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Senior Business Analyst Pathway

Your Path to Expertise: Unlock Success with Business Analysis and Data skills.

Why choose the Senior Business Analyst Pathway?

The industry

The business analysis industry offers a dynamic career path where you can drive meaningful change by bridging the gap between business needs and technology solutions. As a Business Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in problem-solving, optimising processes, and enabling organisations to achieve their strategic goals. With growing demand across industries, a career in business analysis provides excellent opportunities for professional growth, versatility, and long-term career stability.

Opportunities

Working as a Business Analyst opens doors to diverse industries, allowing you to collaborate on projects ranging from technology implementation to process optimisation. It offers the opportunity to develop critical skills in problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management, which are highly valued in leadership roles. With career progression paths into project management, data analysis, or executive strategy, the role provides a solid foundation for long-term professional growth and success.

Job insights

Here are some potential job roles you could pursue after completing this pathway:

Business Analyst

Acts as a bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams, analysing, documenting, and improving processes, systems, and models to deliver data-driven solutions.

Senior Business Analyst

Leads the analysis and documentation of complex business processes, bridges gaps between stakeholders, and ensures solutions align with strategic goals.

Lead Business Analyst

Oversees multiple projects or teams, mentors analysts, drives strategic decision-making, and ensures overall business analysis practices align with organizational objectives.

Accreditors

We make sure we provide our students with the most relevant, industry standard content, which is why this course is made up of material accredited by the following education leaders.

Skillsoft

At Learning People, we believe in delivering exceptional learning experiences that empower individuals to achieve their career goals. That’s why we’ve partnered with Skillsoft, a global leader in e-learning and professional development, to provide our students with world-class training and resources.

CompTIA

The leading global IT trade association, CompTIA, gives the industry a unified voice and real leadership in the IT community. As a non-profit organisation, CompTIA offers a unique range of training courses that validate your IT skills without restricting you to individual product suites.

AWS

Amazon Web Services is a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis.

IIBA

The International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®) has helped shape the practice of business analysis to achieve better enterprise outcomes. A professional association with 30,000 members, 120 chapters, 1,500 volunteers, and 500 partners worldwide, IIBA supports the recognition of business analysis within organizations. It enables networking and community engagement, provides foundational standards and resources, and offers internationally recognized certification programs for career advancement.

Business Analyst to Data Analyst course overview

The role of a Data Analyst involves interpreting and transforming data into actionable insights to inform key business decisions. Shifting from a Business Analyst to a Data Analyst leverages transferable skills while allowing you to expand your analytical capabilities. 

This 4-track course covers a range of topics. From Excel skills for business analysis to BigML for machine learning and Python for data analysis, acquiring new technical knowledge and gaining practical experience through the course will help you make the switch and thrive as a Data Analyst. 

Study time: 79 hours

Modules breakdown

What you’ll learn

Business Analyst to Data Analyst Examination

Business Analyst to Data Analyst

4 x one hour online multiple-choice exams

CompTIA Data+ course overview

Our Data+ course will provide you with the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to make the transition, opening up new opportunities in your career. A career in Data Analysis provides a rich variety of challenges and opportunities, as Data Analysts can engage in activities ranging from reporting and data visualisation to more advanced statistical analysis and predictive modelling. 

Career advancement prospects are considerable, with the potential for experienced Data Analysts to assume managerial roles or specialise further in areas like business intelligence or data architecture. Pursuing a career in data analysis ensures continual learning and a pivotal role in shaping business strategies through data-driven insights. Data professionals are assuming ever greater influence and authority in modern businesses.

Study time: 60 guided learning hours

Modules breakdown

What you'll learn

CompTIA Data+ Examination

CompTIA Data+

1 x 90 minute exam (included). Also includes practice exam questions.

CBAP | Certified Business Analysis Professional course overview

CBAP certification is an internationally recognised qualification that demonstrates a high level knowledge of business analysis.  As a business analyst, this certification will enhance your professionalism and demonstrate your commitment to the field.  

Throughout the course, you will learn how to apply concepts covered to actual business situations through real-world examples and case studies. By practising these types of scenarios, you can prepare for what you will encounter on the job.

Study time: 30 guided learning hours

Modules breakdown

What you’ll learn

CBAP | Certified Business Analysis Professional Examination

CBAP | Certified Business Analysis Professional

1 x 210 minute exam

Business Skills and Excel Skills course overview

This program provides a comprehensive foundation in both core business competencies and advanced Excel proficiency, equipping participants with the dual expertise required for effective business analysis and decision-making.

The business modules develop critical capabilities in influence and persuasion, professional communication, business case development, presentation delivery, and analytical and critical thinking, alongside practical training in project risk identification.

The Excel curriculum offers a complete progression through Excel 365, covering essential functionality as well as advanced tools for data validation, financial modeling, and scenario analysis. 

Study time: 30 guided learning hours

Modules breakdown

What you'll learn

Future proof your career with AI certification:

AWS Certified AI Practitioner, is a course designed to provide a strong foundation in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and generative AI within the AWS Cloud ecosystem and is provided as standard with our tech career pathways*.

This certification validates your ability to understand AI concepts, identify practical business use cases, and leverage AWS services to build smarter, more efficient solutions without requiring a programming background.

By earning the AIF-C01 certification, you position yourself as a forward-thinking professional who can bridge the gap between technical teams and business strategy. You’ll gain the language, tools, and frameworks needed to guide AI initiatives, communicate with stakeholders, and ensure projects deliver measurable impact.

Course modules:

  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner Modules Breakdown:
  • Basic AI Concepts and Terminologies
  • Practical Use Cases for AI
  • The ML Development Lifecycle
  • ML Operations (MLOps)
  • Basic Concepts of Generative AI
  • Capabilities and Limitations of Generative AI
  • Building Generative AI Applications with AWS
  • Design Factors for Applications Using Foundation Models
  • Effective Prompt Engineering Techniques
  • Training, Fine-Tuning, and Evaluating Foundation Models

Study time: 10 learning hours

Exam: 1 x 90 minute exam, 65 multiple choice and multiple response questions

*content is made available once your first core pathway certification has been passed

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