Business analyst job description | Hudson

A business analyst is a key player in facilitating successful business change initiatives.

Business analysts (also known as a BA) help to define business problems via in-depth investigation and gathering of technical and non-technical information. Once the issue is clearly understood, they outline detailed requirements for a solution and ensure the delivered solution meets those business requirements.​ They are most often engaged to work on IT and business transformation projects, but can also be deployed onto projects in other departments too.

BAs are usually engaged from the outset of a project and play an advisory role to senior managers and exec teams. They help to bridge the gap between IT and the wider business and many business analysts work as contractors engaged on specific projects.​

Depending on the scope of the business analyst roles, they can also be known as technical business analysts, business systems analyst or process business analysts.