Data & Analytics Business Analyst — NZFIU (Fixed Term)

Police; Wellington, Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 104,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Police seeks an experienced Business Analyst for the NZ Financial Intelligence Unit on a fixed-term basis in Wellington or Auckland. You will align business needs with data analytics initiatives, supporting the data insights and operations team, while contributing to governance and knowledge transfer in a sensitive, fast-moving environment.

The role requires hands-on analysis, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to work across operational and technical teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience gathering, documenting and managing business requirements in complex environments.
• Strong capability in analysing business processes and designing practical future-state solutions.
• Solid understanding of data, analytics, reporting and technology-enabled processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify business needs, analyse current processes, and develop future-state requirements.
• Elicit, document, prioritise and manage requirements from concept through implementation.
• Define requirements for analytics, reporting, data quality, automation and platforms.

Skills

Business analysis

Process improvement

Data & analytics understanding

Stakeholder engagement

Delivery & change

Adaptability & judgement

Job description

New Zealand Police seeks an experienced Business Analyst for the NZ Financial Intelligence Unit on a fixed-term basis in Wellington or Auckland. You will align business needs with data analytics initiatives, supporting the data insights and operations team, while contributing to governance and knowledge transfer in a sensitive, fast-moving environment.

The role requires hands-on analysis, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to work across operational and technical teams.