Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst – Transport / Rail Domain (EAM Focus)

Primary Objectives of the Role

The Business Analyst will:

• Elicit and document business requirements through interviews, workshops, document analysis, surveys, site visits, task and workflow analysis.
  

• Analyse new initiatives assigned by the PMO and produce cost-benefit analysis documents, including gathering and validating estimates.
  

• Critically evaluate information from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and translate high-level concepts into detailed functional requirements.
  

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to analyse information needs and deliver key artefacts including:
  

  • Project Request Forms
    

  • Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
    

  • Use Cases
    

• Manage the end-to-end requirements lifecycle including elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and governance.
  

• Drive clarity in ambiguous environments and support business process change initiatives.
  

• Ensure adherence to PMO standards, methodologies, and quality frameworks.
  

Required Skillset & Experience

Essential Requirements

• Strong consultancy background within the Transport / Rail industry.
  

• Experience advising clients on operational improvement, cost reduction, simplification, and automation.
  

• Experience in requirements gathering and process design within Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems such as:
  

  • SAP
    

  • Maximo
    

  • Oracle
    

  • Infor
    

• Senior stakeholder management experience.
  

• Experience leading discovery sessions and Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) workshops.
  

• Proficiency in storyboarding and vision alignment across multiple stakeholder groups.
  

• Experience with SIPOC documentation and BPMN 2.0 process modelling (Visio, ARIS).
  

• Strong knowledge of:
  

  • Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) notation
    

  • Business Process Modelling & Notation (BPMN 2.0)
    

• Experience working in both Waterfall and Agile delivery environments.
  

• Ability to explain complex technical/system constraints to non-technical stakeholders.
  

Requirements

Required Skillset & Experience

Essential Requirements

• Strong consultancy background within the Transport / Rail industry.
  

• Experience advising clients on operational improvement, cost reduction, simplification, and automation.
  

• Experience in requirements gathering and process design within Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems such as:
  

  • SAP
    

  • Maximo
    

  • Oracle
    

  • Infor
    

• Senior stakeholder management experience.
  

• Experience leading discovery sessions and Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) workshops.
  

• Proficiency in storyboarding and vision alignment across multiple stakeholder groups.
  

• Experience with SIPOC documentation and BPMN 2.0 process modelling (Visio, ARIS).
  

• Strong knowledge of:
  

  • Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) notation
    

  • Business Process Modelling & Notation (BPMN 2.0)
    

• Experience working in both Waterfall and Agile delivery environments.
  

• Ability to explain complex technical/system constraints to non-technical stakeholders.
  

Desirable / Advanced Capabilities

• Experience with wireframing and prototype design (Adobe, Figma).
  

• Experience compiling and scoring RFQs/RFPs.
  

• Strong understanding of:
  

  • Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)
    

  • Test-Driven Development (TDD)
    

  • UX/UI principles and early lifecycle adoption
    

• Experience with mind-mapping techniques to facilitate workshops.
  

• Understanding of grant-funded models.
  

• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills across all organisational levels.
  

• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a team environment.