# Business Systems Analyst

**Company**: McLaren Automotive
**Location**: Sheffield
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854

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## Description

The Business Systems team is responsible for implementing, supporting, and continuously improving business processes and systems, focusing on enterprise resource planning and manufacturing operations management.

As a Business Systems Analyst, you will work collaboratively across functions, systems, and business areas to ensure digital solutions are fit for purpose, support business operations, and align with organisational standards and governance.

Key responsibilities:

- Provide 1st and 2nd line support for business systems, including SAP, manufacturing systems, bespoke software, and SharePoint

- Support the IT Service Desk in resolving incidents and service requests

- Contribute to the ongoing development, configuration, and maintenance of business systems

- Analyse existing business processes to identify, recommend, and deliver improvements

- Perform SQL queries to extract data and produce reports

- Support line managers and stakeholders by producing, maintaining, and interpreting reports and dashboards

- Work closely with the central IT team to ensure alignment with standards, governance, and agreed processes

- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business

- Lead business system and process change projects

- Facilitate workshops and design sessions to elicit and document business requirements

- Produce clear functional specifications and obtain stakeholder approval

- Plan, execute, and document comprehensive business system testing activities

- Maintain clear, timely, and effective communication with stakeholders and end-users

- Support the delivery of training for new starters and ad-hoc refresher sessions

- Identify opportunities to improve training materials, documentation, and knowledge transfer

Working Pattern and Flexibility:

- The role is currently delivered within standard business hours

- The role requires compliance with the organisation's hybrid working policy

- As business needs evolve, the role may develop into a shift-based position

What You'll Bring:

- Essential skills:

+ Experience in a manufacturing engineering or manufacturing operations environment   + Experience of troubleshooting systems and resolving issues   + Experience of documenting business processes and capturing requirements   + Experience or demonstrable knowledge of developing or configuring software solutions   + Working knowledge of SQL   + Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills

- Desirable skills:

+ Experience with modern development and scripting technologies   + Knowledge of project delivery approaches, including Agile   + Experience with Microsoft Power Platform   + Experience using Power BI   + Experience with SAP, Jira

Personal Attributes:

- Demonstrates an active interest in technology and digital solutions

- Embraces change, thrives in evolving environments, and responds positively to new ways of working

- Keen to learn and develop new skills

- Demonstrates a problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

- Proactive, approachable, and able to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders

What We'll Do for You:

- Structured career development framework

- 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday

- Enhanced company pension scheme

- Discretionary annual bonus award

- Private medical insurance and health cash plan

- Life assurance benefit

- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year

- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle

- Generous parental leave policies

- A range of wellbeing initiatives

## Skills

### Required
- SQL
- Microsoft Office
- troubleshooting
- business process documentation
- software development

### Nice to have
- HTML
- CSS
- C#
- Agile
- Microsoft Power Platform
- Power BI
- SAP
- Jira

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