At a Glance
- Tasks: Help clients solve problems by asking the right questions and defining analysis approaches.
- Company: Join a fast-growing, employee-owned digital transformation consultancy in Leeds.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible leave, bonuses, and continuous training opportunities.
- Other info: Enjoy hybrid working, a vibrant social calendar, and opportunities to give back to the community.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while collaborating in a dynamic and supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in business analysis and strong interpersonal skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
What you’ll be doing
As a business analyst you will be instrumental in helping our clients understand the problem they are trying to solve.
You will be asking the question "why?" to truly understand our client’s problems and help define an analysis approach that gets the best results, tailoring your approach to fit the need.
- At Answer you will be a key asset to our constantly growing
- Business
- Analysis
Practice: working on initiatives to push the practice forward, whilst keeping an ear to the ground and sharing developments in the external analysis environment.
- What you’ll bring to Answer
- Utilisation and advisory experience of industry-standard analysis skills and techniques within the business change and software development life-cycles.
- Expertise in discovery phase activities, comfortable working with ambiguity, and the ability to shape and clarify needs in order to agree scope, manage requirements and backlogs, and structure statements of work.
- Ability to drive the functional integrity of the overall solution, ensuring that all key elements of the business case are prioritised and satisfied by the business requirements.
- Excellent interpersonal skills — articulate and engaging, and able to communicate effectively and confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
- Presentation capabilities which can transform complex ideas into clear narratives, tailored to your audience.
- Demonstrable commercial acumen, ensuring value is understood and scope and requirements are managed and aligned to this, when making decisions or recommending actions.
- A natural inquisitiveness with the ability to question others, collaborate, shape and confirm ideas and solve problems creatively.
- Ability to lead and mentor other business analysts, play a role in our Academy, and provide direction and guidance to stakeholders and project teams.
It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we’ll help you with them
- Experience of delivering projects through a range of software development methodologies.
- Experience in practice of Lean / Systems Thinking JTBD / VMOST.
- Experience in a number of business sectors and industries, if you’ve worked in Healthcare or have a passion for Healthcare tech that would be great!
- The perks of being at Answer
We’re an Employee‑Owned Company.
After 12 months you will be part of the ownership of Answer through the Employee Ownership Trust; a major factor in driving engagement, retention and growth for our people.
- Competitive salary
- Flexible annual leave (buy/sell and carry forward)
- Twice annual income tax‑free bonus
- Continuous training and development — if you want to learn, we’ll provide the support you need
- Flexible Pension — we match your contributions up to 5%
- Regular tech catch‑ups/hack events — we also encourage external tech events!
- A packed social calendar including Christmas party and Summer away days, monthly and quarterly company team socials.
- Free parking at Head Offices in central Leeds, plus Cycle2Work & Green Car Lease schemes to help get you here.
- The chance to give back – get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from different backgrounds into tech, as well as lots of charity and community events.
- Hybrid and flexible working – you can vary your working when and where you work, to allow you to collaborate better, feed your creativity, and take the time and space to focus when you need to.
- Diversity and Inclusion
At Answer we proudly embrace diversity and inclusion – we want to create a safe environment for everyone to bring their true selves to work.
We will do everything we can to support your application; if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process please speak to our recruitment team.
A bit more about us
Answer Digital is a highly successful digital transformation consultancy headquartered in Leeds.
We’re a company on a fast growth trajectory with a reputation of delivering large‑scale, operational critical solutions.
People are at the heart of everything we do – so much so we’re owned by our people.
It sets us apart from most digital businesses you’ll meet and defines our culture and values.
Our people are invested in everything we do, because we are invested in them.
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Senior Business Analyst - Hybrid/Flexible/Leeds in Ledston employer: Answer Digital
At Answer Digital, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that empowers our employees to thrive. As a Senior Software Engineer in Leeds, you will benefit from a hybrid working model, competitive remuneration, and opportunities for professional growth through mentorship and collaboration with talented peers. Join us to be part of an innovative team that values quality, creativity, and the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies in software development.
