Summary: The Lead Business Analyst role is a 12-month contract based in Bath, focusing on shaping and delivering strategic initiatives within a dynamic organization. The successful candidate will provide expert business analysis across a portfolio of projects, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and enhancing governance and financial management. This position requires collaboration with senior stakeholders to influence decision-making and improve business analysis practices. The role also involves coaching and guiding other analysts and project managers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of strategic business cases, collaborating with financial teams for robust cost-benefit analysis.
• Develop and implement business analysis frameworks, ensuring best practices are applied across the organization.
• Work with senior leadership to identify and prioritize strategic programs and projects.
• Establish and oversee processes for benefits realization and risk management within the project portfolio.
• Provide expert guidance and coaching to business analysts, project managers, and senior stakeholders.
• Implement effective reporting mechanisms, including dashboard analytics, to track project progress and business impact.
• Facilitate strategic workshops, supporting business units in clarifying and formalizing business needs.

Key Skills:

• Project or Programme Management Qualification or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of business analysis and project management methodologies/frameworks and their application.
• Higher Education or Public Sector experience is essential.
• Experience in resource capacity planning, workshop facilitation, change control, and transition management.
• Assurance/quality reviews, development of business cases and benefits management, supplier management.
• Formal project governance approaches, stakeholder and communications management, and design and production of project dashboards.
• Significant project work experience, including working in teams on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Financial Management experience and leading stakeholders to define their business needs.
• Strategic analysis, thought leadership, and leadership and management skills.

Salary (Rate): 54,136

City: Bath

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other