Senior Business Analyst

XPT Software Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead enterprise data and technology initiatives in Sydney. You will translate strategic objectives into clear business, functional, data, and delivery requirements, guiding multi‑discipline teams through complex programs.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, Product Owners, and engineers to shape objectives, plan workshops, and define current/target state processes. Strong data, SQL, and BRD expertise are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Business Analysis experience across enterprise programs.
• Proven delivery of complex data, digital, cloud, or transformation programs.
• Advanced BRD, requirements, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with Agile, SAFe, hybrid, or multi-vendor delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business analysis for transformation and data projects.
• Partner with senior stakeholders, PO, PMs, architects, and engineers to set objectives and scope.
• Plan executive workshops, discovery sessions, and cross-functional decision forums.
• Define current/target state processes and operating impacts.
• Own requirements artefacts: BRDs, specs, epics, user stories, criteria, traceability.
• Analyze data requirements: mappings, validation rules, reconciliation, acceptance criteria.
• Serve as liaison between SMEs, data teams, architects, testers, and delivery leadership.
• Drive prioritisation, dependencies, risk, decisions, and scope control.
• Lead UAT planning, validation, defect triage, and adoption readiness.
• Coach BAs, set analysis standards, and conduct quality reviews.
• Provide executive updates on impact, risks, dependencies, and progress.

Skills

Senior BA leadership

Stakeholder facilitation

Requirements discovery

Data and process analysis

SQL for data analysis

Jira/Confluence usage

Azure DevOps/Visio

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Visio

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead business analysis across complex enterprise data and technology initiatives. The role requires strong stakeholder leadership, structured problem solving, and the ability to translate strategic objectives into clear business, functional, data, and delivery requirements.

What You'll Work On

• Lead end-to-end business analysis for complex transformation, data migration, digital, and technology programs.
• Partner with senior business stakeholders, Product Owners, Program Managers, Architects, and Engineering Leads to define objectives, scope, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Plan and facilitate executive workshops, discovery sessions, process reviews, and cross-functional decision forums.
• Define current-state and target-state processes, capability gaps, business rules, operating impacts, and transition requirements.
• Own high-quality requirements artefacts, including business requirements, functional specifications, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, process models, and traceability matrices.
• Lead analysis of customer, product, operational, and reporting data requirements, including mappings, validation rules, reconciliation criteria, and business acceptance criteria.
• Act as the primary liaison between business SMEs, data teams, architects, testing teams, and delivery leadership throughout the lifecycle.
• Drive requirement prioritisation, dependency management, risk resolution, decision tracking, and scope control.
• Lead UAT planning and business validation, oversee defect triage, and ensure readiness for implementation and adoption.
• Coach and mentor Business Analysts, establish analysis standards, and conduct quality reviews of requirements and deliverables.
• Provide concise executive updates on business impacts, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and delivery progress.

Key Skills And Experience

• 10+ years of Business Analysis experience, including leadership responsibility across enterprise programs.
• Proven experience delivering complex data, digital, cloud, system integration, or business transformation initiatives.
• Advanced expertise in requirement discovery, process re-engineering, gap analysis, impact assessment, and stakeholder facilitation.
• Strong capability in BRDs, functional and non-functional requirements, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, data mappings, and traceability.
• Experience working with Agile, Scrum, SAFe, hybrid, or multi-vendor delivery models.
• Strong understanding of data models, APIs, integration patterns, ETL/ELT concepts, data migration, data quality, and reporting solutions.
• Hands-on capability with SQL for data analysis, profiling, reconciliation, and requirement validation.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Visio, and collaboration or process-modelling tools.
• Excellent executive stakeholder management, negotiation, facilitation, written communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, cross-team dependencies, and delivery risks in a fast-paced environment.

Good to Have

• Experience in telecommunications, financial services, utilities, retail, or another regulated, data-intensive environment.
• Exposure to Azure, Databricks, GCP, AWS, data lakehouse, data governance, master data, or regulatory reporting initiatives.
• Experience defining operating models, value streams, KPIs, business cases, benefits measures, or transformation roadmaps.
• Relevant certification such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, AgileBA, SAFe, or a recognised process-modelling qualification.