Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving real transformation change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.
This role will play a key part in the integration of acquired assets, ensuring a smooth transition of services, processes, systems, and operational capabilities. The successful candidate will work across business and technology teams, engaging with multiple stakeholders to drive requirements gathering, impact assessments, process mapping, and transition planning.
Key experience required:
- Proven background as a Senior Business Analyst within the Oil & Gas or Energy sector
- Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestments, or large-scale business transformation programmes
- Strong service transition and operational readiness experience
- Ability to work across both business and technical workstreams
- Expertise in business process mapping, requirements elicitation, gap analysis, and stakeholder management
- Experience coordinating with third-party suppliers and managed service providers
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage senior business stakeholders
The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a complex environment where multiple workstreams are running in parallel and will be able to quickly understand business priorities and dependencies to support a successful transitio
Requirements
- Proven experience operating as a Senior Business Analyst on large-scale transformation programmes
- Previous experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestments, or business integration initiatives
- Strong service transition and operational readiness experience
- Experience working within Oil & Gas, Energy, or other asset-intensive industries
- Strong business process mapping and process improvement skills
- Experience conducting requirements elicitation, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder analysis
- Ability to manage complex stakeholder groups across business and technical functions
- Strong documentation and communication skills
- Experience working within both Agile and traditional project delivery environments
Desirable :
- Experience transitioning services into managed service providers or outsourced support models
- Knowledge of ITIL Service Management principles
- Experience working across infrastructure, applications, cloud, cybersecurity, and operational technology environments
- Familiarity with acquisition integration programmes and Day 1/Day 2 readiness activities
- Relevant Business Analysis qualifications such as BCS or IIBA certifications
Benefits
At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.
We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:
Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more…..
At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.
If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.
Skills Required
- Extensive experience as a Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Application Analyst, or in a similar business systems role
- Experience supporting and enhancing business-critical enterprise applications
- Strong business and technical analysis skills, including translating business requirements into technology solutions
- Experience engaging stakeholders at all levels and building cross-functional relationships
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong documentation and process mapping capabilities
- Experience managing third-party suppliers and software vendors
- Experience delivering projects, system implementations, upgrades, and business change initiatives
- Project Management qualification or equivalent practical project delivery experience
- Degree qualification or professional accreditation through a recognised industry body
- Experience in oil and gas, energy, or related industrial sectors
- Knowledge of business processes across Finance, HR, Procurement, or Operations
- Experience working within complex, multi-site, or global organisations
- Familiarity with ERP, HR, Finance, or operational business systems
What We Do
Sword is a leader in data insights, digital transformation and technology services with a substantial reputation in complex IT, business projects and mission critical operations with over 3,000 Technology, Digital specialists working in more than 50 countries to enable the growth of your organisation in the digital age.
