Senior Business Analyst

Work Initiatives; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Work Initiatives is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with a strong technical and delivery background to join a Federal Government contract. The role focuses on leading analysis across strategic transformation initiatives and translating complex requirements into practical solutions.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, manage end-to-end requirements, and mentor junior analysts while ensuring adherence to safety, security, and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Senior Business Analyst experience in complex technology, infrastructure, systems integration or transformation environments.
• Lead requirements management activities across large-scale technology, transformation, infrastructure, and capability initiatives.
• Manage requirements across the full lifecycle, from business case and procurement through to delivery and operational acceptance.
• Develop and manage requirements traceability to ensure alignment, accountability, and successful verification.
• Translate complex operational and technical requirements into clear delivery and implementation artefacts.
• Design and document current-state and target-state processes, capabilities, and operating models.
• Support complex system implementations, integrations, infrastructure, cyber security, and digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, SMEs, and technical teams to define and document business requirements.
• Drive end-to-end requirements management, maintaining quality, traceability, and business alignment.
• Provide strategic advice on business challenges, improvement opportunities, and process optimisation.
• Contribute to the development of business cases, strategic roadmaps, target-state architectures, and future operating models.
• Mentor and provide guidance to Business Analysts across multiple projects and workstreams, promoting best practice analysis methodologies.
• Ensure business strategies, plans, and capability initiatives adhere to relevant safety, security, and regulatory standards.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, project teams, and vendors.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and delivery impacts.

Skills

Senior BA

Requirements management

Stakeholder engagement

Systems integration

Delivery excellence

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Contract & Location

• 24 Month Contract
• Federal Government Department
• Brisbane/Melbourne/Sydney

Looking to join one of Australia’s most integral federal government departments? This department helps to make life of all Australians safer and is looking for a Senior Business Analyst with a strong technical and delivery background.

We are seeking highly driven Senior Business Analysts with experience in Systems engineering and structured requirements management environments.

About The Role

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will lead the analysis and definition of business needs across strategic transformation initiatives. You will work closely with stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into practical solutions, driving efficiency, innovation, and successful delivery outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, SMEs, and technical teams to define and document business requirements
• Drive end-to-end requirements management, maintaining quality, traceability, and business alignment
• Provide strategic advice on business challenges, improvement opportunities, and process optimisation
• Contribute to the development of business cases, strategic roadmaps, target-state architectures, and future operating models
• Mentor and provide guidance to Business Analysts across multiple projects and workstreams, promoting best practice analysis methodologies
• Ensure business strategies, plans, and capability initiatives adhere to relevant safety, security, and regulatory standards
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, project teams, and vendors
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and delivery impacts

Essential Experience

• At least 8 years of Senior Business Analyst experience within complex technology, infrastructure, systems integration or transformation environments
• Lead requirements management activities across large-scale technology, transformation, infrastructure, and capability initiatives
• Manage requirements across the full lifecycle, from business case and procurement through to delivery and operational acceptance
• Develop and manage requirements traceability to ensure alignment, accountability, and successful verification
• Translate complex operational and technical requirements into clear delivery and implementation artefacts
• Design and document current-state and target-state processes, capabilities, and operating models
• Support complex system implementations, integrations, infrastructure, cyber security, and digital transformation initiatives

Desirable Skills

• CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional).
• PMI-PBA (Professional in Business Analysis).
• Exposure to frameworks and methodologies such as BABOK, PMBOK, PRINCE2, Six Sigma, Lean, ITIL, P3M3 and Prosci.

This is a great opportunity to secure a long-term Federal Government contract.