Business Analyst – Payments & Finance Uplift | Contract to Dec 2025 + Extension

The role

We’re looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join a high-impact Payments Optimisation and Compliance Initiative currently in the Discovery phase. The focus is on improving digital payment processes and compliance frameworks across finance and student business domains.

You’ll play a key role in shaping future-state recommendations, refining existing workflows, and engaging senior stakeholders to drive meaningful outcomes. This is a hands-on delivery role where you’ll need to hit the ground running - perfect for a seasoned BA who enjoys the mix of stakeholder engagement, documentation, and process design.

• Contract through to 19 December 2025
• Likely extension into Q1 2026
• Hybrid working – flexible onsite presence in Brisbane

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops and deep-dive discussions with stakeholders across multiple business units
• Conduct current-state mapping, identify pain points, and define clear future-state requirements
• Drive gap-fit analysis, support solution feasibility assessments, and present outcomes to steering committee and sponsors
• Translate business needs into user stories and collaborate with developers and vendors on delivery
• Investigate alternative payment gateway solutions and support light-touch market research if needed

Skills Required

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst, ideally across finance, payments, or student administration domains.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills, with a track record of working across multiple business units.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, tight timeframes, and shifting priorities with a proactive, delivery-focused mindset.
• Experience jumping into existing projects without detailed handover and quickly getting up to speed.

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to payment gateways or procurement processes, ERP systems (e.g. PeopleSoft), and knowledge of compliance within finance operations.

If you would like to be considered for this role please apply online attaching a copy of your CV and Cover letter in Word format

Please note this role is only open to applications from candidates currently living in Brisbane