Senior Business Analyst - Contract

Role Overview
The Senior Business Analyst will lead and own end-to-end business analysis across complex technology initiatives, acting as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, product owners, architects, and delivery teams. This role demands a combination of strong technical acumen, leadership capability, and senior stakeholder management skills to drive solution design and delivery quality

The following three competencies are essential requirements for this role::

Leadership & Solution Ownership
Proven ability to lead end-to-end business analysis across complex initiatives, owning requirement elicitation, validation, prioritisation, and sign-off. Able to synthesise fragmented business, operational, and technical inputs into coherent, outcome-driven solution designs, while guiding junior BAs and ensuring consistency in analysis standards.

Strong Technical Acumen & Systems Thinking
Strong understanding of system architectures, integration patterns, and data flows, with the ability to comprehend requirements down to code-level implications. Comfortable engaging with developers and architects on technical trade-offs, performing root cause analysis, and validating solutions across Java, JavaScript, SQL, and AWS-based environments.

Senior Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
Confident in leading client and stakeholder engagements, including senior management, translating complex technical concepts into clear business language. Able to manage expectations, facilitate decision-making, and drive alignment across business, technology, and delivery teams.

The following competencies are needed,

1. Experience with Kafka, event-driven, or message-based architectures

2. Experience leading legacy system modernisation or migration initiatives, including ownership of complex change requests

3. Strong track record in facilitating and leading client-facing workshops, walkthroughs, and solutioning sessions

4. Advanced analytical skills to decompose complex problem spaces into structured, actionable components

5. Ability to formulate solution options and recommendations backed by impact, risk, and feasibility analysis

6. Continuous improvement mindset - able to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and optimisation opportunities

7. Strong collaboration skills to lead cross-functional teams and mentor junior analysts

8.Ability to produce clear, structured, and decision-oriented functional and technical documentation

9. Strong working knowledge of SDLC, Agile, and/or hybrid delivery models