Work options: Hybrid

Functional Business Analyst

Work across business and technology teams to identify, clarify and document business and functional requirements and support the successful delivery of business and technology solutions.

Prerequisites

- 5+ years’ Business Analyst experience, with proven experience identifying, analysing, clarifying and documenting customer and business requirements.
- Strong requirements elicitation and documentation capability, translating business needs into transparent functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and supporting documentation.
- Advanced stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to consult, influence and communicate effectively with senior management, business users and technology teams.
- Advanced facilitation and workshop skills, including requirements gathering, clarification, process discussions and stakeholder decision-making.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, including the ability to assess complex information, identify gaps and develop practical solutions.
- Sufficient technical understanding to communicate effectively with developers and testers, clearly explaining business requirements,



functional expectations and solution behaviour.
- Experience working with APIs, including understanding requests and responses and using relevant tools to inspect, simulate or validate API interactions.
- Experience working within Agile development methodologies and established project delivery disciplines.
- Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments, clarify unclear requirements and progress work where information may initially be incomplete.
- Ability to make decisions and deliver to deadlines without compromising quality, attention to detail or broader business objectives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing, presentations and business documentation.

Candidates should be proficient with:

- Jira – requirements, user stories, backlog and issue management
- Confluence – requirements and project documentation
- API tools such as SOAP UI, Postman or equivalent
- Microsoft Excel – analysis, data validation and reconciliation
- Microsoft Visio or equivalent – process and workflow modelling
- Microsoft 365 tools including Word, PowerPoint and Teams

📌 Functional Business Analyst - Hybrid (Melbourne)
🏢 Nixil
📍 Melbourne