We are searching for a hardworking Lead business analyst to join our passionate team at UNSW in Sydney.
Growing your career as a Full Time Lead business analyst is a terrific prospect to develop excellent skills.
If you are strong in communication, people management and have the right mindset for the job, then apply for the position of Lead business analyst at UNSW today!

This Job is based in Australia

- Attractive Salary
- Continuing, full time role (35-hour week)
- Flexible Working Arrangements

About this role:-

This role is a pivotal Business Analyst role within the Human Resources Solutions Team. As the Lead Business Analyst (HR Solutions) you will work on complex technical and business problems and be responsible for providing domain and technical guidance to Business Analysts, Functional Analysts and Technical Developers. In this role you will manage a team of 4-5 Direct Reports, and be responsible for identifying, implementing improvements to operational processes, procedures and standards in the HR Solutions Team.

Some of the key accountabilities:-

- Lead and develop team members to continuously develop capability, optimise staff engagement, motivation and productivity and build a customer service culture.
- Mentor and guide Business Analysts in the team as well as delivery teams, providing best practice, direction and advice for achieving the best outcome.
- Work with the Enterprise Architecture competency centre to establish and apply standard methods, practices, tools, templates and processes.
- As a member of the sub-domain leadership team, work with the Lead Solution Architect, Technology Manager and program managers, to ensure the translation of business expressed needs to functional definition is achieved.
- Assist in the development of Procurement Strategy, RFx and evaluation criteria




- Oversee and facilitate business user groups and discovery sessions as part of formal or informal consultancy / project agreements.
- Take responsibility for investigative work to determine business requirements and specify effective business processes, through improvements in information systems, information management, practices, procedures, and organisation change.
- Apply and monitor the use of contemporary modelling and analysis tools, methods and standards, giving special consideration to business perspectives.
- Conduct thorough investigations for strategy studies, business requirements specifications and feasibility studies.
- Participate in the preparation of business cases which define potential benefits, options for achieving these benefits through development of new or changed processes, and associated business risks.
- Provide advice and guidance to information architects/database designers and others to assist in understanding the data structures and associated components.
- Drive business processes; identifies alternative solutions, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches.
- Contribute to evaluating the factors which must be addressed in change programmes.
- Build the requirements for the implementation of changes in the business process.
- Share accountability, on a rotating basis with the other Lead BAs, for the establishment and running of the BA Guild

Skills and Experience:-

- Demonstrative Understanding of Software Development Lifecycles,



their associated artefacts and how different approaches are needed in different scenarios (PeopleSoft experience highly desirable)
- Tertiary qualifications in IT, Business or related discipline together with 7+years’ experience in business systems analysis
- Demonstrated competency in the use of professional business analysis tools and techniques (such as Use Case Analysis, UML).
- Strong presentation skills, both written and verbal, with confidence and the ability to challenge issues and positively influence their resolution
- Strong analytical and problem solutioning skills, with a background in establishing BA practices ensuring that the underlying problem is understood and a robust solution is developed to support the development of policies, methods, tools and templates commonly used
- Sound knowledge of the system development life cycle, and a proven track record of working within appropriate project management methodologies using Waterfall and Agile methods.

More Information

For more information please see the Position Description.

To Apply : If this is of interest to you, please submit your CV, Cover Letter and responses to the Skills and Experience.

Applications Close

4th April at 11.55pm

Talent Acquisition Contact: Jen MacLachlan

e: View email address on jobs.institutedata.com

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

Benefits of working as a Lead business analyst in Sydney:

● Company offers great benefits
● Advancement opportunities
● Advantageous package

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