Business Analyst - eDV

At IBM Consulting UK Future Now, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We offer:

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering:Elicit, validate, and document business, functional, and technical specifications.
• Process Modelling:Map existing and future business workflows, systems, and data structures.
• Data Analysis:Analyze commercial data, metrics, and trends using tools like SQL, Excel, and data visualization software.
• Stakeholder Communication:Act as a bridge between technical teams, management, and external partners to explain technical concepts in plain language.
• Solution Validation:Plan and oversee testing, quality assurance, and user acceptance of new processes or systems.
• Change Management:Assess the risks, costs, and benefits of proposed changes and support teams during transition

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Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Core Technical Skills

• Data Analysis:Ability to work with tools like Excel, SQL, and Power BI to review data.
• Process Mapping:Knowledge of frameworks like BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation) and UML.
• Requirements Writing:Skill in turning business needs into clear technical documents or user stories.

Soft Skills

• Communication:Ability to explain complex technical data to non-technical managers and executives.
• Stakeholder Management:Skill in building relationships and resolving conflicting priorities.
• Critical Thinking:Talent for finding root problems and proposing smart business solutions.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred technical and professional experience

Ideally hold enhanced DV clearance.

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