CGI partners with leading organisations to deliver complex, high-impact change that shapes how industries operate. As a Lead Business Analyst within our Energy practice, you will sit at the heart of large-scale integration and modernisation programmes, helping a major energy client translate strategic objectives into clear, deliverable outcomes. Working across ERP, Operations and HSE systems, and Digital & Analytics initiatives, you will ensure solutions are rooted in real business processes and can be safely adopted in production-critical and safety-regulated environments. At CGI, you are trusted to take ownership, encouraged to bring fresh thinking to complex challenges, and supported by a collaborative network of experts as you grow your career.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
This role is based in Aberdeen, working in a hybrid model with regular on-site presence (typically weekly and as required for business workshops).
Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, project managers, architects and delivery teams to understand, shape and document business needs across finance, supply chain, operations and reporting. You will play a key role in ensuring that change is clearly defined, traceable, and aligned to both business objectives and regulatory or safety constraints.
You will support delivery across both stage-gate and Agile environments, applying structured analysis techniques while adapting to the needs of complex integration and modernisation programmes. Through strong facilitation and clear communication, you will help ensure solutions are understood, validated, and successfully adopted into live operation.
Key responsibilities
- Discover & Elicit business, functional and non-functional requirements through interviews, workshops and analysis
- Map & Analyse as-is and to-be processes, data flows and gaps across ERP, HSE and operational systems
- Specify & Validate user stories, use cases and acceptance criteria to support backlog refinement and testing
- Trace & Support delivery from requirement through design, build, test and deployment, including UAT
- Facilitate & Communicate effectively between business and technology teams, driving clarity and decisions
- Support & Enable change adoption, ensuring processes and controls are understood in safety-critical contexts
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
To succeed, you will bring strong experience as a Lead Business Analyst on technology-enabled change programmes, with the confidence to operate in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. You will be comfortable taking ownership of analysis activities while working collaboratively to deliver sustainable business outcomes.
Essential qualifications
- Extensive experience gathering and documenting business requirements on medium-to-large IT programmes
- Strong capability in process mapping (e.g. BPMN or equivalent) and gap analysis
- Proven experience facilitating stakeholder workshops and working across business and IT teams
- Demonstrable successful experience working as a Lead Business Analyst, ideally on integration or consolidation programmes
- Ability to work on-site in Aberdeen 2-3 days per week and as required for workshops
Desirable qualifications
- BCS Business Analysis Diploma or equivalent
- Agile Business Analysis certification
- Experience within the energy or oil & gas sector
- Domain experience aligned to ERP, HSE/operations, or data and reporting initiatives
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