Senior Business Analyst in Kidlington, Oxfordshire

Senior Business Analyst | 6-Month Contract | Inside IR35

We're looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a major business transformation and continuous improvement programme within a global engineering and technology-led organisation.

This is not a traditional requirements-gathering BA role. We're looking for someone who can challenge existing ways of working, assess process maturity, and design practical improvements across people, process, data and technology.

You'll work across a variety of business functions, helping to drive efficiency, standardisation and operational excellence through end-to-end process optimisation.

Role Overview

• Senior Business Analyst required for an initial 6-month contract.
• Part of the Technology & Business Change function, supporting a wider continuous improvement programme.
• Focused on improving end-to-end business processes across multiple business areas.
• Work streams may be process-led, people-led or technology-enabled, depending on business need.
• Operating as a standalone senior resource within the Transformation team.
• Opportunity to influence large-scale change within a complex engineering and product development environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and improve end-to-end business processes across multiple functions.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to understand current ways of working and identify improvement opportunities.
• Define current-state and target-state processes and operating models.
• Challenge assumptions and existing practices to ensure recommendations are evidence-led.
• Assess process maturity and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, governance and scalability.
• Translate business challenges into clear process, data and technology requirements.
• Work across functional boundaries to improve workflows, ownership and hand-offs.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support business change activities.
• Operate independently, structuring ambiguous problems and delivering practical recommendations.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience delivering business transformation, operating model or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong background in process analysis, process optimisation and business change.
• Ability to challenge stakeholders constructively and influence senior decision-makers.
• Experience working autonomously with minimal direction.
• Strong workshop facilitation, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within engineering, manufacturing, product development, operations or complex technology environments.
• Comfortable moving between unfamiliar business domains and quickly understanding operational challenges.
• Experience with SAP, Microsoft 365 or similar enterprise platforms.

Contract Details

Contract Length: Initial 6 months
Rate: £650/day - £700/day
IR35: Inside IR35
Location: Kidlington, On-site 2-3 days per week
Start: ASAP

This role would suit a Senior Business Analyst, Business Transformation Consultant, Operating Model Consultant or Continuous Improvement Lead who enjoys solving complex business problems, challenging the status quo and driving meaningful organisational change.