Business Analyst
Key Responsibilities
Business Analysis & Requirements Management:
- Engage stakeholders to understand business goals, pain points, operational challenges, and policy requirements.
- Elicit, analyse, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
- Translate business needs into user stories, process flows, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria.
- Facilitate workshops and requirement-gathering sessions with stakeholders.
Process Improvement & Solution Design:
- Analyse current business processes and identify opportunities for process optimisation and automation.
- Assess the impact of proposed changes on business operations, systems, users, and policies.
- Collaborate with solution architects and technical teams to design practical and scalable solutions.
- Recommend improvements that enhance operational efficiency, user experience, and service outcomes.
Product & Delivery Support:
- Work closely with Product Managers and delivery teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Support Agile delivery by managing and refining product backlogs and requirements.
- Clarify business requirements during development and assist teams in resolving requirement-related issues.
- Ensure delivered solutions meet business objectives and user needs.
Testing & Quality Assurance:
- Develop and review test scenarios, test cases, and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate and support System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Validate that system functionality meets agreed business requirements.
- Support defect triage and resolution activities.
Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement:
- Build strong relationships with business, operations, and technology stakeholders.
- Support implementation planning, business readiness, training, and adoption activities.
- Communicate project progress, issues, risks, and recommendations effectively to stakeholders.
- Facilitate discussions to achieve alignment across multiple stakeholder groups.
Post-Implementation & Continuous Improvement
- Monitor solution performance and user feedback after implementation.
- Identify enhancement opportunities and support continuous product improvement.
- Work with support and operations teams to investigate and address production issues.
- Contribute to lessons learnt and best practices across projects.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Relevant certifications in Business Analysis, Agile, Scrum, Product Management, or Process Improvement will be advantageous.
Experience:
- 3 to 5 years of experience in business analysis, digital transformation, product delivery, or system implementation.
- Experience working on software or digital product development projects.
- Experience in Agile delivery environments will be advantageous.
- Experience in Government or large-scale enterprise systems is preferred.
Competencies:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable solutions.
- Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good understanding of Agile methodologies and product development practices.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining focus on strategic outcomes.