Business Analyst

Join us as a Business Analyst at Bettys and Taylors Group - Our family business is home to three iconic Yorkshire brands
- Yorkshire Tea, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Analyst to join our Functional Architecture Team on a fixed-term contract until the end of October 2027. Based at Plumpton Park in Harrogate, you will help to ensure a clear understanding of business change objectives and problem statements, translating them into clear specifications of functional requirements, both system and non-system related.

This will include ensuring there is traceability of functional requirements throughout the testing, training and process change lifecycle. You will also ensure that data and process impacts are fully understood and documented as part of change activity, whilst supporting the pragmatic scoping of initiatives to maximise business benefits and value delivery.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Partner with business SMEs to clarify key project problem statements/change objectives as part of the initial change assessment phase
• Collaborate with project teams to define project scope based upon options available to partially or fully meet project objectives, providing insight into possible levels of complexity/effort needed to meet requirements.
• Lead documentation of functional requirements for allocated change projects, including complex CRIMs aiming to be delivered in an agile approach.
• Gathers insight to inform effective, realistic, and stretching estimations for timescales and works to achieve these.
• Support education/upskilling of BAU teams in requirements articulation to enable them to define requirements for smaller/simpler changes.
• Builds effective working relationships with business change leads; partnering, challenging and advising to redesign inefficient business processes either ad hoc or as part of a larger project.
• Support maintenance of as-is business understanding, against which all future changes will be impact assessed
• Support Set up and help establish Business Architecture Capability

• Experience of business analysis for IT enabled change projects including process and data analysis.
• Demonstrated experience of requirements gathering including providing traceability through to testing and training activity.
• Self-driven with a can-do attitude.
• Strong evidence of relationship building.
• Confidence and ability to effectively challenge the status quo.
• Experience in large-scale organizational change projects.
• Ability to align vision, objectives, and requirements to solutions.
• Proficiency in agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Strategic experience with external suppliers and partners.
• Ideally would have worked within a complex, multi-business, multi-stakeholder and multi-system environment.

We are Bettys & Taylors Group. Our family business is home to three iconic Yorkshire brands
- Yorkshire Tea, Bettys, and Taylors of Harrogate. Together we share a passion for quality, delighting customers, and doing things properly. We are driven by our purpose and values, and we know our talented people set us apart. That’s where you come in.

We are committed to offering a welcoming, inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and we welcome applications from all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

You’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial and overall wellbeing.

On top of a competitive salary, we offer:

• A discretionary profit-share bonus scheme paid quarterly (11.9% average over the last three years).
• A generous, flexible and inclusive range of family-friendly benefits to support you through every stage of life. These include enhanced maternity,…