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Please note this is a training course and fees apply What is the Business Analysis Placement Programme? Our Business Analysis Placement Programme is designed for anyone looking to start a career as a Business Analyst (BA) using education and recruitment support to help you achieve an entry level role or position. This programme does involve a financial contribution from you to fund your qualification, cv review and recruitment support but the long-term rewards will be extremely lucrative with the average Business Analysts salary in the UK being around 52k pa. What does a Business Analyst do? A Business Analyst is a problem solver who investigates an issue or area of weakness within an organisation or business, analyses solutions and helps facilitate the change that is needed. They do this through following a set of guidelines and principles set out within the BCS Business Analysis Diploma certification. To succeed as a business analyst, you should be somebody who enjoys problem solving and analysing, has good administration skills and communicates well in both written and verbal communication. You should be somebody who can work well alone but when needed be able to integrate well into a team. The role will generally include:- Analysing elements within the business or the whole business Making evaluations of all available data Identifying problems and looking at potential improvements Making a feasibility study in proposed improvements Present your acquired information within a business case to the company or organisation. Implement any agreed or necessary changes, to increase the efficiency of the organisation or business. Industry demand for Business Analysts Demand for Business Analysts continues to soar as organisations need to evolve and stay competitive in an everchanging world. Business Analysts ensures a business remains relevant and future proofs against changes both foreseen and sudden. All businesses need to make data driven decisions and the demand for analysts has become a key role for any size of business and has become a very lucrative, in demand position with Senior Business Analyst's commanding salaries in excess of 100k pa. How we help you get you first role We specialise in working with candidates who wish to start or transition into a Business Analyst career. How do we do this? 1. Firstly, we place you on a training program which provides a pathway to the most relevant industry recognised certification being the BCS Business Analysis Diploma. The diploma comprises of 4 certification courses and a final oral examination signing you off as Business Analyst through the BCS. Study time to complete all of the certifications is recommended at around 90 hours to achieve exam pass level. 2. Once you have successfully passed the 4 required certification exams and the oral exam which make up the diploma, you will be handed over to our recruitment support team. They will then work with you to help rewrite your cv to a professional standard to highlight the skills required by Business Analyst recruiters. In addition, they will also assist in creating a professional LinkedIn profile, interview support, career advice and tailored support such as taking you through mock interviews. 3. Our recruitment advice consultants will work with you to identify the best opportunities available which are suited to you. Their tailored support ensures you only apply for roles where there is a realistic chance of success and help you to prepare for interviews and perform at your best. Typically, starter roles will be junior business analyst, junior analyst or a support/admin role utilising your analytical skills. Business Analysts work closely with Project Managers and Change Managers and opportunities in these areas also exist which broadens the net in these sister sectors. Further study into Project Management certifications can expand the breadth of roles you find available. Finances To accommodate candidates, the training element of this package is available on finance terms to easily spread the cost of investing in your career. This enables you to get qualified without having to fund all the training costs upfront. In addition, we are so confident in our success with placing qualified candidates that we will refund the cost of the courses to anyone we are unable to place within 12 months of passing their required exams subject to our terms. What next? To get your journey started and check whether you meet the criteria to join the programme, enquire now and one of our experienced Course and Career Consultants will contact you within 4 working hours assist you. Typical Salaries Administrator/Support: 28,000 Junior Business Analyst: 32,000 Change Analyst: 37,000 Systems Analyst: 42,000 Business Analyst: 52,000 Senior Business Analyst: 60,000+

Business Analyst - M365 Automation ProgrammeChelmsford (Hybrid)Permanent - £40,000 to £45,765 - hybrid (occasional travel to site one day per week) + 30% pension + flexitime - excellent work life balance.An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Analyst to join a high-profile Automation Programme, playing a key role in driving Microsoft 365-led automation and process transformation across the organisation.Working as part of a newly established team, you'll help embed automation at scale - leveraging tools such as Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps), SharePoint, and M365 workflows to improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and enhance service delivery.This role would suit someone with strong Business Analysis experience, ideally within public sector, policing, or highly regulated environments, and who is eligible for enhanced vetting.The Role Analyse and map "as-is" and "to-be" processes, identifying opportunities for M365-driven automation Design and support delivery of workflow automation solutions using Microsoft 365 / Power Platform Gather and define functional requirements aligned to automation and digital transformation initiatives Work closely with stakeholders to drive process change, adoption, and operational readiness Support procurement and evaluation of automation and M365-based solutions Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across automation projects Maintain clear, auditable project documentation in line with best practice Support post-implementation reviews and continuous improvement of automated processes Tech Environment (examples) Microsoft 365 ecosystem (SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive) Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI) Workflow automation & RPA tools Process mapping & modelling tools System integration, APIs, and data flows Agile / Lean delivery environments About You 3+ years' experience as a Business Analyst, ideally within transformation or automation programmes Strong experience in process improvement (Lean / automation-led change) Exposure to Microsoft 365 / Power Platform automation (highly desirable) Proven ability to define functional requirements and support delivery of technology solutions Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills across all levels Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and present insights clearly Able to manage multiple workstreams and drive change in complex environments Experience in public sector / policing / regulated environments is highly desirable Why Join? Be part of a greenfield automation programme shaping how technology is used across the organisation Work on high-impact M365 and automation initiatives delivering real operational improvements Collaborate with senior stakeholders on strategic digital transformation

