Senior Business Analyst - SFIA 4/5 at Layer7, Newcastle/Remote, 6 Months, £460 per day

Location: Newcastle (Hybrid)
Work Pattern: Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite
Rate: £460 per day
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Clearance: BPSS

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join a digital transformation programme spanning products, platforms, operating models and data. This is a consulting-calibre BA role: framing ambiguous problem spaces, synthesising research, stakeholder input and data into clear options and a practical route to value, then partnering closely with Product, Delivery, Engineering and Design to shape the "why/what" and enable the "how". You will operate in a hybrid, Agile delivery environment, bringing structured, hypothesis-driven thinking to messy problems, and will play a part in growing BA capability within the team as it scales. Success looks like decision-ready recommendations, confident stakeholder alignment, and outcomes that hold from discovery through delivery and into business-as-usual.

Key Responsibilities

• Frame ambiguous problem situations quickly, defining hypotheses and identifying the few levers that matter most
• Build robust options analyses tied to strategy, using clear criteria, stated assumptions and comparative risk/cost/benefit analysis
• Facilitate crisp workshops and use compelling narrative to secure stakeholder decisions, pitching proposals rather than simply presenting information
• Partner closely with Product, Delivery, Engineering and Design to shape solution direction and de-risk delivery end-to-end
• Maintain continuity from discovery through delivery, refining scope and keeping documentation lean and outcome-focused
• Help define expected benefits and success measures, and support handover into business-as-usual so outcomes can be demonstrated
• Contribute to growing BA capability and practice as the function scales

Essential Skills

• Strong, consulting-calibre Business Analyst experience, comfortable working in ambiguous, complex problem spaces rather than a "ticket writer" role
• Experience working to the GOV.UK Service Standard or within the public sector
• Proven ability to translate analysis and research into clear, decision-ready recommendations and prioritised options
• Strong stakeholder management skills, building credibility quickly and tailoring engagement to context and seniority
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments, with the flexibility to adapt approach to context
• Track record leading analysis and direction-setting on complex digital transformation programmes end-to-end
• Outcomes-focused, commercially aware mindset, comfortable working transparently and sharing thinking early
• Willing to undergo BPSS clearance

Nice To Have

• Experience mentoring or developing BA capability within a growing team or function
• Exposure to Central Government digital transformation programmes
• Relevant BA certifications (eg BCS, IIBA)