Senior Business Analyst

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time 37.5 hours per week
• 9 month fixed term contract

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do As a Senior Business Analyst , you'll collaborate across two product teams in the web and mobile space. In this role, you'll play a pivotal part in influencing the strategic direction of our products, using your analytical expertise and customer-focused mindset. You will work collaboratively to elicit, analyze, and validate business requirements, ensuring solutions align with stakeholder needs. As both a leader and mentor, you'll champion best practices, provide guidance to junior analysts, and contribute to a center of excellence for business analysis. If you're ready to make an impact and thrive in a product-centric environment, we'd love to hear from you! Key responsibilities include:

• Build and maintain relationships with University stakeholders.
• Engage actively to understand business challenges and align processes with strategic goals.
• Lead stakeholder consultations to capture detailed requirements and deliver future process models.
• Facilitate workshops, presentations, and large meetings with senior stakeholders.
• Analyze and document functional and non-functional requirements.
• Develop artifacts for funding requests, business cases, and change requests.
• Lead the interpretation of user needs into actionable solutions for development teams.
• Champion Agile practices in sprint planning and backlog prioritization.
• Demonstrate and embed the University's values in your work and interactions.
• Respect and support te reo Māori, tikanga, and the University's cultural strategies.
• Contribute to health, safety, and sustainability initiatives.

Mōu | Who You Are We're seeking a seasoned Senior Business Analyst with a passion for technology and a knack for building strong relationships. Ideally, you will bring:

• A Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, or Software Engineering.
• A proven track record in business analysis within IT environments, with approximately 10 years of experience being a strong foundation.
• Confidence in working closely with technical teams and translating complex concepts into actionable solutions.
• Skilled in gathering requirements, conducting gap analyses, and mapping out data and processes.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methods and comfort facilitating workshops with diverse stakeholders.
• Exceptional ability to document, organize, and communicate clearly and effectively.
• A desire to guide and support others, including mentoring junior team members and fostering growth.
• An alignment with our organisation's values and culture, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.

Building world-class digital capability is crucial to the University of Canterbury's ongoing success. Digital Services is a large team, striving to provide a modern dynamic foundation from which the University (UC) can explore new business models and ways of working. Digital will transform how we work, behave, and the expectations of the communities we service. Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world. The closing date for this position is: 19th January 2025 (midnight, NZ time) Please note applications will be reviewed after the close date. Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume. Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand, then you may also be considered. #J-18808-Ljbffr