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Systems Thinking Business Analyst

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United Kingdom , London

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Job Description:

Our Systems Insight and Solutions team combine deep industry insights with innovative systems approaches, across engineering, architecture and modelling, and methods to help organisations achieve exceptional results that have a lasting impact on businesses, communities, and people worldwide. Our Business Analysts play a key role in delivering practical solutions which help to achieve these results. We are looking for security cleared Business Analysts across a variety of levels who wish to develop their career. You will be a part of a team providing direction, guidance, and support to both clients and PA's wider business.

Job Responsibility:

  • Work with our clients to define and steer business analysis workstreams across programmes and projects
  • Work with clients to ensure processes are defined and requirements are captured and managed effectively
  • Help clients build a compelling case for change and manage transformation in a controlled and effective way
  • Provide support to programme and project implementation
  • Work with clients to unlock better decision making that ensures alignment between strategy and delivery
  • Analyse and help clients maximise the complex and connected systems within which they operate
  • Develop personal knowledge and skills by attending and delivering training

Requirements:

  • A minimum of two years' experience of working as a Business Analyst or using business analysis skills as a Systems Engineer or Systems Thinker
  • Experience in sectors: Defence and Security, Transport, Energy and Utilities, Public Services
  • Demonstrable experience employing the approaches, tools, and responsibilities of a business analyst in complex system and programme environments
  • Translate stakeholder needs into clear functional and non-functional requirements and ensure traceability between business objectives, system requirements, and design decisions
  • Facilitating workshops and interviews with key stakeholders to elicit requirements and key information
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills, particularly as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with top-level stakeholders
  • Strong problem solving and critical thinking skill with the ability to navigate highly ambiguous environments
  • Excellent communication skills including ability to translate complex system and business concepts to wider audiences
  • Competence in industry recognised tools used for data handling, analysis and requirements management
  • A desire to support PA's internal capabilities and develop PA's Business Analysis expertise

Nice to have:

  • Performing gap analyses, and devising strategies to tackle complex challenges
  • Designing future-state processes aligned with systems thinking principles
  • Mediating between low-level technical detail and higher-level objectives
  • Understanding test approaches and experience in supporting testing activities, including development and execution
  • Certifications in Business Analysis (e.g., BCS)
  • Defining the business analysis approach for large scale programmes and complex procurements
  • Experience of coaching and developing teams to adopt business analysis approaches and frameworks
  • Analysing operational and performance data to identify patterns and inform system design
  • Informing decision-making with evidence-based insights, recommendations and scenario modelling
  • Conducting options analysis, including impact analysis for system and risk considerations
  • Completing a current state analysis of business functions to inform strategy execution
  • Establishing metrics to measure system performance and business outcomes
What we offer:
  • Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
  • 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
  • Generous company pension scheme
  • Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
  • Annual performance-based bonus
  • PA share ownership
  • Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 02, 2026

Expiration:
February 15, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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