Business Operations Analyst

Job Title: Business Operations Analyst

Location: Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £42,850

What you’ll be doing: 

• Supporting the development & implementation of efficient business processes
• Supporting the co-ordination and planning of the business processes within the team
• Delivering business reporting for management decision making
• Developing collaboration skills to work with the team and others
• Monitoring and analysing business information in support of the team objectives
• Understanding legislative requirements ie Export Control, SHE, product safety etc.
• Capturing actions / minutes and contribute to the management of meetings and events as required
• Delivering activities to support Consultant onboarding / offboarding inc. IT enablement

Your skills and experiences:

• Understanding of financial & business principles
• Understanding of the first principles of project management
• Understanding of, and relationship with, the key stakeholders within the immediate team and wider department.
• Involvement in previous MSP implementation – desirable
• Microsoft Project experience – desirable

Benefits: 

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Project SPARTAN team:

Project SPARTAN is responsible for delivering transformational change to Air Sector through the implementation of a new ERP system that will replace all of the legacy ERPs within the Air Sector Support & Services domain.

The Business Operations Analyst supports the Business Operations Manager in delivering business processes such as the integrated business planning (IBP) process, Sales & Ops Planning Process, Quarterly Business Review (QBR), LifeCycle Management etc.

This includes supporting the LCM and Integration Lead and other team members to manage these processes and supporting associated meetings to assure their success.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 29th January 2026 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.