Business Analyst - Azure Migration & HR/Finance Sy

Senior Business Analyst – Azure Migration & HR/Finance Systems (Contractor) Location: Manchester city centre, hybrid (onsite days as required by programme) Contract: Initial 3-month contract Rate: Up to £400/day Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP Overview Are you looking to make a genuine, visible impact on a defined, high-priority separation programme rather than settle into a long slow ramp-up? This role offers exactly that. We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join a major UK consumer brand's Digital Engineering function. This is a genuine delivery role spanning two active workstreams — a cloud tenant migration and a pair of system replacement RFPs — for someone who can get up to speed fast, run workshops that land decisions, and produce requirements documentation good enough to go straight out to vendors. Key Responsibilities • Support the PM and architect in defining the approach to user migration between Azure tenants, including mailbox, storage, SharePoint and OneDrive requirements, ownership and configuration. • Assist in understanding current cloud application integration configuration to enable smooth redeployment into a new Azure tenant. • Capture business requirements, run technical analysis of current applications and review current business processes to support RFPs for replacement Finance and HR systems. • Engage business and technical owners across the organisation and third parties to produce clear, well-documented requirements. • Interpret wider strategy and business context, translating it into practical requirements and process documentation. • Lead close interaction between business/technical owners and technical delivery teams, including third parties. • Work across multiple concurrent workstreams, prioritising effectively. Requirements • Significant Business/IT analysis experience delivered on complex technology migrations. • Demonstrable experience documenting and managing business, functional and non-functional requirements. • Experience facilitating workshops and driving consensus across multiple teams. • Experience leading analysis across multiple teams, including third parties, to deliver technology solutions. • Experience working across multiple streams of work with strong prioritisation skills. • Base understanding of Azure AD/Entra ID concepts and tenant-to-tenant migrations. • Experience supporting Microsoft 365 migration projects, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive and user identity migration. • Experience analysing application integrations, data flows and dependencies in complex enterprise environments. • Ability to produce high-quality requirements documentation and process maps. • Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery methodologies. • Familiarity with RAID management, dependency management and programme governance. Desirable • Understanding of Telco and ICT products and processes. • Exposure to Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and enterprise SaaS platforms. • Experience with HR systems, particularly Workday. • Experience with Finance systems, particularly Dynamics 365. Why Join? • Genuine, hands-on delivery ownership across two live workstreams — not a ticket-taking role. • A tangible, visible contribution to a major separation programme within a defined engagement. • Work directly with PM, architect and senior business/technical stakeholders on a high-priority initiative. • Broad exposure spanning cloud migration and enterprise system replacement. Apply If you're an experienced Business Analyst who can hit the ground running on a complex, multi-stream programme, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today for a confidential discussion