At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead AI and automation projects, collaborating with teams to define and document business requirements.
- Company: Join RSM UK, a dynamic and mission-driven tax technology team.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, 27 days holiday, and access to 300+ professional development courses.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive culture that values unique perspectives and fosters belonging.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in tax technology while enhancing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience as a Business Analyst, strong communication skills, and familiarity with agile delivery models.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 85000 £ per year.
Make an Impact at RSM UK
Our Tax Technology team is dynamic, fast‑paced and mission driven.
We are building a specialist AIengineering capability within our internal tax technology function to design and deliver AI‑powered agents, automated workflows, and scalable integrations across enterprise platforms.
As a Business Analyst in one of our national offices, you will play a critical role in supporting the Internal Tax Technology team’s delivery objectives on AI and automation use cases and Tax service line data automation initiatives, by providing sustained business analysis capability.
The role focuses on end‑to‑end business analysis across requirements definition, stakeholder engagement, process analysis and collaboration with delivery teams to support successful outcomes.
You will work closely with RSM business stakeholders, product owners, architects, workstream, platform and delivery leads, and testing teams to ensure business requirements are clearly defined, understood, and aligned with agreed delivery roadmaps.
You will make an impact by
- Leading discovery sessions, refinement workshops, and stakeholder interviews aligned to Data Automation delivery milestones
- Extracting, analysing, and documenting high level and detailed business requirements for the Tax service line, in line with Data Automation deliverables.
- Defining and documenting use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, and non‑functional requirements in collaboration with business stakeholders and Product Owners, ensuring requirements are clearly understood and aligned with agreed scope and expected outcomes.
- Supporting backlog refinement by ensuring requirements are clearly defined, dependencies identified, and user stories are ready for prioritisation by the Product Owner.
- Maintaining end‑to‑end requirements traceability across analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment activities.
- Collaborating with architects and delivery teams to ensure solution designs reflect agreed business requirements and processes.
- Supporting UAT planning, including creation of test scenarios and scripts, coordination of execution, defect clarification, and preparation of evidence to support business sign‑off.
- Identifying and documenting dependencies, assumptions, risks, and issues arising from requirements, process analysis, and testing activities, escalating where appropriate.
- Acting as a key interface between business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring requirements, processes, and business needs are clearly understood and represented.
What we are looking for
Are you someone who thrives on variety, loves learning new things, and enjoys connecting with people?
If you can spot inefficiencies in everyday life and are passionate about making improvements, this role is perfect for you!
We value diverse experiences and perspectives. Here’s what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:
- Experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within a tax role
- Strong experience working in release based or agile delivery models
- Proven ability to convert complex technical solutions into business understandable terminology
- Strong process analysis, documentation, and stakeholder facilitation skills
- Experience in data transformation programmes
- Familiarity with tools such as Azure Dev Ops, JIRA, Confluence, Monday. com and user story writing
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with senior business and technology stakeholders
- Experience running or closely supporting UAT for complex technology solutions
- Detail oriented but able to lean into conversations and align closely across business and technology delivery to ensure consistent alignment on what is needed, and that what is being delivered meets the business needs
What we can offer you
- Hybrid and Flexible working
- 27 Days Holiday (with the option of purchasing additional days)
- Lifestyle, Health, and Wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP.
- Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our inhouse Talent Development team.
- Diversity and Inclusion at RSM
At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work.
Our clients come from all walks of life.
We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs.
Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work.
That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.
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Senior Business Analyst – AI, Automation and Data – Tax in Manchester employer: RSM
RSM in Newcastle Emlyn is an excellent employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where employees are encouraged to develop their skills and advance their careers. With a focus on meaningful client relationships and impactful transformation projects, the firm offers clear pathways for professional growth and a supportive environment that values each team member's contributions.
