Business Analyst

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus seeks multiple experienced Business Analysts to support an Australian Government agency in Canberra, Australia. You will define and manage requirements for medium-scale initiatives, working with business stakeholders, developers, testers and architects to turn business needs into traceable requirements.

The role covers requirements definition and management, business process modelling (BPMN), feasibility assessments and stakeholder engagement, with 100% onsite working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a Business Analyst delivering ICT projects.
• Strong client engagement and ability to map business needs to outcomes.
• Experience producing BA artefacts including user stories, requirements documents and rules analysis.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
• Contribute to selecting the requirements approach for each initiative.
• Facilitate stakeholder input and support effective prioritisation of requirements.
• Establish requirements baselines, obtain formal agreement to requirements and maintain traceability to source.
• Produce business analysis artefacts including business, functional and non-functional requirements documents, user stories and business rules analysis.
• Model business processes using BPMN and map business and systems rules.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Requirements elicitation

BPMN modelling

Traceability

Education

BABOK v3.0 certification

BA foundations

Tools

Azure DevOps

Data modelling tools

Job description

Profectus is seeking multiple experienced Business Analysts to support digital and service delivery projects within an Australian Government agency. You will define and manage requirements for initiatives of medium size and complexity, working with business stakeholders, developers, testers and architects to turn business needs into agreed and traceable requirements. The work covers requirements definition and management, business process modelling, business situation analysis, feasibility assessment and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and manage scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity
• Contribute to selecting the requirements approach for each initiative
• Facilitate stakeholder input, provide constructive challenge and support effective prioritisation of requirements
• Establish requirements baselines, obtain formal agreement to requirements and maintain traceability to source
• Produce business analysis artefacts including business, functional and non functional requirements documents, user stories and business rules analysis
• Model business processes using BPMN and map business and systems rules
• Investigate business situations involving complexity and ambiguity and identify options for improvement
• Apply standard data modelling and design techniques based on documented requirements
• Articulate and measure business benefits across the life of an initiative
• Work with business, technical and management stakeholders to confirm scope and inform project planning
• Apply consistent templates, tools and methods and publish artefacts to the agreed collaboration and records management platforms

Required Experience

• Demonstrated experience as a Business Analyst delivering ICT projects, ideally within an Australian Government agency
• Proven record of accomplishment in the analysis and design of business outcomes with strong client engagement
• Experience producing a range of BA artefacts including business, functional and non functional requirements documents, user stories, business and systems rules analysis and mapping, and BPMN models
• Experience establishing requirements baselines and maintaining traceability to source
• Experience in business situation analysis, business process improvement and feasibility assessment
• Strong stakeholder relationship management across business, technical and executive audiences
• Experience across delivery approaches from waterfall to iterative methods such as Scrum and Kanban
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work with testers, developers and architects
• Relevant industry certification such as BABOK v3.0, BA-Cube pathway certifications, business analysis foundations, business process modelling or BPMN training, or equivalent
• Data modelling and design experience
• User experience analysis
• Experience building requirements traceability using tools such as Azure DevOps
• Experience providing specialist advice and consultancy services to business areas
• Experience mapping business rules to legislation or policy
• Experience contributing to business analysis practice standards, methods and tools
• Experience working to the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)

Security Clearance Requirements

• Must be an Australian Citizen
• Must have a current AGSVA NV1 Security Clearance (minimum)

Working Arrangements

• 100% onsite

Why Profectus

Profectus partners with Australian Government agencies to deliver trusted ICT capability across complex delivery programs. We take a long term, relationship driven approach, supporting our people across the full lifecycle of their engagement while contributing to outcomes of national importance.