Senior Business Analyst

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving real transformation change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.

This role will play a key part in the integration of acquired assets, ensuring a smooth transition of services, processes, systems, and operational capabilities. The successful candidate will work across business and technology teams, engaging with multiple stakeholders to drive requirements gathering, impact assessments, process mapping, and transition planning.

Key experience required:

• Proven background as a Senior Business Analyst within the Oil & Gas or Energy sector
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestments, or large-scale business transformation programmes
• Strong service transition and operational readiness experience
• Ability to work across both business and technical workstreams
• Expertise in business process mapping, requirements elicitation, gap analysis, and stakeholder management
• Experience coordinating with third-party suppliers and managed service providers
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage senior business stakeholders

The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a complex environment where multiple workstreams are running in parallel and will be able to quickly understand business priorities and dependencies to support a successful transitio

Requirements

• Proven experience operating as a Senior Business Analyst on large-scale transformation programmes
• Previous experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestments, or business integration initiatives
• Strong service transition and operational readiness experience
• Experience working within Oil & Gas, Energy, or other asset-intensive industries
• Strong business process mapping and process improvement skills
• Experience conducting requirements elicitation, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder analysis
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder groups across business and technical functions
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Experience working within both Agile and traditional project delivery environments

Desirable :

• Experience transitioning services into managed service providers or outsourced support models
• Knowledge of ITIL Service Management principles
• Experience working across infrastructure, applications, cloud, cybersecurity, and operational technology environments
• Familiarity with acquisition integration programmes and Day 1/Day 2 readiness activities
• Relevant Business Analysis qualifications such as BCS or IIBA certifications

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more…..