Job Description
Job Title: Business Systems Analyst
Location: Glasgow, Scotland (minimum of 3 office days per week)
Contract Length: 6 Months
IR35: Outside
Interview Process: 1 Stage, MS Teams
We are supporting a large technology transformation programme in hiring a Business Systems Analyst to support complex systems, data and integration-focused change.
This role sits within a fast-paced delivery environment, working closely with business stakeholders, Product Owners, Developers, Testers and technical teams. The successful candidate will analyse business and technical requirements, support high-level design activity, document data flows and integrations, and help shape workable solutions across complex systems and data landscapes.
This role suits a hands-on Business Systems Analyst with strong experience across data analysis, system integrations, APIs, source-to-target mapping, Agile delivery and stakeholder engagement within technical delivery environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse business requirements, technical requirements, process flows, data sources and system dependencies
- Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to identify interdependencies, impacts and delivery risks
- Support high-level design activity by documenting data flows, transformations, sequence diagrams and source-to-target mappings
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, Testers and technical teams to shape workable delivery solutions
- Support Agile delivery using Scrum, contributing to backlog readiness, requirement clarification and sprint delivery activity
- Manage late requirements, scope changes and changing delivery priorities in a structured and controlled way
- Identify and document non-functional requirements, including security, release strategy and operational considerations
- Produce clear analysis artefacts using tools such as Microsoft Visio, Draw.io, Jira, Confluence and Microsoft Office
- Analyse and document integration requirements across APIs, web services, databases and cloud-based environments
- Work with diverse data sources including Oracle, SQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Excel, JSON and CSV
- Support stakeholder communications, task tracking and closure of actions across business and technical teams
- Provide onsite client-facing support, maintaining close engagement with stakeholders and delivery teams
Essential Skills
- Strong experience as a Business Systems Analyst within technical delivery environments
- Significant Business Systems Analysis experience, including experience within technical or systems-focused programmes
- Strong hands-on data analysis experience across diverse data sources such as Oracle, SQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Excel, JSON and CSV
- Experience designing data flows, documenting data transformations and producing source-to-target mappings
- Experience supporting high-level design activity, including sequence diagrams and technical analysis documentation
- Strong understanding of APIs, system integrations, data mapping and web services
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments using Scrum
- Proven experience collaborating with Product Owners, Developers, Testers and cross-functional technical teams
- Ability to work closely with developers to evolve practical, workable solutions
- Strong stakeholder management skills across business and technical audiences
- Ability to manage late requirements, changing priorities and scope changes in fast-paced environments
- Ability to identify and document non-functional requirements, including security and release considerations
- Experience using business analysis tools such as Microsoft Visio, Draw.io, Jira, Confluence and Microsoft Office
- Strong persistence and follow-through, including chasing stakeholders, tracking actions and closing tasks
- Excellent analytical, communication and documentation skills
- Significant onsite client-facing experience
Desirable Skills
- Experience with SQL, PL/SQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, JSON, CSV and MuleSoft
- Experience working on data-intensive, web services or cloud migration projects
- Experience within the financial sector, public sector and/or similarly complex regulated domains
- Understanding of multi-product and multi-domicile system configurations
- Experience working with interdependent government systems or complex public-sector data integrations
- Familiarity with business systems connected to external organisations
- Ability to quickly adapt to new business analysis tools, standards and delivery environments