About the Role
Starting from £45,500, salary depending on skills and experience. 37 hours a week, Permanent. Lincoln or Huntingdon office / Hybrid working.
At Anglian Water, we're transforming the way we deliver services for our customers, communities and the environment. To support this, we're looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our Performance team.
We're looking for a structured, detail-oriented Business Analyst with proven experience delivering business analysis within Waterfall project environments, who can bring clarity, challenge and insight to complex pieces of work. You'll be confident engaging with stakeholders, understanding business problems, analysing processes, shaping requirements, and supporting delivery teams to design and validate solutions that meet real business needs.
Responsibilities
•Support the successful delivery of projects through the capture, analysis and management of business and technical requirements
•Act as the bridge between stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring solutions are aligned to business needs and providing clear direction throughout delivery
•Lead requirements elicitation and analysis activities, workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions
•Produce high-quality business analysis artefacts and detailed upfront requirements documentation
•Create and maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle
•Identify opportunities to improve processes and deliver better business outcomes
•Develop AS-IS and TO-BE process maps using BPMN 2.0 standards
•Define and validate both functional and non-functional requirements, including security, performance, usability and reporting requirements
•Support solution design reviews to ensure requirements are fully understood and met
•Support testing, business validation and user acceptance testing activities
•Manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle in a controlled and structured manner
•Work collaboratively with stakeholders, architects, project managers, technical teams and business subject matter experts
Requirements
•Proven Business Analyst experience within Waterfall project environments, including producing detailed upfront requirements documentation and maintaining requirements traceability
•Agile experience is welcome, but candidates must also have demonstrable Waterfall delivery experience
•Significant experience eliciting, analysing, validating, and documenting detailed upfront requirements, supported by high-quality business analysis artefacts
•Experience managing requirements throughout the full project lifecycle, including maintaining traceability and supporting controlled change
•Experience validating solution designs against agreed business and functional requirements
•Ability to work independently, manage their own workload, and bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or complex pieces of work
•Strong process mapping experience, specifically using BPMN 2.0
•Experience facilitating requirements workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions
•Confidence working with business stakeholders and technical/delivery teams to ensure requirements are understood, agreed, and delivered
•Experience defining and validating non-functional requirements, such as security, performance, usability, and reporting
•Experience supporting testing and business validation activities to ensure solutions meet agreed requirements
•BCS Business Analysis qualification
•Experience working within a regulated environment where governance, assurance and documentation standards are critical
•Experience supporting large-scale business transformation initiatives
•Experience working within utility, infrastructure or similarly regulated sectors
Benefits
•26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
•Flexible working options
•Private healthcare
•Competitive pension scheme — Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 7%
•Life assurance at eight times your salary
•Annual bonus scheme
•Personal accident cover
•Virtual GP service
Selection Process
As part of the recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a practical business analysis assessment designed to showcase their approach to requirements gathering, analysis and problem-solving. When applying, please give clear examples of your experience producing detailed requirements and maintaining traceability within Waterfall or similarly structured project delivery environments.
Closing date: 15/11/2026
