Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Posted 7 days ago by Avance Consulting

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Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Knutsford, England, United Kingdom
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Summary: The Business Analyst role in Knutsford, UK, is a contract position focused on documenting and communicating business requirements for GenAI use cases. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in analyzing complex business needs and delivering scalable solutions, acting as a bridge between stakeholders and technical teams. This position involves collaboration with data engineering and AI teams to drive innovative solutions in business banking. The role requires a strong understanding of SQL and the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and facilitate requirements gathering sessions with business stakeholders, SMEs, and technical teams.
  • Translate business needs into clear and actionable functional and technical specifications.
  • Perform advanced SQL queries for data analysis, validation, profiling, and reporting.
  • Collaborate with data engineering and AI/ML teams to drive GenAI initiatives, such as natural language interfaces, document summarization, intelligent chatbots and assistants, and prompt engineering.
  • Partner with engineering teams using Azure Databricks for data transformation, cleansing, and analytics.
  • Maintain process flow diagrams, data flow mappings, and requirement traceability matrices.
  • Support QA and UAT by creating test plans, test cases, and performing functional validations.
  • Work in Agile/Scrum environments, managing user stories and sprint deliverables using tools like JIRA or Azure DevOps.

Key Skills:

  • Advanced SQL skills and hands-on experience with data profiling, validation, and transformation.
  • Solid understanding of Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills across business and technical teams.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks for large-scale data processing and analytics (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Python, PySpark, and cloud-based data workflows.
  • Exposure to LLMs, NLP, and foundational AI/ML concepts.
  • Experience in regulated industries (banking, telecom, insurance) is a plus.
  • Azure or Data/AI certifications such as DP-600, DP-203, or AI-102.
  • Business Analysis certifications (CBAP, CCBA) are an asset.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Knutsford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role: Business Analyst

Location: Knutsford, UK. (2 - 3 days onsite a week)

Job Type: Contract

Role Description: Documenting and communicating business requirements aligned to each GenAI use case (one use case defined for 2025). Help the definition of Business Banking GenAI backlog for 2026 utilising the value orchestration framework. Looking for a seasoned Senior Business Analyst with 7+ years of experience in analyzing complex business requirements and delivering scalable solutions. You will play a critical role in bridging the gap between business stakeholders, data teams, and AI engineers, enabling the delivery of impactful, data-driven, and intelligent solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and facilitate requirements gathering sessions with business stakeholders, SMEs, and technical teams.
  • Translate business needs into clear and actionable functional and technical specifications.
  • Perform advanced SQL queries for data analysis, validation, profiling, and reporting.
  • Collaborate with data engineering and AI/ML teams to drive GenAI initiatives, such as:
    • Natural language interfaces
    • Document summarization
    • Intelligent chatbots and assistants
    • Prompt engineering and use case optimization using Azure OpenAI
  • Partner with engineering teams using Azure Databricks (preferred) for data transformation, cleansing, and analytics.
  • Maintain process flow diagrams, data flow mappings, and requirement traceability matrices.
  • Support QA and UAT by creating test plans, test cases, and performing functional validations.
  • Work in Agile/Scrum environments, managing user stories and sprint deliverables using tools like JIRA or Azure DevOps.

Required Skills

  • Advanced SQL skills and hands-on experience with data profiling, validation, and transformation.
  • Solid understanding of Microsoft Azure ecosystem, especially:
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills across business and technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks for large-scale data processing and analytics.
  • Familiarity with Python, PySpark, and cloud-based data workflows.
  • Exposure to LLMs, NLP, and foundational AI/ML concepts.
  • Experience in regulated industries (banking, telecom, insurance) is a plus.
  • Azure or Data/AI certifications such as DP-600, DP-203, or AI-102.
  • Business Analysis certifications (CBAP, CCBA) are an asset
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