Senior Business Analyst

Role Overview Shape Global Change: partner with our business to lead analysis across key IT and business change initiatives, helping to define complex problems and design effective technology solutions. Mentor and Support: act as a coach and mentor to other Business Analysts within the team, helping to uplift our collective capabilities, templates, and overall ways of working. Collaborate Across the Business: build strong relationships and work closely with senior business leaders, technical delivery teams, IT Business Partners, and third‑party suppliers.

Key Responsibilities Drive Full Lifecycle Delivery: take ownership from early discovery, workshop facilitation and requirement mapping right through to supporting UAT, business readiness and post‑go‑live implementation. Business Analysis Methodologies: apply BA methods, tools and techniques across both waterfall and agile delivery environments. Full Lifecycle Delivery: demonstrate understanding of the complete software development lifecycle, including discovery, requirements definition, solution design, testing, UAT and deployment.

Process & Data Analysis: execute process modelling, gap analysis, data flows and identify system integration points. Technical Collaboration: work effectively alongside technical teams, including architects, developers, data engineers and cyber/security specialists. Constructive Challenge: engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels to ensure requirements and assumptions are clear and aligned with business outcomes.

Expert Facilitation: lead workshops and interview sessions to gather requirements and review solutions. Proactive Ownership: use a self‑managing, delivery‑focused approach to drive work forward with minimal supervision. Required Work Experience Substantial experience as a Business Analyst, specifically within an IT, digital transformation or business change environment.

Demonstrated track record of leading discovery sessions with senior stakeholders to define business problems, objectives and success measures. End‑to‑end delivery experience, including producing high‑quality documentation (user stories, process maps, gap analysis) and coordinating UAT phases with business users. Peer development experience through coaching or mentoring of other analysts.

Education: degree level or equivalent preferred but not essential. BCS Business Analysis certifications are preferred. Willingness to travel to UK and overseas sites.

Competencies Constructive Challenge: ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels. Expert Facilitation: strong workshop and interview skills. Proactive Ownership: self‑managing, delivery‑focused approach.

Benefits Hybrid working environment – three days in the office and two days working from home. Salary and benefits package to match, including pension, life assurance and an employee assistance programme. About the Employer Alfred H Knight is a totally independent, family owned business spanning five generations.

A global network of strategically placed offices and laboratories enables global trade by providing independent inspection, analysis and consultancy services to the metals and minerals, solid fuels and agriculture industries. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability. #J-18808-Ljbffr