Senior Business Analyst - Banking, SQL & Data Flows

XPT Software; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Business Analyst in Sydney to lead requirements gathering and analysis for banking, insurance and financial services clients. The role emphasizes strong SQL skills, data validation, and stakeholder collaboration across cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 8-10 years of BA experience, deep understanding of credit risk data flows, and proven ownership of end-to-end release activities within complex systems.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience with strong Business Analysis skillset including requirement gathering, gap/impact analysis, and preparing high-quality requirement documents (BRD/FRD/Jira).
• Excellent stakeholder management, able to collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive clarity in requirements.
• Work effectively as an individual contributor, ensuring timely and quality delivery.
• Understanding of financial products, Credit and Market risk domain data flows and Market data.
• Strong SQL proficiency with ability to perform detailed data analysis and validation across complex systems.
• Experience working with upstream and downstream system landscapes, ensuring accurate data flow and impact assessment.
• Proven ownership of end-to-end release and change management activities.
• The role requires strong expertise in SQL, along with exposure to the Banking domain and willing to learn BA activities (User story creation, etc). Java and Credit Risk domain are optional skills

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end release and change management activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to clarify requirements.
• Gather and document high-quality BRD/FRD/Jira deliverables.
• Analyze data flows in banking & market risk domains.
• Validate data across upstream and downstream systems.
• Demonstrate strong SQL proficiency for data validation.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirement gathering

Impact analysis

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

Jira

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Business Analyst in Sydney to lead requirements gathering and analysis for banking, insurance and financial services clients. The role emphasizes strong SQL skills, data validation, and stakeholder collaboration across cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 8-10 years of BA experience, deep understanding of credit risk data flows, and proven ownership of end-to-end release activities within complex systems.