Business Analyst
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Business analysis
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Evidence-based analytical mindset with an obsessive eye for data accuracy and problem-solving.
- High level of self-motivation, organisation, and the ability to manage priorities across multiple active data initiatives.
- Passion for continuous learning, innovation, and driving positive data-led organizational change.
- Professional qualification in Business Analysis (such as BCS certification) or equivalent practical experience.
- Exposure to modern data tooling such as Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services, or SQL is advantageous.
Full description
WHAT IS ON OFFER
Due to exciting global growth and significant investment across our business, Alfred H Knight is hiring an experienced data-focused IT Business Analyst to join our Technology Delivery team at our global head office in Prescot (Pegasus House). . This position is based on-site at our head office in Prescot (3 days per week) with the option to work from home for up to 2 days per week.
We are currently embarking on an ambitious digital transformation journey, putting data right at the heart of how we operate globally. In this role, you won't just be documenting processes—you’ll act as a key strategic bridge between our global business operations, BI teams, and IT transformation leaders. Working closely with data engineers, BI developers, solution architects, and business SMEs across 50+ countries, you will own the end-to-end requirement journey for our enterprise data platforms, BI reporting systems, and data warehousing initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Requirements Elicitation & Workshops: Facilitate engaging workshops and interviews with senior stakeholders to identify business opportunities, define project scope, and capture functional, non-functional, and technical requirements.
- Agile User Stories & Backlog Refinement: Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and use cases, keeping product backlogs refined and ready for sprint execution.
- Process & Data Modelling: Analyse as-is versus to-be processes using BPMN and UML, conducting thorough gap analyses and data modelling to recommend high-value business improvements.
- Solution Evaluation & UAT: Partner with architects and development teams to evaluate software solutions, write comprehensive UAT test scripts, and lead user acceptance testing with global business teams.
- Global Pre-Initiation Support: Assist business leads in building robust business cases and feasibility studies for new technology initiatives.
ABOUT US
Alfred H Knight is a totally independent, family owned business spanning five generations. A global network of strategically placed offices and laboratories enable global trade by providing independent inspection, analysis and consultancy services to the metals and minerals, solid fuels and agriculture industries.
We have honed and carefully crafted our reputation. Delivering knowledge and professionalism in all aspects of weighing, sampling and analysis. We thrive by continuing to re-invest in our facilities, technology and people. Click here to find out more about AHK.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
To be successful at Alfred H Knight you will need to display the following: