Business Analyst - Divestment

Description:

Business Analyst - Divestment

Location: UK-based | Fully Remote
Contract: 3 months
Rate: Up to £600 per day |Outside IR35
Start Date: ASAP

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join a high-impact business divestment programme with a global organisation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a BA with experience in divestment, carve-outs, business separation or M&A to play a key role in understanding how a business currently operates and what is required for it to successfully operate as a standalone organisation.

You'll work across the business to identify dependencies, ask the right questions and help define what needs to be separated, established or retained across the organisation.

This is a holistic business analysis role, so we're looking for someone who can look beyond individual systems or processes and understand the wider picture.

What You'll Be Doing

Analyse the current state of the business being divested and understand how it operates within the wider organisation.
Identify dependencies between the business being divested and the parent organisation.
Assess what the business needs to operate independently following separation.
Engage with stakeholders across Finance, HR, Sales, Operations, Legal, IT, Data and other business functions.
Identify business, operational, process, people, data, application and technology dependencies.
Ask the right questions to uncover hidden dependencies and separation requirements.
Support the definition of the future-state/standalone business environment.
Document current-state and future-state processes, requirements, dependencies and gaps.
Work collaboratively with business and technical stakeholders across the UK, Europe and the US.
Support the wider divestment programme with clear analysis, documentation and actionable recommendations.
Help ensure that critical business capabilities are understood and addressed as part of the separation.What We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst who can demonstrate:

Strong experience working as a Business Analyst within complex transformation programmes.
Previous experience in divestment, business separation or carve-out programmes is highly desirable.
Strong M&A experience, particularly where this has involved separation or establishing standalone business capabilities.
Experience understanding a business holistically, rather than focusing solely on a specific system or function.
The ability to work across multiple business functions, including Finance, HR, Sales, Operations, Legal, IT and Data.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
The ability to independently investigate a business, challenge assumptions and ask the right questions.
Experience working within global organisations, with exposure to both European and US environments.
Excellent written and spoken English.
The ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment and engage confidently with stakeholders at different levels.Desirable Experience

The following would be advantageous, but are not essential:

Experience with Oracle ERP.
Experience with Microsoft Business Central.
Experience with Salesforce CRM.
Experience working with Transition Service Agreements (TSAs).
Experience defining or supporting standalone operating models.
Experience identifying and managing complex business/system dependencies during a carve-out