12 Month (FTC) London EC1N 2TD £75,000 - £80,000 My client is are an Arms-Length organisation, sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions, with a joint commitment to ensuring that people have access and guidance to the information they need to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime. The organisation will also engage with HM Treasury, which is responsible for policy on financial capability and debt advice. As the Data Acquisition and Partnership Manager , you will be expected to lead on an innovative project to deliver data insights across the country and to give a rich understanding of financial wellbeing both at a local and national level. We expect to deliver a new reporting framework that obtains data from sector partners, internally generated data sets, government and open data. You will need to bring the data alive in a statistically meaningful way. You will be an integral part of the new Innovation capability, which aims to bring data driven innovation to the heart of the organisation. This is a senior role, delivering for a high profile programme of work. Role Requirements: - The ability to present data beautifully and draw users into the meaning behind the data - Senior Data Analyst experienced in industry-standard agile methodologies - Comprehensive internal and external Stakeholder management skills - The ability to manage relationship and delivery of published financial wellbeing data through a government procured supply chain. - The ability to present data beautifully and draw users into the meaning behind the data - Senior Data Analyst experienced in industry-standard agile methodologies About you: - Experience of data quality, governance and management techniques - Visualization experience especially visualizing complex interrelated data sets on geographical basis. Experience with GIS techniques - Experience of Commissioning and procurement data pipelines - The ability to manage a data supply chain, including developers, non-commercial data providers and government organisations - Implementation of open data sharing arrangements - Where required use advanced analytics (including ML and AI) to enable complicated questions to be visualised simply - Familiarity with the Microsoft Azure data stack such as PowerBI, Synapse, Purview - Experience of GIS data processing This role is a 12-month fixed term contract with a review to extend. Remote working is available and a salary between £75,000-£80,000 is on offer.

A global company is seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst to joins its expanding team based in Chelmsford. You will be joining a team who are broadly responsible for the reporting and analysis to support in decision-making. The company offers trusted security advice, risk mitigation strategies, secure support and integrated solutions for strategic clients or those operating in complex or sensitive environments. As a Business Intelligence Analyst your duties will include: - Introducing various automated solutions for data cleansing, data quality and data transformation - Integrating various open sources of data for seamless reporting and analysis - Preparing and sharing various MI reports with key insights and visualisations to internal/external stakeholders through dashboard using Tableau/Power BI tool - Automating various manual reports into SQL Server under SSRS targeting/ moving towards no manual reporting - Identifying various open sources of data, constantly integrating open data sources for seamless automated MI reporting and constantly improving data quality - Creating new metrics and KPIs effectively guiding the company and deploying effective dashboards to surface them to senior leadership/management - Performing data analysis, hypothesis testing, bringing deep insights and building various predictive models in supporting decision making - Providing informal direction and guidance to other team members on all aspects of analytics from context and prioritization to technical coaching - Managing and administering an account-wide reporting infrastructure based on MS SQL Server Reporting Services and MS SQL Server Analysis Services - Developing and constantly improving SSIS, SSAS and SSRS on a regular basis - Analysing, developing and delivering a wide variety of reports (external, internal as well as ad-hoc queries) - Developing and maintaining tools for automating ETL processes of large volumes of data from various sources - Maintaining detailed in-depth knowledge of the data architecture and structure of the main software system(s) - Performing data analysis using Tableau/ Power BI tool for various requirements on a regular basis - Deploying technological solutions and automating manual tasks to optimise overall productivity and performance To be a successful Business Intelligence Analyst you will have the following skills and experience: - Have strong data visualisation skills together with experience of creating dashboards such as Tableau/ Power BI - Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy - Knowledge and experience in relational database concepts, design, constraints, stored procedures, functions and optimization - Strong command of SQL, for both Data Definition Language and Data Manipulation Language - Commercial Tableau/Power BI experience in creating reporting dashboards and data visualisations - Strong Data Analysis experience using SQL skills and Strong data manipulation and task automation skills - Commercial experience in managing and working with large data sets - Advanced Excel, Macros, VBA Skills - Pro-active, self-driven, analytical and critical to use the power of analytics to solve large, unstructured problems, validate the hypothesis and challenge the status quo breaking tradition way of working - Data Analysis experience using R/Python - Introduction of Machine Learning based solutions - Good understanding of Cloud environments like AWS, Azure and Google - Collaborating experience within various teams/ departments for the day today data requirements and process understanding to automate and fix potential the gaps As a Business Intelligence Analyst, you will be required to work 40 hours per week. In return, the Business Intelligence Analyst will receive good salary plus 25 days annual leave, contributory pension, childcare vouchers, employee care scheme and best doctors plus many others. Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency and the details sent in your application will be passed to a third party responsible for processing the application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data and our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to inform you of the third partys details should you wish