Senior Business Analyst

PERSOL APAC; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is looking for a Senior Business Analyst in Wellington to support a replacement project by drafting business requirements documentation and managing RFP processes. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and strong documentation and communication skills. Experience with biometric systems and working with multiple stakeholders is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong technical leaning with ability to document technical requirements.
• Previously experience in assessing and replacing business applications.
• Excellent communication skills, can work cohesively in a team.

Responsibilities

• Draft and finalise technical and non-functional business requirements documentation.
• Gather non-functional requirements for the RFP process.
• Support the project around issuing of the RFP and reviewing responses.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Documentation skills

Team collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to support a replacement project which our client is currently undertaking.

Responsibilities

• Draft and finalise the technical and non-functional business requirements documentation to inform a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the replacement existing system.
• Gather non-functional requirements for the RFP process, especially around the technology, solution location, ICT security requirements.
• Identify Privacy and Security groups within the organisation to be engaged to ensure their requirements are considered given the type of data held in this system.
• Help support the project around the issuing of the RFP and the reviewing RFP responses with project and SME resourcing

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Seasoned Senior BA with a strong technical leaning, who understands requirements elicitation and documenting technical requirements, and is able to deliver this type of work in a timely fashion to a high standard.
• Ability to drive capture and review of technical functional and non-functional requirements to support the RFP process.
• Excellent documentation skills and communication skills, and able to work cohesively in a small, high performing team.
• Ability to work with transparently and reliably with multiple stakeholders to achieve outcomes
• Previous experience undertaking assessment and replacement of existing business applications / system.
• Previous exposure to working with biometric systems (desirable, but not mandatory)
• An understanding of the RFP process is desirable but not essential, particularly around probity and handling commercially sensitive information.