Business Analyst (12 Month FTC)

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job title: Business Analyst (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Location: Peterborough (Hybrid)

Do you have a track record of working on complex business change projects across multiple industries? Can you translate intricate business needs into clear, actionable solutions that facilitate transformation?

Are you skilled at engaging with senior stakeholders, navigating competing priorities, and ensuring business requirements are met with precision?

We’re looking for a skilled Business Analyst to join us at an exciting time of growth and development. Our Global Delivery function is evolving, and as part of this, we’ve launched ‘PMaaS’ (Project Management as a Service)—an internal consultancy providing project and programme support to major business and technology initiatives across the ABF Group.

In this role, you’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, ensuring that complex requirements are understood, documented, and translated into strategic solutions. You’ll be embedded into key projects, working to shape business cases, drive decision-making, and support effective delivery.

What You'll Be Doing

• Partner with senior stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document complex business requirements.
• Develop robust business cases for major business change initiatives, including financial modelling and benefit analysis.
• Conduct workshops, interviews, and stakeholder meetings to capture requirements, manage expectations, and ensure alignment.
• Support the development of project concepts, defining scope, risks, dependencies, and success criteria.
• Collaborate with project managers, solution architects, and technical teams to ensure solutions are feasible, scalable, and aligned with business goals.
• Guide requirements through the full project lifecycle, ensuring effective change management and smooth adoption of new processes or systems.
• Provide guidance on business process improvements, identifying opportunities for efficiency and operational enhancements.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the PMaaS service, sharing best practices and mentoring other Business Analysts.
  
  

What You'll Bring

• Extensive background as a Business Analyst, participating in complex organisational change efforts across different industries.
• Advanced stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and communicate effectively with senior leaders across finance, HR, IT, and other business units.
• Ability to gather, analyse, and document business needs, transforming them into clear and executable strategies.
• Experience in developing business cases for large-scale projects, including financial modelling, benefit analysis, and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, with the flexibility to adjust to different project environments.
• Advanced problem-solving and efficient work techniques, with a professional approach and a focus on business value.
• Facilitation and communication skills, capable of conducting workshops, stakeholder meetings, and presentations.
• Experience in business process analysis and design, with a solid understanding of modelling techniques and tools.
• Ability to work in a federated, geographically dispersed environment, embedding into client teams and building reliable networks.
• Continuous improvement and knowledge sharing, contributing to the growth and development of the PMaaS service.
  
  

Location

Hybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park. The office has recently been renovated and along with a modern work environment has great public transport links, free onsite parking, free drink facilities, free lunch option each day and a great team culture.

Skills & Experience

Not Specified

About The Company

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services are continually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded…

Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision.

We want you to be a part of our future and to support you, so below are a handful of some of our benefits that are offered to our employees.

• AB Foods BTS match up to 10% pension (contributory)
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per calendar year
• Discounts on ABF products such as Twinings, Silverspoon, Pataks and Ryvita
• 24/7 free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support you as and when necessary
  
  

We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you.

All recruitment activities into our ABF BTS team are supported by our AB Agri business.

Making your application

Ready to apply? Great! Simply register your details and upload your CV via our careers website – it usually takes just a few minutes. Please do not delay making your application. In the event of a high candidate response to this vacancy we may close the application period before the date shown and without notice.

So that we can support you to perform at your best, please let us know of any adjustments that may be required throughout the recruitment process by emailing [email protected]

As part of your application, we ask you to answer some equal opportunities questions that help us to monitor how inclusive our recruitment process is and identify areas we can improve in. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions with no impact on your application.

ABF BTS recruitment is supported by our AB Agri group and we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We have a PSL and do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

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