Initial 6 month contract - £500/day (outside IR35) - London

Our public sector client is seeking an experienced ERP Business Analyst to support their upcoming discovery phase and ongoing transformation projects within Finance and Procurement.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping and improving critical ERP systems as part of a high-profile digital change programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with the specification and design of Finance ERP and Procurement ERP systems, covering user needs, business objectives, scope, constraints, evaluation, and prioritisation of user stories, and identification and mitigation of technical risks.

• Research best practices for Finance and Procurement systems and assess their validity

• Plan, arrange, and facilitate meetings, workshops, and relations with stakeholders, including end-users and frontline staff, during investigations and subsequent development work.

• Contribute to the specification of user/system interfaces and prototypes, seeking to optimise accessibility and usability, consistent with functional needs.

• Implement new processes from design to delivery that improve user/resident experience in Finance and Procurement functions.

• Contribute to service/business plans and planning/development activities.

• Assist with the detailed specification and modelling of recommended solutions using resources, standards, methods, and tools as required.

• Maintain up-to-date records of systems, services, contracts, and information assets as part of the ICT service's configuration management database (CMDB).

• Apply and maintain specific procedures and security controls to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability of business information systems and infrastructure components.

• Assist colleagues and other stakeholders to define user acceptance tests for new or improved business processes and IT systems.

• Support project managers with service/system reviews, strategy development, and design, and manage risks, issues, and dependencies related to Finance and Procurement systems.

• Develop acceptance criteria and support user acceptance testing by writing test scripts against acceptance criteria.

Experience Required:

• Proven track record as a Business Analyst on Finance or Procurement ERP systems

• Strong understanding of agile delivery methodologies (eg Scrum, Kanban)

• Ability to run workshops and engage diverse stakeholders including senior leaders

• Previous experience in local government or wider public sector highly desirable

• Strong skills in documentation, analysis, process improvement, and requirements gathering

• Tools: Jira, Confluence, Excel, Visio, or similar