Senior Business Analyst

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

AUKUS

Permanent – Full time

Location: Flinders Street SA

PURPOSE OF JOB

We are looking for a Senior

Business Analyst to join our dynamic and growing Business Analysis Practice. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of business and technology, helping shape the future of our organisation through impactful analysis and insight. You will be responsible for eliciting, analysing, and documenting business needs, and translating them into actionable outcomes across a portfolio of Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid projects.

You will work closely with Business Stakeholders, Product Owners, Project Managers, Enterprise and Solution Architects,and other key partners to ensure that requirements are well understood, prioritised, and aligned to business value.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Engage with stakeholders to identify business needs and gather detailed requirements through workshops, interviews, and research.
• Develop accurate artefacts including business cases, user stories, process maps, and functional/non-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with technical teams and architects to ensure solutions align with business objectives and are feasible to implement.
• Operate within different delivery models (Agile and Waterfall), contributing to project planning, sprint ceremonies, and UAT processes.
• Build strong relationships with business and technical stakeholders across regions, bridging gaps between strategy, operations, and delivery.
• Assist in business readiness, training needs analysis, and continuous improvement

KEY CRITERIA

• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst in complex or cross-functional project environments.
• Strong understanding of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, with flexibility to operate in Hybrid settings.
• Experience working with Visio and MS products.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to adapt for different audiences.
• Experience working on complex projects in engineering, manufacturing, construction, or technology-driven environments is desirable.
• Strategic thinking and detail oriented, capable of translating ambiguous or complex stakeholder requests into strategic outcomes
• Comfortable working across multi-country or multi-organisation collaborations.
• Ability to work some UK hours (early evenings)
• Defence security clearance or eligibility to obtain a NV 1 Clearance
• Punctual, proactive, and consistently well prepared for meetings, with the ability to lead defined workstreams independently.Team player with a proactive, delivery-focused mindset.

Please apply to Kanika Behl by close of business on the closing date. Your application should include a resume and whilst not essential, a cover letter is preferred. Please note, it is a business expectation that you advise your line manager of your application.

Please note that business impact will need to be considered and negotiated transition plans will be required for internal appointments.

Employees are also encouraged to refer others for this vacancy – refer to: Employee Referral Scheme for further information on eligibility and instructions on how to use our online referral portal. Whilst referrals are encouraged for this vacancy, suitable internal applicants will always be given first preference and consideration.