Senior Business Analyst
4 days ago
Kidlington
We're looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a major business transformation and continuous improvement programme within a global engineering and technology-led organisation. This is not a traditional requirements-gathering BA role. We're looking for someone who can challenge existing ways of working, assess process maturity, and design practical improvements across people, process, data and technology. You'll work across a variety of business functions, helping to drive efficiency, standardisation and operational excellence through end-to-end process optimisation. • Senior Business Analyst required for an initial 6-month contract., • Part of the Technology & Business Change function, supporting a wider continuous improvement programme., • Focused on improving end-to-end business processes across multiple business areas., • Work streams may be process-led, people-led or technology-enabled, depending on business need., • Operating as a standalone senior resource within the Transformation team., • Opportunity to influence large-scale change within a complex engineering and product development environment., • Analyse and improve end-to-end business processes across multiple functions., • Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to understand current ways of working and identify improvement opportunities., • Define current-state and target-state processes and operating models., • Challenge assumptions and existing practices to ensure recommendations are evidence-led., • Assess process maturity and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, governance and scalability., • Translate business challenges into clear process, data and technology requirements., • Work across functional boundaries to improve workflows, ownership and hand-offs., • Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support business change activities., • Operate independently, structuring ambiguous problems and delivering practical recommendations., • Proven experience delivering business transformation, operating model or continuous improvement initiatives., • Strong background in process analysis, process optimisation and business change., • Ability to challenge stakeholders constructively and influence senior decision-makers., • Experience working autonomously with minimal direction., • Strong workshop facilitation, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills., • Experience within engineering, manufacturing, product development, operations or complex technology environments., • Comfortable moving between unfamiliar business domains and quickly understanding operational challenges., • Experience with SAP, Microsoft 365 or similar enterprise platforms. This role would suit a Senior Business Analyst, Business Transformation Consultant, Operating Model Consultant or Continuous Improvement Lead who enjoys solving complex business problems, challenging the status quo and driving meaningful organisational change. • Contract Length: Initial 6 months, • Rate: £650/day - £700/day, • IR35: Inside IR35, • Location: Kidlington, On-site 2-3 days per week, • Start: ASAP #J-18808-Ljbffr