Business Analyst
At Harrison McMillan, our mission is simple: to change lives, one placement at a time. As a trusted recruitment partner to government and industry, we connect exceptional people with opportunities where they can make a genuine impact.
Harrison McMillan is seeking an experienced Business Analyst who is highly motivated, outcomes-focused, and demonstrates initiative, takes ownership, and drives work forward.
This is a long-term contract to 30 June 2027 with 12 month extension options and is based in Canberra. It is expected that the preferred candidate(s) will be on-site 2 days per week and interstate candidates will be on-site for quarterly planning events.
Due to the nature of this role, a Baseline security clearance is required.
Key Responsibilities:
Build strong relationships and trusted partnerships across business and technical teams.
Facilitate workshops, discussions and stakeholder engagement activities to understand business needs and align priorities.
Elicit, analyse and document business requirements, processes, user stories and acceptance criteria.
Drive activities forward by proactively identifying risks, issues, dependencies and opportunities, and working with stakeholders to resolve them.
Support planning activities including backlog management, business case development, roadmaps and delivery planning.
Communicate progress, insights, risks and recommendations to support effective decision-making.
Work across multiple concurrent initiatives while maintaining focus on outcomes and delivery.
Foster a positive, collaborative and high-performing team culture.
Essential Criteria:
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, build trusted relationships, facilitate discussions, and bring people together to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to take initiative, drive work forward, remove obstacles, identify opportunities, and deliver outcomes with minimal direction. Shows accountability, follow-through and a strong bias for action.
Demonstrated experience eliciting and documenting requirements, facilitating workshops, supporting delivery teams, and working effectively across multiple concurrent initiatives in Agile environments.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, build trust, contribute positively to team culture, support others, and create alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
Desirable Criteria:
Experience working on data, reporting, analytics or information management initiatives.
Ability to work closely with developers on technical requirements.
Experience with Dynamics 365, APIs, integrations, or system architecture.
Experience supporting strategic planning, business case development or delivery roadmaps.
Understanding of data governance, data quality or business intelligence concepts.
Experience working within government or other large, complex organisations.
RFQ Due Date: 23 July 2026.
Apply now or contact the Harrison McMillan team for a confidential discussion.