Business Analyst – Financial Management | Government Contract

We’re currently recruiting for a contract Business Analyst to join a high-profile transformation program within a large Queensland Government department.
This role focuses on improving financial management practices across a major infrastructure division, helping to uplift budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning capability.

You’ll be embedded in a newly formed team focused on driving smarter processes and better data insights, with a key project centred on modernising financial frameworks and enabling strategic investment decisions.

Role / Responsibilities

This is a hands-on, delivery-focused BA role that will see you:

• Analyse and uplift financial processes including budgeting, estimating, forecasting, and cost controls
• Map, model, and improve finance-related business processes (e.g. procure-to-pay, order-to-cash)
• Facilitate workshops and capture functional and non-functional business requirements
• Provide insights using financial and operational data to inform funding and investment models
• Support audit readiness, change enablement, and business transition activities
• Maintain process maps, traceability matrices, and documentation aligned to best practice
• Collaborate with a broad range of internal stakeholders to support financial decision-making

Skills Required

• 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst, ideally within complex government or infrastructure programs
• A solid grounding in financial management, with 3+ years' experience in budgeting, forecasting, and/or cost modelling
• Strong understanding of process improvement and business process mapping (BPMN, Visio)
• Proven capability in Agile and Waterfall environments
• Confidence engaging with stakeholders and facilitating workshops across business and technical teams
• Clear communication and documentation skills – you’ll need to translate complex ideas into structured, accessible outputs
• Experience working across ambiguous and maturing environments

To be considered please apply online attaching your CV and cover letter

*** Applications close Monday the 28th at 10.00am ***