Overview
This role as an IT Business Analyst in Mergers and Acquisitions is integral to supporting a dynamic organization's acquisition strategy. The successful contractor will collaborate closely with both the Programme Manager and Project Manager to facilitate effective integration of acquired companies, focusing on requirements gathering, business process analysis, and documentation of system dependencies within a hybrid working environment.
Responsibilities
- Gather, analyse and document business requirements across acquired businesses and internal teams.
- Facilitate workshops, interviews and discovery sessions with business and technical stakeholders.
- Produce current and future-state process maps, workflows and gap analysis documentation.
- Support data discovery, mapping and migration activities across systems and business processes.
- Analyse business impacts, dependencies, risks and operational readiness requirements.
- Work closely with Project Managers and technical teams to support integration planning and delivery.
- Produce high-quality documentation including requirements, process maps, data mapping, business impact assessments and readiness documentation.
- Support governance activities through analysis updates, decision logs and stakeholder reporting.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst within complex business or IT change programmes.
- Experience supporting M&A, integration, transformation or business change initiatives.
- Strong requirements gathering, stakeholder management and process mapping skills.
- Experience documenting systems, workflows, operational processes and data dependencies.
- Ability to translate complex business and technical information into clear, actionable outputs.
- Experience working alongside Project Managers, Programme Managers and technical delivery teams.
- Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Visio, SharePoint, Teams, DevOps, ServiceNow, Power BI or similar BA tools.