Job Description

Senior Business Analyst

Department: Associate (freelance/contract roles)

Employment Type: Contract

Location: London, UK

About us
We're Transform.

Transform is a fresh alternative to Big Consulting. As an end-to-end transformation partner, we define, design, build and operate systems that solve our clients’ toughest challenges and seize their biggest opportunities. That often means combining strategy, data, AI, technology, and change management. Sometimes we manage and operate the systems we create; other times, we hand it over for the client to run – standing by to make improvements when things change. It all comes down to making an impact: improving lives, supporting citizens, streamlining workflows, and making the world a better place. We specialise in public sector and public-facing organisations—from government agencies and local authorities to energy, utilities, transportation and healthcare. We also work for some of the world’s most dynamic brands across automotive, retail, financial services, and consumer goods. We work closely (often on site) with our clients; to deliver impact you are keen to help us build the workforce of the future, we should talk.

We’re all in! That's what gets us out of bed every day. We hope you feel the same.

Senior Business Analyst
We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to work on one of our interesting government projects. The contract is to start ASAP till end of October 2026 (possible extension afterwards). The role is majority remote working with occasional travel to client site in London (max 2 times per month). Must be based in the UK, no overseas work allowed.

Project Summary:
The Business Analyst will support the programme, focusing on the cloud replatforming and migration of technology and data services from one department to the new department.
The role ensures that business requirements, data needs, and operational processes are clearly defined, validated, and delivered to support a smooth transition to new cloud-hosted environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the users to understand what they do and how they work, to validate requirements and ensure shared understanding of transition outcomes
• Facilitate workshops and interviews with technical and non-technical teams to capture end-to-end business and data needs
• Capture high-level business needs including background, scope, and objectives
• Elicit, document, and validate business, functional, and non-functional requirements for the migration and replatforming of cloud and data services
• Analyse existing client’s hosted platforms to determine business dependencies, data flows, and migration impacts
• Produce business process documentation including current state (as-is) and future state (to-be) process maps for target systems
• Define data requirements including entity relationships, data ownership, stewardship, retention, and archiving requirements
• Perform data mapping including business inputs and rules
• Translate technical cloud concepts into business-friendly language to support informed decision-making
• Collaborate with architects, delivery managers, and technical leads to ensure alignment between business requirements and delivery solutions.
• Maintain requirements traceability matrices
• Develop detailed AS-IS and TO-BE process models to support transition planning
• Conduct gap and impact analysis to identify risks, mitigations, and dependencies across systems and services
• Support documentation of data lineage, business rules, and metadata to enable accurate migration and governance compliance
• Contribute to testing, validation, and assurance activities for replatformed systems and data
• Maintain high-quality documentation, ensuring traceability from business requirements through to delivery outcomes
• Support governance and assurance processes, ensuring compliance with data protection, information governance, and programme controls
• Contribute to progress reporting, risk management, and dependency tracking

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven experience in business analysis within large-scale digital transformation or data migration programmes
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, process modelling (AS IS & TO BE), and requirements documentation
• Documentation standards: Agile user stories, business requirements documents, data dictionaries, and functional/non-functional requirements
• Familiarity with Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies
• Experience using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Miro, PowerPoint, and MS Visio

Desirable:

• Previous experience working in public sector/government/healthcare digital programmes
• Experience in data governance, information assurance, and regulatory compliance within the UK public sector

Our Culture

Our culture is built on:

• We raise the bar
• We look out for each other
• We embrace our differences
• We shape a changing world
• We’re all in

At Transform, you can expect meaningful work, with real impact and the space to grow as people as well as a professional.

You’ll work alongside curious, authentic experts who care deeply about doing the right thing, for our clients and for each other with no egos, no blame, and no standing on the sidelines.

We’re all in on creating an environment where people feel supported, included and trusted to do their best work. In return, we ask for curiosity, honesty and a willingness to lean into learning, quality, teamwork, and to making change that truly lasts.

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we actively seek applications from all ethnicities, orientations, beliefs, gender identities + those with neurodiverse traits and disabilities. We want you to have the best opportunity to show us who you are and what you can do. Please do let us know if you need any adjustments now or at any point in the recruitment process.

If this sounds like you, please get in touch to discuss in more detail.

Use of AI in CV and Interviews
We value authenticity and transparency in our hiring process. To ensure fairness and accuracy in assessing your skills and experience, we ask that you refrain from using AI-assisted tools to generate answers during the application process or within interviews.

We are looking for genuine insights into your abilities, experiences, and personality. Any misrepresentation through AI-generated content may impact our ability to make an informed decision. We look forward to getting to know the real you!

IR35
All Transform UK contract roles are offered "via umbrella". Contractors are employed by one of our list of approved umbrella companies who will manage PAYE, National Insurance, and other employment obligations on your behalf. This model provides a consistent and compliant engagement framework for all parties.