Business Analyst

Vista Group; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent work/life balance including

Hybrid working (home and office-based,

Medical and Life insurance

Volunteer day

Enhanced paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Mentoring & career development

Vista Innovation Cup team events

Job summary

Vista Group, a world-leading cinema software company, is seeking a Business Analyst in Auckland. You will translate legal and regulatory language into neutral, actionable requirement documents to guide product decisions.

You'll combine curiosity, precision and collaboration with product, engineering and legal teams to ensure compliance impacts are understood. Hybrid work available in Auckland; right to live/work in NZ required.

Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking
• Takes ownership and drives progress
• Concise and explicit communication
• Builds constructive relationships
• Translates business needs and regulatory material into clear requirements / user stories
• Supports new or improved approaches to solving problems
• Confident workshop facilitation
• Proven, relevant experience in the software industry
• Experience using Business Analysis and Project Management tools and techniques

Responsibilities

• Analyse legal texts and extract relevant compliance excerpts
• Apply critical thinking to ensure actions are necessary and proportionate
• Support the Senior Business Analyst by monitoring the global compliance landscape
• Contributing to the product compliance roadmap
• Reviewing new products and features for compliance impacts
• Create concise, neutral interpretation documents for internal review
• Work with legal and subject matter experts to refine interpretations
• Work with subject matter experts to understand current product capabilities
• Promotes collaboration that respects a balance of all business demands
• Achieve goals with the other BAs, Engineers, Product Managers and Architects to ensure alignment across legal, product, and engineering perspectives
• Works closely with other BAs on integrations and other changes e.g. sales channels
• Collaborates with regulatory bodies, third parties and timelines

Skills

Critical thinking

Ownership

Clear communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Regulatory interpretation

Workshop facilitation

BA/PM tools

Job description

Description

Act as the bridge between legal language and product understanding, distilling legal documents into clear, neutral requirement documents that inform company-wide decision-making.

Description

Act as the bridge between legal language and product understanding, distilling legal documents into clear, neutral requirement documents that inform company-wide decision-making.

You'll bring curiosity, healthy scepticism, precision, and a deep respect for the balance between legal, technical, and business needs.

This role would suit an experienced intermediate level Business Analyst.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Analyse legal texts and extract relevant compliance excerpts
• Apply critical thinking to ensure actions are necessary and proportionate
• Support the Senior Business Analyst by
  • Monitoring the global compliance landscape
  • Contributing to the product compliance roadmap
  • Reviewing new products and features for compliance impacts
• Create concise, neutral interpretation documents for internal review:
  • Pair key legal excerpts with interpretations to enable traceability and input
  • Work with legal and subject matter experts to refine interpretations
  • Work with subject matter experts to understand current product capabilities
• Promotes collaboration that respects a balance of all business demands
• Achieve goals with the other Business Analysts, Engineers, Product Managers and Architects in particular to ensure alignment across legal, product, and engineering perspectives.
• Works closely with other BAs on integrations and other changes e.g. sales channels
• Collaborates with regulatory bodies, third parties and timelines

Requirements

About you

• Strong critical thinking
• Takes ownership and drives progress
• Concise and explicit communication
• Builds constructive relationships
• Translates business needs and regulatory material into clear requirements / user stories
• Supports new or improved approaches to solving problems
• Confident workshop facilitation
• Proven, relevant experience in the software industry
• Experience using Business Analysis and Project Management tools and techniques

For this particular role, we are currently only considering applicants with the right to live and work in New Zealand without the need for employer sponsorship.

About Vista

Vista is a world-leading company that makes software for the cinema industry. Started in Auckland, New Zealand, over 25 years ago, we now serve cinemas, film distributors, and moviegoers worldwide.

Our HQ is in the City Works Depot in Auckland. We have offices and subsidiary companies in Sydney, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Shanghai, Mexico City, and Kuala Lumpur. We use the latest technologies and offer a fun, agile and collaborative environment. We continue to innovate and build our reputation as one of the best Kiwi tech companies to work for.

Shared Standards

Our Shared Standards act as a compass for how we work together and reflect the behaviours we value at Vista Group. The way in which each member of our crew embodies these Shared Standards is an indicator for performance and success, as it aligns with our vision and strategy.

One Crew

• We're a diverse team, in different places and functions, and we're at our best when we connect, help and collaborate

Shine a Light

• We communicate openly, we explain the why, and we ask when we don't understand. We don't leave people in the dark

Make it Happen

• We make good things happen as people and as teams through our focus on delivery

Chase Great

• We challenge ourselves and each other to keep improving

Benefits

You will be supported to continually learn and improve your tech skills, share knowledge and ideas in the team, and be part of a dynamic and open culture.

We have a range of benefits that include:

• Excellent work/life balance including a 4 ½ day working week
• Hybrid working (home and office-based split, requiring 2-3 days attendance per week in the Auckland office)
• Medical and Life insurance (after qualifying period)
• Volunteer day, enhanced paid parental leave and wellness benefits
• Strong mentoring & career development focus
• Fun team events including the Vista Innovation Cup

If you enjoy a challenge and working in a dynamic and collaborative team, you’ll love working at Vista.

We value inclusivity celebrate diversity and are committed to offering equal opportunity to our staff and candidates — regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religious, ethical beliefs or political opinion. This commitment is reflected in all our employment policies and procedures.