Talent International is working in partnership with a leading higher educaiton institution to assist in sourcing a Lead Business Analyst (Student & HR) on an initial contract, with a likely extension through to December 2028.

Working across the Analytics Planning Portfolio, the successful candidate will play a key role in the Institutional Data Governance & Platform Uplift Program, leading business analysis activities across the Student and HR domains.

The role will be responsible for establishing consistent business analysis practices, engaging with diverse university stakeholders and ensuring business, data and reporting requirements are effectively translated into solutions that support improved data governance, quality and institutional reporting.

Summary of key duties

- Lead the elicitation, analysis and documentation of business, data and reporting requirements across the Student and HR domains.

- Engage with business stakeholders, domain leads and technical delivery teams to validate requirements and ensure alignment with program objectives.

- Establish and maintain BA standards, templates and artefacts across the program, including requirements registers, process maps, user stories and acceptance criteria.

- Maintain end-to-end traceability between business requirements, data products, testing activities and acceptance criteria.

- Work closely with Domain Leads to support prioritisation of requirements, manage dependencies and resolve competing business priorities.





- Support data governance and platform uplift initiatives, ensuring consideration of data quality, ownership, reporting and integration requirements.

In order to be considered we are seeking experienced Business Analysts who have the following skills and experience

- Demonstrated experience as a Lead Business Analyst delivering complex data, analytics, data governance or enterprise platform uplift programs, ideally within higher education.

- Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills, with experience gathering and validating requirements across multiple business and technical teams.

- Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into transparent, testable data and reporting specifications.

- Experience establishing and governing BA standards and deliverables across large, multi-workstream programs.

- Strong understanding of data governance principles, including data quality, data stewardship, data integration and reporting requirements.

- Experience working with enterprise data platforms, data warehouses, analytics solutions or institutional reporting environments.

- Exposure to university Student Management Systems, HRIS platforms or the broader higher education data landscape would be highly regarded.

For immediate consideration please forward a copy of your current resume via the APPLY button or email Patrick at Talent International on ••••@talentinternational.com.au

Specific queries related to the role can be made on 02 •••• •855.

📌 Lead BA - Analytics Platform Uplift & Governance (Sydney)
🏢 Talent
📍 Sydney