Senior Business Analyst- Manchester

Our client is seeking a detail-oriented Business Analyst to support a short-term discovery initiative. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in gathering requirements, mapping processes, and shaping user stories.

Responsibilities:

• Lead requirement-gathering sessions with stakeholders across business and technical teams.
• Create detailed process maps to visualize current and future state workflows.
• Translate complex technical language into business-friendly terminology.
• Collaborate with users to understand pain points and opportunities.
• Develop clear and concise user stories to support solution design.
• Identify gaps, dependencies, and risks during the discovery phase.
• Document findings and present recommendations to stakeholders.

• Proven experience in business analysis, particularly in discovery or early project phases.
• Strong proficiency in process mapping tools
• Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts effectively.
• Experience working with Agile teams and writing user stories.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Comfortable working in short-term, fast-paced environments.

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 3,500 Consultants. 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.