Lead Business Analyst

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

8/7/2025

We’re excited to announce a new opportunity for a Lead Business Analyst to join our dynamic team. Reporting directly to the Analysis Manager, you’ll deliver exceptional end-to-end analysis and mentor fellow analysts within the change function. You’ll play a crucial part in supporting the Analysis Manager in achieving the strategic goals of the function, while also having the opportunity to work on transversal projects that span multiple business areas.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) towards the end of 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We’re also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist the Analysis Manager with researching and identifying best practices for analysis and adoption of initiatives within the BA team.
• Own the strategy area for the analysis team consistently demonstrating delivery of the strategy.
• Establish a best practice standard, driving consistency and excellence across the programme, performing quality reviews where necessary.
• Provide IT consultancy and high-level impact assessment across systems based on initial scope / business requirements to assist the business in the prioritisation and phasing of business requirements to enable successful feasibility studies.
• Manage the performance of direct reports, driving continuous improvement and developing others by coaching and mentoring less experienced colleagues.
• Understand business, stakeholder analysis and engagement, as is to be analysis, process mapping, elicitation and management of requirement ensuring dependencies and impacts are identified and documentation updated.
  
  
  

What you'll bring:

• Prior experience as a Business Analyst.
• Proven experience in a variety of requirement elicitation, documentation and prioritisation techniques, using a range of methodologies.
• End to end experience of the project lifecycle.
• Ability to work with stakeholders across a range of levels within the organisation.
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
• Delivery focused with strong drive and passion for excellence.
• Ability to manage and mentor others.
• Proficient use of MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio).
• Knowledge of agile practices.
  
  
  

What we offer:

At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• AXA employee discounts
• Gym benefits
  
  
  

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Who we are:

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA’s three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you’ve got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you’re just starting out, we’ll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.