Job Description

Vacancy No

VN2484

Location City

Leeds

Location Country

United Kingdom

Job Title:

Lead Business Analyst (15 month FTC)

Reports To:

Senior Technology Manager - Operations

Department:

Technology

Location:

Leeds

Job Grade:

M

Job Purpose

The Technology department is charged with establishing, monitoring and maintaining information technology systems and services to enable business users to carry out their roles efficiently, productively and securely. The department must stay at the forefront of technology change in order to meet multiple business requirements, provide secure IT infrastructure and proactively support C4 strategic growth opportunities.



The Technology Chief Operations Office (COO) team operate across Channel 4's Finance, HR and Workspace functions, developing, implementing, and enhancing business solutions.



This role focuses on providing business analysis capability for applications that support Finance and HR. However, there are a small number of enterprise applications that are also covered by this role. There is a significant finance transformation program that the post holder will be actively engaged in as well as smaller change initiatives.

Key responsibilities

Play a leading role in the initiation, development and delivery of change through collaboration with all stakeholders in the definition of business requirements, ensuring alignment with company's strategic goals. Make significant contribution to the development and implementation of business analysis best practice across the organisation.

Skills and Experience

Autonomy
Worked independently on complex or multi-project initiatives and tasks with light direction or guidance. Identifies and sets key deliverables for self and other stakeholders

Influence
Ability to influence stakeholders of all types on the contribution of own specialism. Leads on user/customer and group collaboration throughout all stages of work. Ensures users' needs are met consistently through each work stage. Builds appropriate, collaborative, and effective business relationships across the organisation and with customers, suppliers and partners.

Change Complexity
Experience in performing a range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities. Engages and coordinates with subject matter experts to resolve complex issues as they relate to customer/organisational requirements.

Business Skills
Demonstrates strategic thinking and analysis Shares knowledge and advises on best practice and tools Evidence of learning and professional development, takes initiative to advance own skills and identify and manage development opportunities

Knowledge
Has applied a range of techniques to elicit requirements from stakeholders and connected them to the wider objectives of the project/programme (and product roadmaps) Gets involved in analysis pieces that cover multiple teams, including coordinating and collaborating with 3rd party suppliers Advises key stakeholders on results of analysis including presenting options to senior stakeholder to enable appropriate decision-making Working with the relevant stakeholders to provide a breakdown of tasks and associated estimates to produce deliverables Recommends and upholds best practices around quality analysis and requirements management

Required Skills / Capabilities- Business situation analysis
Investigating and understanding complex systems and issues and articulates to all audiences Contributes to the selection of the approach and techniques to be used for business situation analysis. Conducts root cause analysis and identifies recommendations for improvements. Engages and collaborates with operational stakeholders.

Feasibility assessment
Understands how projects align to the wider company strategic goals Manages stakeholders and investigative work to enable feasibility assessments. Prepares business cases, including cost/benefit, impact and risk analysis for each option.

Requirements definition and management
Plans, scopes, captures, analyses, and documents business requirements for large, complex, initiatives in the appropriate tools Performs requirements verification, ensuring that requirements are SMART Ensures change initiatives are aligned with organisational goals. Applies non-functional requirements definition. Leads stakeholders through prioritisation & confliction activities. Contributes to the development of organisational methods and standards for requirements management.

Acceptance testing
Defining requirement acceptance criteria and supporting acceptance testing activities which may include co-creating user acceptance test scripts.

Organisational facilitation
Highly organised and analytical with excellent attention to detail and interest in technical requirements Facilitates workgroups to deliver defined goals and outcomes. Provides support, guidance and suggestions to workgroups and teams to learn collaborative problem solving and improve their team performance. Implements and improves agreed team principles, practices, processes & ceremonies. Recognises and works with the strengths and constraints of team dynamics.

Business process improvement
Plans and leads strategic, large and complex business process improvement activities aligned with automation or exploiting existing or new technologies. Develops best practice for business process improvement. Leads the introduction of techniques, methodologies and tools to meet business requirements, ensuring consistency across all user groups.

