14th October, 2026

Senior Business Analyst - Trade & Data Intelligence

Location: ACT or VIC
Contract: 4 months (16 weeks)
Pay: $130-$160 p/h including super (negotiable)
Work type: Full-time, up to 37.5 hours per week
Work arrangement: Hybrid, with specific arrangements agreed with your supervisor on a case-by-case basis
Clearance: Must hold a current NV1 clearance or above
Start: Around 16 November 2026, subject to candidate availability, onboarding and any applicable notice period

About the Role
This is a focused Senior Business Analyst discovery role with our Federal Government client. You will define the MVP requirements for a secure data and intelligence capability and create the roadmap for what happens next.

The work is deliberately requirements-focused. You will uncover business, data, governance, access and technical enablement needs, validate priorities and turn them into clear decision-ready artefacts. You are not being hired to build the system or lead implementation.

What You'll Be Doing

- Define MVP requirements for a secure data and intelligence capability
- Define business and operational use cases across internal and public-facing needs
- Elicit requirements from investigation, policy, data, governance and technology stakeholders
- Define data, access, security, information management and auditability requirements
- Identify risks, assumptions, constraints, dependencies and decisions




- Validate and prioritise requirements with senior stakeholders
- Produce clear, decision-ready and procurement-ready requirements artefacts
- Develop a practical roadmap for future delivery stages

What You Bring (Essential Criteria)

- You've led senior business analysis, discovery or requirements-definition engagements
- You've produced business, data, reporting, governance, access, functional and non-functional requirements
- You can elicit, analyse, validate, prioritise and document complex requirements
- You've worked across business, data, governance and technical stakeholder groups
- You can turn complex discovery into clear, decision-ready artefacts and roadmaps
- You can manage scope, risks, assumptions and dependencies within a fixed discovery window
- You're an Australian citizen
- You must hold a current NV1 clearance or above

Nice to Have (Desirable Criteria)

- Experience in trade, customs/import data, market intelligence or supply chain resilience
- Experience defining requirements for secure data environments
- Experience with complex government, trade or market datasets
- Experience in an economic, regulatory, industry or data-intensive Commonwealth workplace

This is a short, focused engagement where strong analysis will directly shape future delivery decisions. Roles like this move fast - apply now and keep more of your rate with Effective People's free payroll service.

📌 Senior Business Analyst (Australian Capital Territory)
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