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Business Analyst

Join EDF Energy in Sunderland as a Business Analyst to support renewable energy transformation. This hybrid role involves analyzing business processes, shaping strategies, and influencing key decisions. Enjoy benefits like electric vehicle leasing and a market-leading pension scheme while contributing to a sustainable future.

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Join a team where your insight can help shape the future of business transformation across a growing renewable energy business. If you're passionate about turning complex challenges into clear, evidence-based recommendations, this is an opportunity to influence strategic decisions and drive meaningful change at scale.

At EDF power solutions, we're shaping an Electric UK and Ireland. Your work will help us turn that ambition into action, delivering renewable energy solutions that will power homes, businesses and communities for generations to come.

The Opportunity

As a Business Analyst, you'll play a central role within our Business Process Transformation team, providing the analysis, business understanding and structured thinking needed to turn strategic intent into successful, adopted change. You'll work across the organisation, helping leaders make informed decisions that improve performance, efficiency and long-term value.

This is a hybrid role based from either our #Durham or #London office. You'll have the flexibility to work remotely, with office attendance expected as and when required to support collaboration, stakeholder engagement and business priorities.

You'll contribute by helping to identify improvement opportunities, validate business concepts, shape target operating models and build the evidence needed for investment and transformation decisions. You'll also help establish best practice business analysis standards across the organisation.

Who You Are

We're looking for a Business Analyst with strong analytical capability, curiosity and the confidence to challenge assumptions through evidence-based analysis. You'll be experienced in working across complex organisations and building trusted relationships with stakeholders. Are you experienced in...?

  • Significant business analysis experience within complex organisations, where analysis has directly informed investment, transformation, improvement or adoption decisions
  • Testing business concepts, problem definitions, assumptions and target operating model thinking before progressing into detailed requirements or solution design
  • Facilitating requirements gathering and analysis activities with diverse stakeholders, translating needs into clear, prioritised and traceable requirements
  • Producing value, cost and benefits analysis to support portfolio, improvement and change adoption decisions
  • Requirements analysis and documentation including elicitation, workshop facilitation, prioritisation, traceability, validation and change control

What You'll Be Doing

  • Validating business problems, concepts, assumptions and target operating model thinking before requirements gathering begins
  • Contributing to workshops, stakeholder engagement and requirements analysis to define clear business outcomes and delivery-ready requirements
  • Producing business cases, options appraisals, process analysis and recommendations for complex transformation initiatives
  • Developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards, benefits tracking and analytical reporting to support decision-making
  • Establishing business analysis standards, methods and best practices across the wider organisation

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a competitive salary, potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That's why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that's unique to you. Here, Success is Personal - it's your journey, powered by us.

Everyone is welcome at EDF. We're committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments. Join us and find your success at EDF!

Join us, and let's do good together.

Pay & benefits

+ potential for an annual bonus
Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Flexible hours

Typical pay for similar roles

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£40,000–62,600 annually
Mid level · United Kingdom · 470 similar jobs

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About this role

Posted
14 Oct 2026
Updated
14 Oct 2026
Job type
Full time
Workplace
Hybrid
Sectors
Working hours
UTC+01:00
Experience
Significant business analysis experience
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About EDF Energy

Company Overview

Name

EDF Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Électricité de France (EDF)

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2002

Size

Approximately 11,700 employees (source: linkedin.com). Revenue figures for 2023 are not publicly detailed.

What They Do

EDF Energy is a prominent British integrated energy company that specializes in electricity generation and supply. The company operates across various energy sectors, including nuclear, gas, coal, and renewable energy sources. Its EDF Renewables UK division focuses on developing onshore and offshore wind farms, solar energy, and battery storage solutions, boasting over 1.5 GW of operational renewable capacity and nearly 14 GW in planning and development (source: wikipedia.org). EDF Energy provides a range of products and services, including dual fuel tariffs and electricity-only supplies, catering to both residential and commercial customers. The company plays a significant role in the UK energy market, with approximately 44% of homes powered by its nuclear output in 2020 (source: energyscanner.com).

Projects & Track Record

EDF Energy has a strong track record of notable projects in the renewable energy sector. Among its completed projects are the 47.5 MW Corriemoillie wind farm and the 31 MW Beck Burn wind farm, which opened in July 2017, as well as the 19.2 MW Pearie Law wind farm, commissioned in April 2017 (source: wikipedia.org). The company has also acquired 11 Scottish wind farm sites from Partnerships for Renewables, which have a potential capacity of 600 MW. Currently, EDF Energy is engaged in major projects such as Hinkley Point C, which involves the construction of two EPR reactors scheduled to start operations in 2025, and the Sizewell C and Bradwell B nuclear builds (source: wikipedia.org). These projects highlight EDF Energy's commitment to expanding its nuclear and renewable energy capabilities in the UK.

Recent Developments

In recent years, EDF Energy has made significant strides in its operations and partnerships. Notably, EDF Trading appointed Philipp Büssenschütt as Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2026, and expanded its joint venture with JERA to include Japanese Power in 2025 (source: edftrading.com). The parent company, EDF, has reported progress on the Hinkley Point C project, which is on track for operations in 2025, while EDF Renewables continues to develop a robust pipeline of 14 GW across wind, solar, and storage projects (source: wikipedia.org). Additionally, the company has previously acquired Pivot Power for battery storage and EV infrastructure in 2019, and a majority stake in Pod Point for EV charging in 2020, reflecting its focus on sustainable energy solutions.

Working There

EDF Energy offers a diverse range of roles across various departments, including electricity production, supply, trading, and infrastructure development. The company employs approximately 11,700 people, with opportunities in operations, customer service, engineering, and development (source: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk). Hiring occurs at multiple UK locations, including London, Glasgow, and Bridgwater, as well as international offices in Dublin and other locations (source: craft.co). The company culture emphasizes long-term partnerships and reliability, as evidenced by its 4-star service rating from independent reviews (source: energyscanner.com).

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