Business Analyst- Leeds, Manchester or Sheffield

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Business Analyst to work for our client within the public sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in either Leeds, Manchester or Sheffield. 

Our client is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Business Analyst with at least 3 years’ experience to support the ongoing evolution of their business systems. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking team working at the intersection of business and technology, helping to deliver impactful initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the identification and collection of business requirements, evaluating their relevance and value within the context of project objectives.
• Utilise appropriate tools and methodologies to document current ("As-Is") and future ("To-Be") business processes, as required.
• Conduct comparative analysis between existing operations and desired outcomes to identify gaps and define the requirements needed for successful transformation.
• Assess the potential effects of proposed changes, determine necessary adjustments, and identify impacted stakeholders to ensure alignment with the overall project scope.
• Collaborate with business owners, change leads, and end users to foster shared understanding and maintain alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead and support stakeholder discussions to elicit, clarify, and prioritize business needs.
• Coordinate systems analysis activities to ensure accurate translation of business requirements into technical solutions, working closely with technical leads to meet delivery timelines.
• Partner with Business Improvement teams to identify and implement enhancements to business-as-usual (BAU) operations, ensuring the realization of project benefits.
• Work alongside policy and strategy teams to ensure business systems, workflows, and processes support the target operating model.
• Contribute to and produce key documentation to support a fully auditable change process, including frameworks, methodologies, operating models, functional specifications, user stories, UAT plans, go/no-go criteria, defect logs, templates, and business cases.
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage risks, issues, and opportunities across all business analysis activities.

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in Public Sector
• Solid understanding of GDS Principles
• Strong experience in creating business process models, use cases, user stories, and functional documentation
• Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams, including technology, compliance, operations, and front office functions
• Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, Excel, and other business analysis or documentation tools

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 Employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index. 

Diversity and Inclusion  

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.