What's involved with this role: Interim Transformation And Change Business Analyst Job Ref: Bradford 5262022 Pay Rate: £300.00 per day PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months City: BRADFORD In this role, you will lead a comprehensive review of the payroll service, processes, and systems, identifying inefficiencies and areas for improvement. You will map business processes and customer journeys, prioritizing high-volume and high-cost areas to ensure impactful future redesigns. Working closely with the service, you’ll explore digital solutions and develop a streamlined future state design that addresses inefficiencies and reduces waste, driving greater overall efficiency. Key Responsibilities: Report to the Transformation and Change Senior Business Analyst, with extensive autonomy in decision-making and responsibility delivery. Provide leadership to Project/Programme Teams, guiding workstream leads and facilitating the delivery of their tasks. Resolve complex problems using initiative, making recommendations to senior management and relevant stakeholders. Develop and implement solutions to ensure successful delivery within time, quality, and cost parameters, meeting stakeholder expectations. Conduct business analysis to address policy or organizational issues, supporting the Council’s priorities and improving services. Monitor progress, manage interdependencies, and ensure effective change management, providing regular reports on project delivery. Manage business analysis risks and issues, escalating as needed, and ensure effective communication with stakeholders. Key requirements: Certification in business analysis (e.g., BCS, CBAP) or relevant payroll qualifications. Knowledge of local government payroll systems, policies, and procedures. Sound knowledge of LEAN and experience in leading change and re-engineering processes. Familiarity with project management methodologies such as Agile or Prince2 Proven experience in business analysis, with a focus on process mapping, process redesign, and implementing improvements on payroll systems and processes. Strong data analysis skills, including the ability to interpret payroll data, identify trends, and generate actionable insights. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and translate technical concepts into clear, actionable recommendations. Desirable: Experience working in a public sector or large organizational setting. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.