Lead Business Analyst

Reserve Bank of Australia

Sydney

On-site

AUD 100,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A national financial institution is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to design and deliver data-driven solutions that optimise the IT Department's operating model. This role requires strong expertise in organisational development, stakeholder management, and business analysis leadership. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and experience in facilitating cross-functional collaboration. The position offers opportunities for individual growth and aligns with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

Solid experience in organisational development and transformation initiatives.
Ability to advise and influence people leaders using data-driven insights.
Experience integrating organisational development strategies into people solutions.

Responsibilities

Shape the design and implementation of functional capabilities within the IT Department.
Provide expertise and operational advice to the IT executive.
Apply a data-driven approach to measure the department's needs.

Skills

Organisational development

Change management skills

Stakeholder management

Business analysis leadership

Third-party management

IT workforce planning

IT operations frameworks (ITIL, COBIT)

Strong communication skills

Job description

Overview

Lead Business Analyst role at Reserve Bank of Australia.

The role is part of the IT Department, Technology Risk, Strategy and Performance team. It involves designing and delivering data-driven solutions to optimise the IT Department operating model and shaping a new function reporting to the Manager of IT Workforce Planning & Enablement.

Responsibilities

Shape the design and implementation of functional capabilities within the IT Department, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and future-state operating models. Collaborate with stakeholders to define scope, success criteria, and embedding requirements to enable operating model enhancements.
Provide expertise and operational advice to the IT executive and senior leadership teams to support capability uplift and organisational transformation initiatives.
Apply a data-driven approach and maintain metrics and reporting to measure and forecast the IT department’s short- and long-term needs, working with key stakeholders to ensure workforce capabilities are met.
Provide expert guidance and support to IT managers in the use of tools, techniques and capability assessment, ensuring regular reviews for workforce readiness and agility.
Lead business analysis activities across strategic IT Department initiatives, including requirements capture, stakeholder engagement, process mapping, and solution assessment to support delivery of fit-for-purpose solutions.
Support the design, development and implementation of organisational development strategies, frameworks and solutions to build organisational effectiveness aligned to IT department and Bank strategy.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and alignment within the IT Department and across the Bank to support target operating model implementation and capability development.
Contribute to an environment of continuous development, keeping people at the centre of design and implementation approaches.
Contribute to operational effectiveness and simplification initiatives within and across the IT department.

About you

Solid experience in organisational development and transformation initiatives, with change management skills (people, process, system) to achieve outcomes.
Ability to advise and influence people leaders using data-driven insights to shape decisions.
Excellent stakeholder management skills and experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver shared outcomes.
Proven experience in business analysis leadership, including leading requirements, process improvement and solution evaluation across complex IT or enterprise-wide initiatives.
Experience engaging and managing third parties in support of organisational change and development outcomes.
Understanding of IT workforce planning and organisational capability development to align strategies with evolving technology and business needs.
Familiarity with IT operations and frameworks (e.g., ITIL, COBIT) and ability to apply them to organisational development and business analysis.
Strong communications skills, including presenting to senior leaders.
Experience integrating organisational development strategies into people solutions to drive employee experience and behavioural change.
Experience and knowledge in IT and HR business domains is a plus.

Be More

Working for an organisation that makes a difference to the people of Australia, with development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports growth, wellbeing and flexibility.

Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA contributes to the Australian economy through national economic policy objectives, financial markets, payments infrastructure, and issuing Australia's banknotes. Our people, values and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. We strive to be Open & Dynamic, value diverse perspectives, work across teams, and deliver quality outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning and refining. We act with integrity and respect, promoting the public interest through our efforts.

We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with a disability and LGBTQ+ community members. We aim to make the recruitment process fair and equitable for all candidates.

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