Senior Business Analyst - Consultant

  • Jobtailor
  • Manchester, Lancashire
  • 25/07/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Management Business Analyst

Job Description

  • Lead business analysis activities within projects and be responsible for planning and achieving deliverables for our clients
  • Provide expert advice to our consultants and contribute towards building the BA community at Opencast
  • Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards and procedures while working on client
  • Applicants must currently hold active Security Clearance (SC)
Requirements
  • Experience as a business analyst across different industries and/or clients
  • Experience working in UK central government, delivering services to GDS / UK Service Standard guidelines
  • Analysed and evaluated complex business systems and processes to recommend improvement opportunities or change initiatives
  • Planned and executed the business analysis deliverables to meet the objectives of a project
  • Delegated and managed the tasks of others
  • Successfully worked within unfamiliar industries and/or clients and quickly adapted to understand the business domain and project needs
  • Built meaningful and lasting relationships with stakeholders to elicit and manage requirements and facilitate the path to delivery
  • Shaped the requirements management approach, including methodology, tools, and processes to enable successful delivery and value
  • Used a variety of BA techniques to solve complex problems and present ideas to stakeholders
  • Coached junior members of a team, sharing your knowledge of best practice and ways of working
  • Experience working in agile delivery teams
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in business analysis, with a strong focus on delivering projects in compliance with UK Service Standards and government guidelines. Proven ability to build stakeholder relationships, manage requirements, and coach team members while ensuring adherence to quality and security policies.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Business Analysis
  • UK Central Government Experience
  • Agile Delivery
  • Security Clearance (SC)
  • Stakeholder Management
Hard Skills
  • Business Systems Analysis
  • Requirements Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Project Planning
  • BA Techniques
Soft Skills
  • Coaching
  • Relationship Building
  • Adaptability
  • Delegation
  • Problem Solving
Industry Keywords
  • GDS
  • UK Service Standard
  • Quality Policies
  • Environmental Policies
  • Information Security Policies