Senior IT Business Analyst

Just imagine your future with us…

At Aurecon we see the future through a very different lens. Do you?

Innovation, eminence and digital are at the heart of everything we do. Are you excited about the future?

Are you driven by the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and complex projects around the world and to learn from the best? We are.

Diversity is at the core of everything we do. We work together to create a culture based on respect, trust and inclusiveness. Our differences are what fuel our creativity.

What will you do?

The purpose of the role is to lead and manage a team of IT professionals in delivering high-quality Microsoft application solutions, ensuring alignment with IT strategies and enabling business objectives.

Purpose of Role

The Senior IT Business Analyst leads the analysis and documentation of Aurecon IT projects, so that our portfolios deliver the highest quality initiatives to Aurecon. Has 7+ years of project experience as a business analyst on technology focussed projects and has worked autonomously to produce high-quality deliverables that meet the needs of project stakeholders. The Senior IT Business Analyst is equally comfortable working with business stakeholders to capture requirements, project managers to coordinate tasks and team members, and technical teams to ensure that requirements are delivered.

The successful candidate will bring their confidence and work ethic to ensure the successful implementation of IT initiatives at Aurecon.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities of the Senior IT Business Analyst at Aurecon:

• 7+ years of experience as an IT business analyst with experience in custom build software environment – very nice to have

• Agile/Scrum experience – Mandatory

• Experience in Power apps – very nice to have

• Capture and document requirements, scope, mockups and business processes.

• Conduct workshops and interviews with subject matter experts and stakeholders from across the business.

• Work with project and portfolio managers to ensure appropriate project resourcing, task assignments and project reporting.

• Deliver key artefacts as required by the project, including user stories, business requirements documentation, traceability matrices, as-is and to-be process documentation, and wireframes.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Assist portfolio and project managers in identifying, reporting, and resolving risks and issues throughout project lifecycles.

• Collaborate with solution architects, security analysts and change analysts to produce material to support the successful delivery of IT projects.

• Act as Scrum Master as and when required.

Key Behaviour:

Tenacity to elicit and refine the business needs from diverse stakeholders and build deliverable business requirements that reflect the needs of the stakeholders.

Essential skills and experience

Business Analysis Skills:

• Business situation analysis: can produce diagrams and flowchart representations of real-world business situations and functions.

• Requirements definition and management: define, validate and manage requirements through the delivery life-cycle.

• Feasibility assessment: define, evaluate and describe business change options to meet the defined requirements.

• Data modelling and design: can develop models and diagrams to represent and communicate data requirements.

Application/Product Experience:

• Competency using Microsoft office to analyse and cleanse data, produce and maintain reports, lists and visualisations.

• Atlassian Confluence and JIRA

Business Analysis Experience:

• 7+ years of experience as an IT business analyst with experience in custom build software environment – very nice to have

• Agile/Scrum experience – Mandatory

• Experience in Power apps – very nice to have

• Lead business requirement gathering and process workshops. Contribute insight knowledge to finalise requirements

• Capture and document requirements, scope, mockups and business processes.

• Conduct workshops and interviews with subject matter experts and stakeholders from across the business.

• Experience working across multiple regions and with program managers, project managers, business stakeholders, application or product owners, and external vendors.

Essential Soft-Skills:

• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can act without having the total picture.

• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing.

• Presentation skills: Is effective in a variety of oral and written presentation settings (including online and in person): one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers and business leaders.

• Time Management: Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently; concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities.

About Us

We’ve re-imagined engineering.

Aurecon is an engineering and infrastructure advisory company, but not as you know it!

For a start, our clients’ ideas drive what we do. Drawing on our deep pool of expertise, we co-create innovative solutions with our clients to some of the world’s most complex challenges. And through a range of unique creative processes and skills, we work to re-imagine, shape and design a better future.

We listen deeply and intently, which helps us see opportunities, possibilities and potential that others can’t. Think engineering. Think again.

Want to know more?

You can learn more about what it’s like to work at Aurecon by visiting the careers section of our website.

If you are intrigued or excited by what you have read, then we want to hear from you. Apply now!