Senior Business Analyst

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior Business Analyst. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Fantastic career opportunities and development
• Competitive Salary - Close to Transport - Free gym and lap pool
• Join a market leader in the Financial Services industry

Link Group offers innovative solutions and processes, combined with our proprietary technology to deliver a comprehensive financial data solution to all our Superannuation clients, servicing an underlying stakeholder base of over 10 million superannuation account holders. We support clients across all superannuation fund sectors including government, industry, retail and corporate.

Our team will work with our clients and members every step of the way and help achieve superior outcomes through effective solutions.

Purpose of Role

The purpose of this role is to support the BA Team Lead in providing high quality business analysis and business requirements for migrations, projects and enhancements and to support project managers in delivery of high quality project outcomes. 

Key Accountabilities:

• Complete the functions of a business analyst including:
• Direct analysis and discussions to elicit targeted business requirements that are fit for purpose 
• Prepare comprehensive business requirements documents that meet the conflicting needs of business stakeholders and achieve operational best practice 
• Review and dissect ‘As Is’ process to ensure optimal ‘To Be’ processes 
• Plan to ensure requirements are completed within agreed time frames and are in accordance with agreed client specifications 
• Actively support Technical Analysts in the completion of technical specifications and participate in solution design
• Direct and support all stages of testing such that the implemented solution reflects the agreed requirements
• In co-ordination with the Project Manager, manage post implementation support to minimise disruption to the business
• Diligently follow-up any outstanding issues with business users or IT developers to ensure that work requests are completed promptly 
• Employ change methodologies to ensure that change impacts are managed and business readiness is supported.
• Drive business improvements through visibility of ongoing quality issues and initiatives
• Review work practices/procedures to identify opportunities to improve quality or productivity

Complete the functions of a mentor to business analysts including mentoring of:

• Planning,  
• Execution and 
• Quality of analysis.

Act as a Lead Business Analyst on projects, as required, including:

• Managing the planning, tracking, reporting and quality of analysis for the team of business analysts assigned to the project
• Managing stakeholder such as project managers in the planning and delivery of the analysis components of the project.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Skills, Capabilities and Experience
• Extensive Business Analysis experience;
• Experience as a lead and/or mentor to Business Analysts;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
• Strong organisation and planning skills;
• Thorough knowledge of best practice administration processes and procedures. 

Essential Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in IT, Business or a related discipline;
• Superannuation industry knowledge.