Junior Business Analyst

Key Responsibilities• Identify and inventory data sources across Operations, Finance, Procurement, and HR — what data exists, where it resides (systems, databases, files, third parties), who owns it, its format, and its quality/completeness at a descriptive level.• Conduct structured interviews and workshops with department stakeholders to gather and document business requirements for the AI platform's expansion.• Document findings using client’s standard formats (data catalogues, requirement templates) so outputs feed directly into the IT team's API design and build.• Support the IT team during API development by clarifying data sources, validating field-level details, chasing access and answers from the business, and supporting testing/validation of data flowing into the platform.• Maintain a structured log of open questions, decisions, and dependencies for each department.What This Role Is NotThe following are explicitly out of scope for this role:• Solution development• Model or prompt engineering • System configuration• AI strategy or maturity assessment • Vendor analysis• Board advisory outputsCandidate ProfileEssential• 2-3 years experience as a Business Analyst, ideally spanning multiple business functions (e.g. Operations, Finance, Procurement, HR).• Strong data discovery skills — comfortable identifying, mapping, and describing data sources, owners, and formats without needing to build or access the underlying systems.• Confident running structured interviews and workshops with stakeholders across departments and seniority levels.• Strong documentation discipline — able to produce clear, consistent outputs (data catalogues, requirements documents, RAID/decision logs) to a defined template.• Comfortable working alongside a technical/IT team, translating business input into a form that supports API design, without needing to design or build the APIs themselves.• Strong stakeholder management and follow-up skills — able to chase access, answers, and sign-off from busy business stakeholders.• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Desirable• Prior experience on a data or AI/analytics platform programme (as a business-side analyst, not a technical builder).• Familiarity with data cataloguing concepts (data owners, lineage, quality, completeness) at a descriptive/non-technical level.• Experience working in or with Operations, Finance, Procurement, or HR functions specifically.Engagement Details• Duration: 3 months, with potential for extension depending on programme progress. • Reports to: Client's Head of IT and programme lead.• Deliverables: department-level data catalogues, documented business requirements, and a maintained log of open questions, decisions, and dependencies per department.