Senior Business Analyst (CPQ)

Senior Business Analyst (CPQ)
► LOCATION
United Kingdom (Remote)
► RATE
£480 to £500 per day, Outside IR35, depending on experience and final budget approval
► CONTRACT
3-month contract, immediate or short-notice start preferred
► HOURS
UK core hours, with some flexibility to work with US stakeholders in the afternoon and with the Vietnam-based development team where needed
► REPORTS TO
Project leadership (client side)
► ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a hands-on, end-to-end BA role. You will need to get to grips quickly with complex pricing, quoting and lead-to-order processes, work closely with senior business and IT stakeholders, and turn those processes into detailed requirements that an offshore development team can deliver.
The role covers both business process analysis and detailed software delivery: from understanding the current operation and its pain points, through requirements and development, to UAT and Go-Live.
► KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Work with senior business and IT stakeholders to understand and document complex CPQ, pricing, quoting and lead-to-order processes.
Map current and future-state processes, from L2 business process level down to L4 task and activity level where required.
Identify operational pain points, inefficiencies, risks and opportunities in existing processes.
Analyse business requirements and help decide what belongs in the current project phase or MVP.
Challenge requirements constructively, helping stakeholders weigh business value, priority, scope and feasibility.
Manage and negotiate scope, finding practical compromises and workable solutions.
Translate high-level requirements and process documentation into detailed functional requirements and specifications.
Write clear, developer-ready user stories and acceptance criteria in Jira or a similar tool.
Brief the offshore BA and development team on requirements and specifications, keeping ambiguity to a minimum.
Work closely with developers and technical stakeholders throughout delivery to clarify requirements and resolve questions.
Support backlog refinement and Agile or Scrum delivery activities where appropriate.
Facilitate SIT and UAT with business stakeholders and SMEs to validate delivered functionality.
Support defect identification, clarification and resolution throughout testing.
Support Go-Live readiness, deployment and post-deployment validation and smoke testing.
Maintain requirements traceability, keeping business and technical requirements aligned across the lifecycle.
Act as the key link between business stakeholders, IT, offshore delivery teams and project leadership.
► WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
10+ years of Business Analysis experience, with the confidence to work at both strategic and detailed levels.
Hands-on experience with CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solutions.
A strong understanding of pricing, quoting and lead-to-order processes.
Experience with complex processes involving multiple use cases, rules, approvals, pricing logic and downstream processes.
Proven experience across the full BA lifecycle, from business case and process analysis through requirements, development, UAT and Go-Live.
Strong process mapping skills, including AS-IS and TO-BE mapping and detailed process documentation.
Excellent stakeholder management, with the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders and negotiate scope.
Strong requirements analysis and documentation skills, turning complex business needs into detailed, actionable specifications.
Experience writing developer-ready user stories and acceptance criteria.
Experience with Jira or similar backlog management tools.
Experience working with offshore or distributed development teams.
Strong UAT and testing experience, including facilitating business validation and managing defects.
Clear communication with stakeholders and development teams across different cultures and time zones.
Experience in Agile, Scrum or Waterfall environments. The ability to deliver matters more than any single methodology.
The ability to work independently and get up to speed quickly in a complex business environment.
► DESIRABLE
Experience with Microsoft Azure or cloud-based transformation.
Experience with legacy application replacement or modernisation programmes.
Experience with Microsoft Access or other legacy or custom-built business applications.
Experience working with distributed teams across the UK and Europe, the US and Asia.
► THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT
UK and Europe: BA, project management and technical and business stakeholders.
US: senior business stakeholders.
Vietnam: offshore development team.
► WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS
- A 3-month contract at £480 to £500 per day, Outside IR35.
- Fully remote working within the UK.
- A high-profile CPQ and pricing transformation programme.
- A key role in defining the future-state business processes and solution.

Work arrangement
Yes