Entity:
Technology
Job Family Group:
IT&S Group
Job Description:
We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst who combines deep technical expertise with strong business analysis and business partner engagement skills. This role is ideal for someone who has a background in software development, database engineering, data analysis, or systems integration and is passionate about working directly with users to solve business problems.
The successful candidate will act as the bridge between business teams and technical delivery teams, translating business needs into practical, scalable solutions while bringing hands-on technical insight to the design, analysis, validation, and delivery of digital products and services.
This role requires the ability to independently analyse data, write queries, investigate system behaviour, validate technical designs, and support delivery teams with a detailed understanding of applications, integrations, APIs and databases.
About bp Shipping Assurance:
The Shipping Assurance function within BP Supply, Trading & Shipping (ST&S) is responsible for helping ensure that vessels, marine operations and associated marine entities meet BP's safety, risk management and operational standards before being approved to support BP business activities. The function operates as a key component of BP's marine assurance and licence-to-operate framework.
Role Responsibilities:
Business Analysis and User Engagement
Lead business discovery activities to understand business objectives, user needs and operational challenges.
Facilitate workshops and requirements gathering sessions with business and technical partners.
Build strong relationships with users, product teams and technical delivery teams.
Translate business needs into clear, structured and testable requirements.
Facilitate requirements prioritisation, scope management and solution alignment.
Identify assumptions, dependencies, risks and constraints early in the delivery process.
Influence senior partners through evidence-based recommendations and structured decision-making.
Technical Analysis & Solution Design
Analyse existing applications, data flows, databases and system integrations.
Collaborate with architects, engineers and product teams to design fit-for-purpose solutions.
Support API and integration design discussions.
Produce process maps, data models, workflow diagrams and solution documentation.
Assess technical feasibility, dependencies, risks and implementation options.
Act as a trusted advisor to both business and technical partners.
Data & Database Analysis
Perform sophisticated data analysis using SQL and other analytical tools.
Investigate data quality issues and identify root causes of business problems.
Validate data migrations, transformations and integrations.
Create queries, reports and analytical outputs to support decision-making.
Understand relational database design, data models and data governance principles.
Work directly with development and data engineering teams to solve issues.
Agile Delivery and Solution Support
Partner with Product Managers, Architects and Engineers to shape and refine solutions.
Support backlog management, prioritisation and sprint planning activities.
Review technical solutions and challenge assumptions where required.
Support testing strategy, UAT planning and defect triage.
Facilitate solution demonstrations and customer reviews.
Support business readiness, deployment planning and adoption activities.
Testing and Validation
Define business test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
Validate delivered solutions against business requirements and intended outcomes.
Support defect management and resolution activities.
Data and Insight
Use business and operational data to support analysis and decision-making.
Define and monitor key performance indicators.
Identify trends, opportunities and areas for improvement through data analysis.
Present findings in clear and…