Stakeholder relationship management
Strong communications skills, with the ability to present ideas verbally and in writing Identifies the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups. Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders. Influences business decision-making processes. Captures and disseminates technical and business information.

Desirable Skills / Capabilities

Proactively contributes to the wider BA Community Experience of finance system transformation Experience in process modelling Experience with data modelling Experience in vendor selection, RFP Processes

Competency Level

Ensures that the teams' strategy, plans and operations align with functional and broader C4 vision. Makes timely decisions and empowers team members to do the same. Capitalises on opportunities for improvement, innovation, and inclusivity through operationalising these into tangible actions for others. Owns the development of team members ensuring sufficient time/resources for collaborative learning and feedback. Monitors team operations ensuring effective team delivery and performance.

Basic salary per annum starting from

67,813.00

Application questions to complete

Please remember to complete the additional application questions by uploading a Word or PDF attachment. These questions really help us get to know you better and we won't be able to consider your application without them.

Please outline how you meet the 'Essential Experience & Skills' outlined in the (Max 500 words)

Benefits

There are a million reasons why it's great to work at Channel 4, here are just a few of the perks for you;




- Private medical insurance


- Free Virtual GP access for employees


- Free Female Health hormone test each year


- Free Tastecard membership


- Financial guidance 1-2-1's available each quarter


- Discounted Gym memberships


- Pension


- Life Assurance


- Income Protection


- Holiday Purchase

Hybrid working

From September 2023, C4 has operated a 60/40 working pattern, equating to three office days per week.


Having everyone in the office three days a week gives us more opportunity to build our high performing, inclusive culture; to collaborate and to learn and share with each other, as well as helping to coordinate a regular pattern of home and office working days. Employees then have the flexibility to decide where they spend the rest of the working week. All our offices are open five days a week.

Applications Close Date

28 Jul 2025

Equal Opportunities

Channel 4's purpose is to create change through entertainment; by representing unheard voices, challenging with purpose and delivering content which reflects the diversity of different communities across the UK.




We are only able to deliver on this remit by having a workforce rich in diversity of thought, background and lived experience. As an employer we encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on disability, age, gender reassignment, gender expression, criminal history, length of time spent unemployed, marriage or civil partnership status, national origin, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.




Disability Confident Scheme:


Channel 4 is a member of the Business Disability Forum (BDF) and has also maintained the highest level of the Department of Work and Pension's Disability Confident scheme - Level 3: Leader. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, we aim to offer an interview to all candidates who have a neurodiverse condition, impairment or long-term condition and who meet the essential criteria for an advertised job. If you wish your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please select yes when completing the application questions. For more information, please visit the Disability Confident Campaign website.




For our roles and schemes that receive a high volume of applications it may not be possible to provide an interview to all applicants who meet the essential criteria and in this situation we can only select applications that best meet the skills needed for the role.




Care Leaver Friendly Employer:


Channel 4 is a Care Leaver Friendly Employer. By signing the Care Leaver Friendly Employer Charter and adopting its principles, we are supporting an immensely talented yet often under-served and under-represented community of young people/ adults. We commit to offering an interview (and constructive feedback) to applicants who identify as care experienced and meet the essential criteria for the role as outlined on the job description. Applicants should indicate if they wish to apply under our Care Leaver Scheme by selecting the option on the application form.




For our roles and schemes that receive a high volume of applications it may not be possible to provide an interview to all applicants who meet the essential criteria and in this situation we can only select applications that best meet the skills needed for the role.




Workplace Adjustments:


We are committed to providing disabled applicants a level playing field when applying for a job and support whilst employed to perform to the best of their ability and develop their careers. If you have a neurodiverse condition, impairment or long-term condition and require any adjustments, additional support or alternative arrangements during the recruitment and wish to discuss this confidentially, please let us know via the following e-mail recruitment@channel4.co.uk