Job Introduction
Job Title Senior Business Analyst
Department Group Finance
Location Manchester St James
Additional details Hybrid
Contract type Full time and permanent
Hours of work 37.5
Reporting lines Chief Financial Officer
Job Purpose
The Senior Business Analyst provides key insights and recommendations to support Executive decisions and enhance business performance. They analyse data to create reports for the CFO, investigate business issues, and identify improvement opportunities. They assist in forecasting outcomes, building business cases, and evaluating new commercial opportunities. Additionally, they research market data, measure the impact of initiatives, and collaborate with finance and data teams to ensure accurate forecasting and effective data visualisation.
Key Responsibilities
The post holder’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Data collation and analysis on information to build reports and recommendations for the CFO
- Investigate business problems and identify possible opportunities to mitigate and improve current business performance
- Assist in building business models to forecast outcomes in a variety of different scenarios (Financial/Commercial, Quality outcomes, Completions rates, etc)
- Assist in the building of business cases or feasibility studies, analysing the cost/benefits/risks of options being proposed
- Research new commercial opportunities, sourcing market data and collating into a relevant business briefing for consideration at Executive level