Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: 60% office attendance. Candidates can be based from Nottingham, Ipswich, London, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Croydon, Exeter, Cardiff, Birmingham or Leeds.
Daily Rate: £500/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
Duration: Oct 26 (Ext tbc)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Key Responsibilities
• Gather, analyse and document business requirements, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Map current-state (As Is) and future-state (To Be) processes using BPMN and recognised business analysis methodologies.
• Establish traceability between activities, outputs, outcomes and associated costs within the Unit Cost Framework.
• Identify and document resources, systems, data requirements and business processes necessary to support cost attribution and reporting.
• Support cost and benefit analysis activities and contribute to the development of cost allocation methodologies.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, driving consensus and delivering clear outcomes.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Data, IT teams, suppliers and SMEs throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support functional testing, implementation and change management activities.
• Work alongside the Project Manager to ensure delivery against agreed scope, milestones and objectives.
• Analyse operational performance metrics and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support governance activities, documenting assumptions, cost drivers and allocation methodologies.
• Identify data gaps and contribute to the development of sustainable reporting and cost modelling frameworks.
Essential Skills & Experience
Business Analysis
• Demonstrable Business Analyst experience (ideally 3–5+ years).
• Proven experience gathering, analysing and translating business requirements into business and technology solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience applying recognised business analysis standards and methodologies.
Process Mapping
• Strong end-to-end process mapping experience.
• Proven capability in As Is and To Be process modelling.
• Experience using BPMN to document business processes.
• Ability to create clear, auditable process documentation with full traceability.
Finance & Cost Analysis
• Strong finance background.
• Experience supporting unit cost frameworks.
• Ability to connect business processes and activities to underlying cost drivers.
• Experience producing operational metrics and performance analysis.
• Understanding of cost attribution models and cost allocation principles.
Stakeholder Management
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to independently identify and engage appropriate stakeholders.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, SMEs, Finance, Operations, Data and Technology teams.
• Strong presentation and workshop facilitation experience.
Public Sector Experience
• Previous public sector experience.
• Understanding of government governance, compliance and stakeholder environments.
• Ability to operate effectively within a government organisation with minimal onboarding.
Desirable Experience
• Activity-based costing methodologies.
• Cost allocation model development.
• Data-driven operational analysis.
• Policy-driven change programmes.
• Procurement and commercial requirements translation.
• SIAM or service integration environments.
• Functional testing, implementation and change management.
• Knowledge of Managing Public Money principles.
Candidate Profile

We are looking for a proactive and delivery-focused Business Analyst who is comfortable working in complex stakeholder environments and can quickly establish credibility across operational, finance and technology teams. The successful candidate will possess a strong combination of business analysis expertise, process modelling capability and financial understanding, enabling them to support the development of robust, evidence-based unit cost frameworks and business improvements.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181

Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
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CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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