Job Description

IT Business Analyst

Newport (Hybrid)

Initial 6 Month Contract

OUTSIDE IR35

£450 Per Day

Yolk recruitment are currenlty hiring for an IT Business Analyst on an intial 6 month contract with likely extension.

This isn't a delivery heavy BA role. It's very much about the front end shaping ideas, defining scope, and helping senior stakeholders make confident, well informed investment decisions.

The Role

You'll sit right at the start of the project lifecycle, taking early ideas and turning them into clear, structured, investment ready proposals that can actually move forward.

Day to day, you'll be:

• Defining project scope, objectives, and high-level requirements
• Running workshops and working closely with stakeholders to capture and challenge requirements
• Partnering with technical architects to shape viable solution options
• Supporting or leading supplier selection and tender processes where needed
• Pulling together clear investment papers covering cost, risk, timelines, and benefits
• Juggling multiple workstreams and helping drive decisions at senior level

Projects will vary across areas like regulatory change, finance, customer operations, and core IT/infrastructure transformation.

What they're looking for

This role suits an experienced Senior Business Analyst who's comfortable operating in a structured, governance-led environment and isn't afraid to get stuck into the detail early on.

You'll bring:

• Strong Senior BA experience across multiple complex projects
• Confidence running workshops and pulling together clear, usable requirements
• Experience in regulated or complex environments
• Comfort working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
• Strong organisation skills with the ability to manage competing priorities independently

Desirable experience

It would be great if you also bring some of the following:

• Early-stage project definition or discovery work
• Procurement, tendering, or supplier engagement
• Business case or investment paper writing
• Infrastructure or IT transformation (rather than purely software delivery)
• Experience in utilities or other heavily regulated industries
• BCS Diploma or equivalent