Business Analyst (Contract)

Salary: NZD 120 - 130 per hour

Our client is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support the Future of Population Statistics (FoPS) Project on an initial three-month contract, with the potential for extension.

The role will focus on establishing the foundations required to validate and progress the project business case through discovery and requirements gathering activities. The successful candidate will work across business and technical teams to develop a clear understanding of requirements and translate technical concepts into business-focused outcomes.

Purpose of the Role
The primary purpose of this engagement is to provide business analysis expertise to support:

• Discovery and requirements gathering activities
• Development and refinement of user stories
• Strong understanding of Agile ways of working, user story development, and delivery planning
• Translation of technical concepts into business requirements
• Development of business case inputs and recommendations following the requirements phase
• Engagement with business, technical and subject matter expert stakeholders across a complex and time-constrained environment

Key Deliverables
The contractor will be expected to:

• Lead and support discovery activities
• Gather, document and validate business requirements
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions with business, technical and SME stakeholders
• Develop and refine user stories and associated requirements artefacts
• Identify business needs, outcomes, measures and future-state requirements
• Work closely with technical teams to ensure business requirements are clearly understood
• Support the development of business cases and associated recommendations

Key Capabilities

• Business case development
• Ability to connect business needs, benefits, risks and investment considerations
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments
• Strong user story development and refinement capability
• Proven experience leading discovery activities
• Requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation skills
• Comfortable working through ambiguity to establish clear outcomes.
• Skilled at translating technical language into business-focused requirements and outcomes
• Able to work effectively in a time-poor stakeholder environment

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Business Analyst experience across discovery and requirements phases
• Experience contributing to business cases and investment proposals
• Agile delivery experience, including user story development
• Excellent written communication and facilitation skills
• Proven relationship-building capability
• Ability to quickly establish credibility and navigate complex environments

If this contract is of interest to you please apply via Seek or contract Lucy Graham - lucy.graham@absoluteit.co.nz