Analytics Business Analyst

CSIRO; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CSIRO is seeking an Analytics Business Analyst in Australia to turn business challenges into meaningful insights and analytics solutions. You will work with stakeholders, data professionals and technical teams to understand underlying questions, shape solutions, and guide delivery.

You’ll contribute to requirements analysis, data storytelling, dashboard design and validation, with opportunities to explore AI-assisted analysis and rapid prototyping to improve how we deliver solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in business analysis, requirements gathering or related discipline, supporting reporting, analytics, data initiatives.
• Ability to translate stakeholder needs into artefacts like user stories, process maps and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with testing, data validation, quality assurance to deliver reliable solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in adaptive, multidisciplinary Agile teams and using BI tools.

Responsibilities

• Business discovery and requirements: engage with stakeholders to understand challenges and translate needs into clear requirements and potential solutions.
• Analytics and data storytelling: develop dashboards and visualisations to support decisions and rapid prototyping.
• Data validation and testing: investigate data, document rules and ensure fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Stakeholder collaboration: build relationships and communicate insights across teams.
• Continuous improvement: evolve BA practices, AI-assisted analysis and reusable documentation.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Agile delivery

SQL

Excel

Data visualization

AI-assisted analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Power BI

SAP Analytics Cloud

Excel

Job description

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View ourvision towards reconciliation.

Role highlights

• Help CSIRO turn data into meaningful insights and better business decisions.
• Explore business challenges and shape innovative analytics solutions.
• Work with emerging technologies, AI-assisted analysis and modern data practices.

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

The opportunity

As an Analytics Business Analyst at CSIRO, you'll help turn business challenges into meaningful insights and effective data and analytics solutions.Working with business stakeholders, data professionals and technical teams, you'll look beyond initial requests to understand the underlying questions, explore opportunities and help shape solutions that support better decisions and business outcomes.

You’ll contribute to requirements analysis, data storytelling, dashboard and visualisation design, testing and solution validation. You’ll also have opportunities to explore contemporary approaches, including AI-assisted analysis and rapid prototyping, to help stakeholders discover what's possible and improve how we deliver solutions.

Joining our Enterprise Data, Analytics & Integration team, you'll work alongside experienced specialists and develop your capabilities as we evolve our enterprise data and analytics services.

• Business discovery and requirements: Engage with stakeholders to understand business challenges, question assumptions and translate needs into clear requirements and potential solutions.
• Analytics and data storytelling: Explore analytical questions and contribute to dashboards, visualisations, rapid prototypes and other information solutions that support better decisions.
• Data validation and testing: Investigate data, document business rules and undertake testing and reconciliation to ensure accurate, fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Build relationships, facilitate discussions and communicate insights and recommendations across business and technical teams.
• Continuous improvement: Contribute to evolving BA practices through AI-assisted analysis, automation, reusable approaches and effective documentation.

Location and office arrangements

Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Hobart

Tenure & work schedule

Specified Term of 3 years, Full Time

Reference

104300

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience in business analysis, requirements gathering, business process analysis or a related discipline, preferably supporting reporting, analytics, data or technology initiatives.
• Ability to investigate stakeholder needs, question assumptions and communicate business requirements through appropriate artefacts such as user stories, process maps, functional specifications or acceptance criteria.
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, curiosity and problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate data and business problems, evaluate information and identify practical solutions.
• Experience undertaking testing, data validation or quality assurance activities to support the delivery of accurate, reliable and fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to facilitate discussions, explain information clearly and work effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate within multidisciplinary teams, adapt to changing requirements and develop new skills or approaches to achieve business outcomes.
• This role has child safety obligations. Accordingly, the successful candidate will be required to obtain and provide evidence that they hold a valid paid/employee (not volunteer) Working with Children/ Vulnerable People Check prior to confirmation of appointment.
• Experience with business intelligence, reporting or data visualisation, including dashboard design, meaningful performance measures or communicating insights through data. Familiarity with SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI or similar platforms would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with data modelling, business metrics, data quality or data governance concepts.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams, including requirements management, backlog refinement and user story development.
• Practical data analysis skills using tools such as SQL, Excel or similar analytical technologies.
• Familiarity with, or demonstrated interest in, AI-assisted analysis, automation, rapid prototyping or emerging approaches to business analysis and solution delivery.

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discouraged you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact **************@csiro.au and let us know how we can support you.

Life at CSIRO

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Platinum Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

This role has security assessed and child safety obligations

This is a security assessed position, applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens only with the successful candidate being required to be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Negative Vetting level 1. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

This role has child safety obligations. Accordingly, the successful candidate will be required to obtain and provide evidence that they hold a valid paid/employee (not volunteer) Working with Children/ Vulnerable People Check prior to confirmation of appointment.

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.