Business Analyst - Senior Consultant

Opencast Software Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing tech consultancy is seeking a Business Analyst - Senior Consultant in Leeds. This role involves leading business analysis activities and managing relationships with stakeholders to deliver solutions. Ideal candidates should have experience in transformation programmes and possess strong analytical and communication skills. The position offers a salary range of £60,000 - £70,000 and benefits including flexible hours and a competitive pension.

Benefits

Competitive pension

Health cash plan

Flexible hours

25 days' holiday

Discretionary bonus

Qualifications

• Experience with major transformation programmes.
• Ability to manage tasks for junior analysts.
• Demonstrated experience in building stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities and planning deliverables.
• Provide expert advice to consultants.
• Work on complex challenges to deliver solutions.

Skills

Communication skills

Facilitation skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

Business Analyst - Senior Consultant

Opencast | B Corp™

We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user‑centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business. As a Business Analyst, you’ll listen, ask questions and turn needs into plans using strong analysis, facilitation and problem‑solving skills.

Applicants must be based within a 40‑mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel.

Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it. Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.

Responsibilities

You'll work on complex business challenges to deliver solutions that help our clients achieve their goals. You’ll lead the business analysis activities, be responsible for planning the deliverables and build strategic relationships with senior stakeholders. You'll provide expert advice to our consultants and actively enable the development of the BA community at Opencast.

Qualifications and Experience

• Worked on major transformation programmes and/or across multiple project work streams.
• Analysed and evaluated complex business systems and processes to recommend improvement opportunities or change initiatives.
• Planned and executed the business analysis plan to meet the objectives of a project.
• Delegated and managed the tasks of more junior business analysts.
• 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 findings to senior stakeholders.
• Coached junior members of a team, sharing your knowledge of best practice and ways of working.
• Worked in a multi‑disciplinary team environment with Product Managers, Delivery Managers, UCD, Test and Development teams.

Core Skills

• Supporting others to help them overcome their own challenges.
• Proactively pursuing feedback to improve your work and behaviours.
• Contributing to the commercial needs of Opencast.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation and negotiation skills.

Additional Relevant Experience

• The Service Standard (UK Government).
• Demonstrated experience or knowledge in agile delivery management and/or product management.

Salary Range

Senior consultant salary range: £60,000 - £70,000.

Benefits

• A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.
• Flexible hours and 25 days' holiday.
• People to support you every step of the way.

Where You’ll Work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

Diversity & Inclusion

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview Process

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Contact

Want to know more? Visit our website or email [e-mail].

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Consulting

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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