Business Analyst

The Company

Terra Firma is a respected Australian business and technology consulting firm with a 25+ year history of successfully delivering client outcomes. We offer leading business and technology consulting services covering the entire lifecycle of a program. With an average tenure of 8 years across the business, it’s safe to say that our people love what they do and are here for the long haul, whether they are at the beginning of their career journey or a seasoned professional. Our people are masters of their craft but what sets us apart is our support and willingness to help each other to deliver high quality outcomes for our clients.

We offer you exposure to a diverse array of clients across various industries including all levels of Government, Banking and Financial services, Not for Profit, Telco’s, Technology and Utilities. If you have the right skills, take your pick! Not only are you able to work across various industries, but you will also learn and upskill from working on new projects and with new technologies.

The staff are the lifeblood of Terra Firma.

The diverse backgrounds and varying walks of life enable our company culture to grow stronger, and this is what makes it such a great place to work.

Terra Firma is committed to ensuring all applicants are considered for positions in the organisation regardless of ethnicity, gender, or physical disability.

If you share our values and culture, you will find a home at Terra Firma.

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst for our consulting organisation, based in Victoria (Melbourne). This is a permanent, full-time role.

You will have 4+ years in a dedicated Business Analyst role. It is highly preferrable that you have worked as an agile, digital Business Analyst and within complex international business environment(s). Prior experience in a consulting/professional services company is also highly regarded, as is a technical background (eg software development).

As a Business Analyst, you will understand how to develop user requirements and functional specifications in complex environments, building functional specifications and requirements for both internal and external client projects.

You will have proven experience liaising with business stakeholders as well as software developers for the development of business led process or technical and software solutions. You will also hold a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

You will have diversity in skills, being able to support and lead activities as necessary using your project management and change management skills in a small team environment.

What does a Terra Firma Business Analyst look like?

• You will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport with clients and key stakeholders at all levels.
  
• Strong communication skills (oral, written and visual) with the ability to tailor your style to suit the audience you are working with.
  
• Ability to identify and influence stakeholders at all levels to reach desired outcomes, and able to work effectively in complex and diverse environments.
  
• Proven experience eliciting and documenting business functional requirements in a variety of businesses, settings, and manage these through the business or project lifecycle.
  
• Proven agile experience (scrum, daily stand up, sprint planning and release planning etc).

Duties include:

• Provide collaborative guidance, review and quality assurance for software development and user experience.
  
• Demonstrate understanding of new ways of working and supporting a flexible and agile working environment.
  
• Demonstrate ability to work in a best practice environment and flexible to change.
  
• Liaise and work directly with both business and technical, software development teams, by leading workshops and discussions.
  
• Project manage various aspects of the requirements gathering and design activities as required.
  
• Create and update epics, user stories, documentation, project templates as necessary.
  
• Run workshops with a variety of stakeholders and SMEs as required.

Compensation

This is a Business Analyst role paying 100,000-115,000 including superannuation.

Ready to apply?

If this is the type of opportunity that interests you please, please apply!