Business Analyst
Posted 1 day ago by Inara
£450 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Business Analyst involves working with a tech consultancy focused on future engineering and AI, specifically within the buy-to-rent property sector. The position requires evaluating legacy systems and shaping future-state solutions, with a potential for extension into a broader transformation program. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with technical teams and stakeholders to deliver clear business outcomes. This is a contract position based in Manchester, requiring a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Evaluate legacy systems and provide recommendations for future-state solutions.
- Collaborate with technical delivery teams to translate analysis into business outcomes.
- Lead workshops and engage with stakeholders effectively.
- Support the senior consultant and delivery principal throughout the engagement.
- Contribute to a high-impact discovery engagement with a major client.
Key Skills:
- Strong system analysis skills.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation.
- Consulting experience, particularly in client-facing roles.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Familiarity with AI-centric workflows and technologies is a plus.
Salary (Rate): £450/day
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Business Analyst (Contract) — Manchester | Tech Consulting
The details
Location: Manchester — hybrid, ~2–3 days per week on-site initially, split between the office and client site (both central Manchester)
Rate: £400-450/day
IR35: Outside IR35
Start: Ideally within the next month
Process: Typically a one-hour interview
A growing tech consultancy operating in the future engineering and AI space is hiring 1–2 contract Business Analysts to join a high-impact discovery engagement with a large player in the buy-to-rent property sector. This is an initial 2–3 month discovery focused on evaluating legacy systems and shaping a future-state solution, with strong potential to extend into a broader 9–18 month transformation programme.
The engagement
The successful person will dig into two core legacy systems - assessing their effectiveness and helping shape pragmatic future-state recommendations. They'll work closely with technical delivery teams to translate analysis into clear, achievable business outcomes. This isn't a role in isolation: you will be supported by a senior consultant and a senior delivery principal throughout as well as working with a talented technical engineering team.
What they're looking for
- A technically comfortable BA who can analyse legacy systems in depth and work hand-in-hand with engineering teams
- Strong system analysis skills alongside genuine stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation (you could be leading workshops for example)
- Consulting experience is preferred - someone who's confident client-facing, effective in workshops, and able to feed insights back to both client and technical teams
- Excellent communication and the ability to operate professionally in a consultancy environment
- AI awareness is a plus (familiarity with AI-centric workflows, LLMs, or adjacent delivery work)
The details
Location: Manchester — hybrid, ~2–3 days per week on-site initially, split between the client's central Manchester office (near Piccadilly Gardens) and the consultancy's Northern Quarter office
Rate: Circa £500/day
IR35: Expected to be outside IR35 (to be confirmed)
Start: July/August
Process: Light-touch — typically a one-hour interview
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