Business Integration Analyst - Platform Analyst - inside IR35
Business Integration Analyst (Platform Analyst) - UK based but fully remote - inside IR35
Contract Type: 9-month contract, inside IR35, fully remote, £500 to £600 per day.
Summary
We are seeking a Business Integration Analyst to play a pivotal role in the rollout of an Integration Catalogue across the organisation. The successful candidate will champion the integration catalogue programme, driving adoption and engagement across all business units. This role requires close collaboration with Integration Owners to identify, define, and capture integration and other critical data assets within the catalogue, ensuring its ongoing accuracy, relevance, and effectiveness.
Key responsibilities include promoting the integration catalogue programme, facilitating workshops, delivering training and guidance on catalogue functionality and best practices, and ensuring data quality and governance standards are met. The role also involves generating reports and dashboards to provide insights into catalogue usage and metadata completeness, managing Jira tasks in coordination with the project team, and acting as a point of contact for catalogue-related queries.
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills are essential, as the role requires working closely with business stakeholders, project managers, product owners, systems analysts, developers, and quality assurance teams to ensure clear requirements and successful delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Drive adoption and stakeholder engagement for the integration catalogue across business units.
Collaborate with Integration Owners to capture and document integration data and ensure smooth handover to Integration Stewards.
Facilitate workshops and provide training on catalogue use, integration documentation, and best practices.
Maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date integration catalogue data aligned with governance standards.
Produce reports and dashboards to monitor catalogue usage, data quality, and metadata completeness.
Work with internal teams to continuously improve catalogue quality.
Manage Jira tasks and coordinate with the Project Manager to track project activities.
Serve as the primary contact for data catalogue inquiries and provide timely resolutions.
Communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood and addressed.
Skills
Relationship management: facilitation, influencing, active listening, negotiation, and conflict resolution
Strong analytical and critical thinking with problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
Creative and innovative thinking with a holistic understanding of people, processes, and technology
Structured approach to problem solving
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including presentation and written communication
Ability to translate complex concepts into understandable terms for all organisational levels
Experience or understanding of integration platforms, data management, metadata, and integration concepts
Proven experience as a Platform or Business Analyst in integration projects, preferably involving catalogues or enterprise integration platforms
Collaborative working style with integration owners and technical teams
Proficient in managing project tasks using Jira or similar tools
Software/Tools
Jira (for task and project management)
Integration catalogue platforms (specific tools not mandated but familiarity beneficial)
Reporting and dashboard tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel)