Senior Business Analyst

Description

Contract opportunity – Immediate start preferred 

The role may oversee projects with total costs of up to $2 million and processes handling up to 50,000 transactions annually.

Main duties:

• Analyse business objectives, user needs, legislation, regulations and policy, translating them into business, functional and system requirements.
• Document current (“as is”) processes, identify inefficiencies and root causes, and develop improved (“to be”) processes using appropriate modelling techniques.
• Identify opportunities for automation, system interoperability, online self-service and process improvement.
• Plan, manage and monitor projects, including scope, requirements, risks, issues, dependencies, deliverables and quality.
• Act as the link between business and technical teams during solution design, development, testing and implementation.
• Define acceptance criteria, maintain requirements traceability and coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT).

Key requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information technology or a related analytical field, with at least 7 years of relevant post-graduate experience; or
• MBA or other postgraduate degree in business or social sciences, with at least 5 years of relevant business experience; or
• Relevant industry-recognised professional accreditation, with at least 10 years of relevant post-accreditation experience.
• Additional qualifications or certifications in business analysis, Scrum or project management are an advantage.
• Practical experience in business analysis, including requirements elicitation, requirements documentation, business rules analysis, process modelling and solution evaluation.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and experience supporting solution design, development, testing, implementation and requirements changes.
• Experience coordinating or supporting user acceptance testing.