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Senior Business Analyst FTC

Job in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Area, EH1, Scotland, UK
Listing for: Sopra Steria
Full Time, Contract position
Listed on 2026-11-02
Job specializations:
  • Business
    Business Systems & Technology Analysis, Business Analyst, Change Management
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 52000 GBP Yearly GBP 52000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Join us as a Senior Business Analyst on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract, where you’ll work on high‑complexity, business‑critical projects that shape how our clients operate. You’ll be part of a collaborative, expert Business Analysis community known for its supportive culture, shared knowledge, and commitment to best practice.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, the ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

You’ll generally work remotely but may need to travel occasionally for client meetings or project needs.

This role requires you to hold SC clearance before you can start.

What you’ll be doing :
  • Leading user requirements elicitation, translating insights into epics, features, user stories and clear roadmaps.
  • Facilitating workshops and discovery activities to shape problem statements, validate assumptions and define future‑state processes.
  • Producing high‑quality BA artefacts Including process maps (using Business Process Model Notation or Unified Modeling Language), service design outputs, as‑is/to‑be analysis and acceptance criteria.
  • Managing and refining backlogs, ensuring requirements are prioritised, understood and ready for delivery.
  • Building strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring clear communication and effective engagement throughout each project.
  • Applying Agile or Waterfall approaches as appropriate, ensuring assignments are delivered to agreed time, quality and financial measures.
What you’ll bring:
  • Current SC clearance, or eligibility to obtain it.
  • Significant experience working as a Senior Business Analyst in large or complex environments.
  • Strong experience in requirements engineering, including elicitation, user stories (using INVEST principles), and definition of acceptance criteria.
  • Practical experience using Jira, Confluence or Azure Dev Ops for requirements management.
  • Solid ability to produce process models, data analysis, options evaluations and structured documentation.
  • A good understanding of IT systems and software development practices to bridge technical and business needs.
It would be great if you had:
  • Experience working within government or public‑sector environments.
  • Familiarity with broader BA toolsets, such as wire framing or prototyping tools, to support early-stage solution definition.
  • Experience using collaborative platforms (for example, Miro or virtual workshop tools) during elicitation and engagement activities.

Employment Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Location: UK Wide

Security Clearance Level: SC

Internal Recruiter: Annecia

Salary: up to £52,000 dependent on experience.

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full‑time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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With a long history of delivering transformation, we've developed a market‑leading partnership ecosystem to provide business services of the future and shape valuable, positive outcomes for communities. We empower our clients by providing innovative solutions and commercial models that help them meet their business needs, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver impactful value creation. We remain committed to values of excellence, empathy and respect to produce transformative outcomes in business processing –…

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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