IT Business Analyst - HRIS

Equans is looking for an IT Business Analyst - HRIS to join our team in our Bevis Mark's or Newcastle offices on a 12 month fixed term contract. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package.

As an IT Business Analyst - HRIS, you will be a key member of the HR Systems Transformation Project team, specialising in HR and focusing on the successful migration to SAP SuccessFactors and its integration with other EQUANS platforms and business processes. You will work closely with business and technical stakeholders to ensure that SAP SuccessFactors solutions are seamlessly embedded within the broader digital landscape, supporting business objectives and driving operational excellence. The role offers a flexible working environment within an established and highly motivated, collaborative team with ongoing development and career opportunities. Practical experience, passion, and a commitment to continuous learning are highly valued.

What will you deliver?

• Transformation & HR Process Mapping: Serve as a subject matter expert in HR systems and process mapping across the SuccessFactors suite. Lead the capture, analysis, and documentation of HR business processes, ensuring alignment with BPMN standards. Map as-is and to-be HR processes, ensuring they support the new SuccessFactors design and integrated landscape. Analyse and document data flows, upstream/downstream dependencies, and process impacts across HR modules (e.g., Employee Central, Recruiting, Performance, Learning).
• Business Analysis and As is Discovery: Facilitate workshops, interviews, and design sessions to gather business needs and validate HR processes. Produce high-quality documentation, including: Requirements specifications; Process maps (BPMN); User stories and acceptance criteria; Functional and non-functional requirements.
• Target Operating Model & To-Be Design: Support the definition and development of the HR Target Operating Model aligned to the SuccessFactors Transformation Programme. Translate business strategy and HR requirements into future-state (to-be) processes, data flows, and organisational designs. Ensure to-be processes reflect optimal use of SuccessFactors standard capabilities and integrate effectively with the wider HR and business ecosystem. Work with HR, IT, and programme leadership to validate the future-state HR service delivery model, spanning processes, systems, roles, and governance. Identify gaps between the current state and target operating model, and help define the activities required to transition to the new HR landscape. Own operating model documentation, including process maps, RACI models, service catalogues, integration designs, and change impacts.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration: Collaborate with business users, HR, IT, and external partners to ensure accurate and complete requirements. Build strong relationships with business users, IT teams, and external partners to ensure alignment and effective communication. Communicate progress, risks, & issues related to SAP SuccessFactors analysis in a clear and timely manner. Support the Head of Business Analysis Practice, deputising when required to ensure continuity of BA deliverables.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance integration, streamline processes, and leverage SAP SuccessFactors capabilities for business benefit. Stay up to date with SAP SuccessFactors developments and best practices for integration and migration.

What can we offer you?

• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• Life Cover equivalent to 2x times annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility, Encompass, RISE, WOMEN TOGETHER, Working Parents, and Young Professionals
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

Who are we looking for?

• Experience as a HR Business Analyst within HR technology or HR transformation programmes.
• Strong knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors modules, functionalities, and best practices desirable.
• Proven experience in documenting HR processes, data flows, and integration requirements.
• Demonstrable experience supporting SAP SuccessFactors migration and integration projects, ideally within a complex, multi-system environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors usage in the business context, enabling the recommendation of alternative solutions with cost/benefit analysis.
• Good understanding of SAP SuccessFactors modules and business processes, and how they interact with other enterprise systems.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and a proactive approach; able to use techniques such as SWOT analysis, MoSCoW prioritisation, and BPMN process modelling.
• Experience of working with integrations workstreams for various requirements and documentation.
• Provide support across various testing lifecycle activities, business readiness and integration activities.
• Skilled in process modelling: able to document as-is and to-be processes (in line with BPMN), creating a range of business and IT-specific documentation, including user scenarios as required.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage at all levels.
• Facilitation and elicitation skills: able to manage stakeholders at all levels in meetings/workshops, accurately record agreed outcomes, and ensure follow-up activity is tracked and completed.
• Experience with requirements gathering, documentation, and validation for integration and migration projects, ideally using tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Familiarity with integration tools, middleware, and data migration concepts (e.g., SAP PI/PO, Dell Boomi, MuleSoft) is desirable.

Who are we?

Equans is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 17 billion euros. In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of technical, FM, regeneration and energy services - with specialist capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables. Equans' 13,500 UK & Ireland employees combine these activities to help businesses, public sector organisations and government to embrace the energy transition towards net zero, and also the digital & industrial transitions that are redesigning the way we move, work and live. Equans is a Bouygues group company.

What’s next?

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress. A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch. As part of our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone's voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do; should you join Equans you’ll find a welcoming and open workplace where you’re supported and encouraged to be your true self at work. You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility, Encompass, RISE, WOMEN TOGETHER, Working Parents, Young Professionals, Veterans and Reservists Network (VaR).

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a relocation package with this job role. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements. The Equans Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team, not direct to Equans Managers.