for:

• Working with stakeholders to understand business challenges, objectives and requirements
• Analysing existing processes and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Gathering, documenting and validating business and functional requirements
• Interrogating business systems to produce reports, dashboards and meaningful insights
• Creating process maps, business cases and supporting documentation
• Working collaboratively with technical and non-technical teams to design effective solutions
• Supporting business change projects from initial concept through to implementation
• Facilitating workshops, meetings and stakeholder reviews
• Monitoring project progress, risks and dependencies, escalating issues where required
• Supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), training and implementation activities
• Analysing data to support informed decision-making
• Promoting continuous improvement and best practice across the organisation

About You

We’re looking for someone who is naturally curious, analytical and confident working with people across different areas of a business.

Essential experience:

• Previous experience working as a Business Analyst or in a similar analytical role
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to interpret and analyse data and turn findings into actionable recommendations
• Experience mapping business processes and identifying improvements
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Desirable experience:

• Experience within an engineering, manufacturing or defence environment
• Knowledge of project management methodologies
• A professional Business Analysis qualification, such as BCS or IIBA
• Experience working with ERP, MRP or other enterprise business systems
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience with tools such as Visio, Power BI or Jira

What You'll Bring

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is naturally curious and enjoys understanding how businesses work
• Builds strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Can communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Takes a proactive approach to identifying and delivering improvements
• Is adaptable and comfortable working in a changing environment
• Has excellent attention to detail without losing sight of wider business objectives
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to teamwork, integrity, excellence and courage