Lead Business Analyst

Elysium Digital; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Elysium Digital in Canberra is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role in delivering large-scale digital and technology initiatives. This senior BA will bridge business and technical teams, facilitate complex stakeholder conversations, and translate business needs into practical solutions.

You will work with senior stakeholders, architects, developers and data specialists to support modern digital platforms, process improvement and delivery excellence within a collaborative

Qualifications

• Extensive BA experience on digital or technology projects.
• Strong elicitation and workshop facilitation capabilities.
• Experience documenting user stories, acceptance criteria and backlogs.
• Proven ability to map processes and improve business flows.
• Experience documenting integrations, interfaces and data flows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience supporting Agile, Scrum or hybrid delivery environments.
• Exposure to testing, UAT and delivery support activities.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews and requirements discovery sessions.
• Analyse complex business problems and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Elicit, document and manage business and technical requirements.
• Produce high-quality artefacts including: Acceptance criteria, Process maps, Business rules, Traceability matrices.
• Document system integrations, data flows and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with technical teams to support solution design activities.
• Support testing, validation, defect triage and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, project teams and delivery partners.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and modern delivery practices.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Requirements elicitation

Workshop facilitation

User stories & acceptance criteria

Process mapping

Data flows

Agile / Scrum experience

Testing / UAT support

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Visio

Microsoft 365

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role in the delivery of large-scale digital and technology initiatives. This position will suit a senior BA who enjoys working across business and technical teams, facilitating complex stakeholder conversations, and translating business needs into practical solutions.

Working within a collaborative project environment, you will engage with senior stakeholders, architects, developers, data specialists and external vendors to support the delivery of modern digital platforms and business improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews and requirements discovery sessions.
• Analyse complex business problems and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Elicit, document and manage business and technical requirements.
• Produce high-quality artefacts including:
• Acceptance criteria
• Process maps
• Business rules
• Traceability matrices
• Document system integrations, data flows and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with technical teams to support solution design activities.
• Support testing, validation, defect triage and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, project teams and delivery partners.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and modern delivery practices.

Skills & Experience

We're interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Extensive Business Analysis experience within digital or technology projects.
• Strong requirements elicitation and workshop facilitation capabilities.
• Experience developing user stories, acceptance criteria and backlog artefacts.
• Business process mapping and process improvement expertise.
• Experience documenting integrations, interfaces and data flows.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience supporting Agile, Scrum or hybrid delivery environments.
• Exposure to testing, UAT and delivery support activities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to work effectively in complex, fast-paced and evolving environments.

Experience working with one or more of the following would be highly regarded:

• Enterprise applications (ERP, HR, Finance, Procurement or Document Management systems)
• Data and reporting initiatives
• Cloud-based platforms
• Digital transformation programs
• Government, research, scientific, agriculture or highly regulated environments
• Tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Visio and Microsoft 365.