IT Business Analyst

Aubay UK is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support a major Finance & Risk Transformation initiative within a global trading and supply organisation. This role will focus on defining future-state finance and risk capabilities, evaluating technology and process improvement opportunities, and supporting strategic decision-making through requirements analysis, solution assessment, business case development, and stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will work closely with business leaders, Product Owners, technology teams, vendors, and project stakeholders to analyse current-state processes, identify opportunities for improvement, assess solution options, and help shape the future technology landscape. This is an excellent opportunity for a Business Analyst with strong Agile delivery experience, ERP/SAP exposure, and a proven track record of leading workshops, vendor assessments, and large-scale transformation activities.

Required Skills and Experience: 

• 5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst within IT and technology transformation programmes  
• SAP experience 
• ERP implementation experience 
• Strong experience gathering, documenting, and managing functional and non-functional requirements  
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments, including Scrum and Kanban  
• Experience supporting Product Owners and educating stakeholders on Agile ways of working  
• Strong business process analysis, process modelling, and data analysis skills  
• Experience conducting current-state and future-state assessments, gap analysis, and solution evaluations  
• Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and communication skills  
• Experience managing requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle  
• Experience supporting testing activities, including acceptance criteria definition and UAT coordination  
• Strong understanding of systems, integrations, data flows, and solution architectures  
• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Business, Technology, or a related discipline 

Desired Skills and Experience: 

• Experience within Finance Transformation programmes  
• Experience with Risk Management systems and processes  
• Exposure to Energy Trading, Commodity Trading, or Trading & Supply operations  
• Experience conducting vendor assessments, Proof of Concept (PoC) activities, and solution selection exercises  
• Experience developing business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and investment recommendations  
• Experience presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders and leadership teams  
• Lean process improvement experience  
• CBAP or PMI-PBA certification  
• Agile certifications (CSM, ICAgile, SAFe, or similar) 

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Capture business problems, value drivers, business objectives, and stakeholder requirements  
• Gather, analyse, document, and manage functional and non-functional requirements  
• Assess risks, feasibility, business impacts, and solution opportunities  
• Conduct current-state assessments, future-state design activities, and gap analyses  
• Analyse and model business processes, system interactions, and data flows  
• Create and maintain requirements documentation, user stories, process maps, and business analysis artefacts  
• Ensure end-to-end traceability of requirements through design, testing, and implementation phases  
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder meetings, design sessions, and requirements-gathering activities  
• Collaborate with software vendors, architects, developers, and delivery teams to ensure solutions meet business needs  
• Support solution evaluations, vendor assessments, and Proof of Concept (PoC) activities  
• Develop business cases and support funding, prioritisation, and investment decisions  
• Define acceptance criteria and coordinate testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities  
• Validate delivered solutions against business requirements and expected outcomes  
• Lead business analysis workstreams and provide guidance to junior team members where required  
• Produce executive-level reporting, recommendations, and decision-support materials  
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, efficiency gains, and enhanced business value