Business Analysis Associate

Business Analysis Associate 4 Recruiter: Nishita Jena Hiring Manager: Naveen J S Career Grade: F About the role The Business Analysis Associate supports BT Group strategies by assisting in the analysis of profitability, efficiency, and effectiveness across activities, investments, and initiatives. They gather and document business requirements, contribute to discovery sessions, and analyze processes for risks. Additionally, they help prepare project documentation, maintain stakeholder communication, and support team collaboration for successful project execution. What you’ll be doing • Working within the PO Management team, supporting with implementation of processes required for cost recovery and receipting in support of development expenditure for Network OSS • Effective Billing: You are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that, the unit you support - wholly and efficiently recover costs in accordance with approved funding. • Responsible for maintaining and reconciling Purchase orders and invoices received against approved Demand, supporting the PO Management team to control spend with 3rd party suppliers including assets, licenses and consultancy & Subcon services. • Responsible for weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial reporting, delivering insights across PO spend and Invoice stages to ensure visibility, accuracy and control over financial performance within MTP. • Responsible for stopping invalid expenditure and ensuring correct receipting to stop incorrect billing at source. • Supports on collating insights related to investments and PO status including outlooks at director & team level on a monthly basis • Address supplier issues and coordinate solutions to ensure uninterrupted supply of goods and services. • Provide insights on ways to enhance the procurement process, improve efficiency, and drive cost savings • Works on identifying cost allocations, by supplier or by application, identifying trends and hot spots that offer opportunity to be optimized. • Support the wider team to provide updates on status of unit demands • Support data analysis to help identify meaningful data relationships The skills you’ll need • Strong communication • Project management • Business operations and stakeholder management • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail • Data & Business analysis • Experience in financial processes and cost management. • Experience of financial forecasting • Experienced in Excel • Desirable experience in BT financial tools (Ariba & SAP) • Strong pan-BT end to end knowledge • Knowledge of BT platforms, networks, services, products, data and propositions. BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers. BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive. Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best. We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies. Experience Level Mid Level