Business Analyst

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Business Analysts work closely with our clients, acting as the interface between client needs and technical delivery. They support our clients in improving their products and/or services through process improvement, requirements gathering and data analysis. Business Analysts apply appropriate techniques to define, manage and support the implementation of effective solutions to our clients' business issues.

The Business Analyst will:

• Lead non-complex requirements gathering, process analysis and improvement and data analysis to produce key outputs and artefacts for clients, under the general direction of the team leader and other senior colleagues.
• Apply appropriate techniques and evaluation tools, supported by senior colleagues, to non-complex work in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
• Facilitate elements of workshops and meetings with clients to identify issues, opportunities and explore complex business problems relating to the client's area of change.
• Have a clear understanding of the client's organisation and goals and will play an active and impactful part in delivering value as part of a team.
• Influence customers, suppliers and partners at the working-level, forming strong relationships.
• Plan and monitor own work competently within the deadlines set.

In addition to their work on client-facing projects, our Business Analysts are expected to make a varied contribution to the business through the Discipline and/or Business Unit. Examples of contribution include:

• Continuous improvement of our business - Leading non-complex process improvements and efficiencies, including collaborating with others on improvement activities within the Discipline, Account or Business Unit.
• People and leadership - coaching junior staff and giving feedback to peers and colleagues, including upwards management, and taking responsibility for own development and performance.
• Client development - developing and using their understanding of our clients and BAE Systems' market offerings to build relationships and trust, potentially leading to the extension of their own delivery role and others', to widen the scope of engagement.
• Enhancing our collective knowledge supporting the curation and dissemination of tools and methodologies, effectively harnessing existing knowledge and collateral where possible and sharing this wider than the project.

Core Duties:

• Investigates customers' operational needs and problems and opportunities, recommending improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes and activities.
• Evaluates and reconciles information gathered from multiple sources.
• Decomposes high-level information into details as well as abstracting from low-level information to a general understanding.
• Supports the preparation of reports, inputs into business cases and client deliverables to share findings and recommendations.
• Leads the development of specifications and models for non-complex IT systems or software, assisting with testing new solutions.

Requirement Definition and Management:

• Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for small-scale changes and assists with more complex change initiatives.
• Follows agreed standards and applies appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements.
• Provides constructive challenge to stakeholders as required.
• Reviews requirements for errors and omissions.
• Prioritises requirements and documents traceability to source.
• Provides input to the requirements baseline/backlog.
• Investigates, manages and applies requests for changes to requirements, in line with change management policy.

Business Process Improvement:

• Leads the design and implementation of process improvements or re-engineering for non-complex business operations and services.
• Works under supervision to apply analysis and evaluation skills to support business process tests and usability evaluation.
• Conducts business/functional modelling to enable client decisions.

Process Testing:

• Designs non-complex process test cases and scripts that cover end-to-end business scenarios.
• Actively participates in requirement and design reviews to refine test plans.
• Prepares and manages test data that accurately mirrors business processes.
• Automates repeatable tests for efficiency.
• Analyses and reports outcomes, focusing on impacts to business processes.

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications:

• A thorough knowledge of analytical techniques, core requirements engineering and core process engineering to apply to problems or opportunities, with experience in applying these in one or more client organisations.
• A strong understanding of Agile approaches, Functional Analysis and User-Centered Design and is able to compare and recommend a suitable approach.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think strategically and creatively.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, manage time effectively, and thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Knowledge of industry and market trends, actively developing a breadth of knowledge across the industry.

How we will support you:

• Work-life balance is important; you can work around core hours with flexible and part-time working.
• You’ll get 25 days holiday a year and the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before.
• Our flexible benefits package includes private medical and dental insurance, a competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, taste cards and more.
• You’ll have a dedicated Career Manager to help you develop your career and guide you on your journey through BAE.
• You’ll be part of our company bonus scheme.
• You are welcome to join any/all of our Diversity and Support groups.

Security Clearance is required for this vacancy. If you are not currently Security Cleared, you will need to be eligible for this and willing to go through the process.

About our team:

Our people are what differentiates us; they are resourceful, innovative and dedicated. We have a mix of generalists and specialists and recognise that this diversity contributes to our success. We recognise the benefits of forming teams from a mix of disciplines, which allows us to come up with cutting-edge, high-quality solutions.

You will be joining our National Security business which is the largest area within our UK business. Our mission is to be the most trusted partner for our National Security clients in delivery of their core mission. We have a rich history of working within National Security. In fact, we have over 40 years' experience of delivering advice and solutions to our customers in this sector, supporting them in carrying out their vital missions.

More about BAE Systems:

You will work for a division of BAE Systems who helps nations, governments and businesses around the world defend themselves against cyber crime, reduce their risk in the world, comply with regulation, and transform their operations. We’re a consultancy and products business and employ smart, motivated individuals who work together across a range of projects and products.

We’re passionate about Diversity and Inclusion in our workforce and the people you’ll work with will reflect this. We employ over 4,000 people across 18 countries in the Americas, APAC, UK and EMEA.

Help us secure a connected world. Apply now and be inspired.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence:

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

Division overview: Government At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Government contracts are an area we have many decades of experience in. Government and infrastructure networks are critical targets to defend as the effects of these networks being breached can be devastating. As a member of the Government business unit, you will defend the connected world and ensure the protection of nations. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.