Senior Business Analyst

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between our clients’ business needs and our technical solutions. You will be responsible for gathering and analysing requirements, designing processes, creating functional designs, and planning and executing testing. Your expertise in Agile methodologies and Microsoft Azure DevOps will be essential in delivering high-quality projects on time and within budget. This is a customer-facing role and you will work directly with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to produce requirement, functional and process models that translate business needs into clear, actionable designs for delivery teams.What will you be doing:The responsibilities outlined in this job description are intended to provide an overview of the role and are not an exhaustive list of duties. The Company reserves the right to amend, add to, or remove responsibilities as required to meet evolving business needs and operational requirements.▪ Requirement Gathering: Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, document, and prioritise business requirements.▪ Process Design: Develop and optimise business processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.▪ Functional Design: Create detailed functional specifications and design documents to guide development teams.▪ Testing Planning and Execution: Develop test plans, test cases, and execute testing to ensure solutions meet business requirements.▪ Agile Project Delivery: Work within Agile frameworks to deliver projects iteratively and incrementally.▪ Write and refine user stories and acceptance criteria to a standard ready for development.▪ Manage and track requirements, stories and test artefacts in Azure DevOps throughout the delivery lifecycle▪ Azure DevOps: Utilise Microsoft Azure DevOps for project management, version control, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD).What skills will you have:Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, process modelling and documentation skillsExceptional communication, facilitation, analytical and interpersonal skills.Proficiency in requirement gathering, process design, functional design, and testing.Proven experience producing requirement, functional and process models as core deliverables.Hands-on experience with solutions built on the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse) — sufficient to translate business requirements into platform-appropriate functional designs.Strong testing background: experience planning and executing functional and user acceptance testing.Experience working across full SDLC and agile delivery methodologies (Agile, Scrum, or hybrid).Proficient in tools such as Visio, Confluence, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similarHands-on experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps. Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, IT, or a related field.A Master’s degree or relevant certifications (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA) is a plus.Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst in an IT consultancy or similar environment. ▪ Ability to lead stakeholder engagement and manage competing priorities.▪ Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively in cross-functional teams.▪ Relevant business analysis certification (e.g. BCS/ISEB Business Analysis Diploma, IIBA CBAP/CCBA, AgileBA).▪ Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, Dataverse security models, or wider Microsoft data platform tooling a plus.▪ Experience mentoring or supporting the development of Junior Business Analysts.Our Company, Auxilion – About UsWork matters. It’s where we spend a third of our lives. At Auxilion we strive to be a great place to work, with career opportunities and development of people in our DNA. Our competitive advantage is how we support our clients on their journey.Our people have a passion for their work, our culture and values. Whether your focus is technical, sales, finance or anything in-between, our roles aim to provide each person with meaningful impact and plenty of space to grow.