Senior Business Analyst
Location:
Canberra preferred (flexible across Australia)
Contract:
6 months with 2 × 6-month extensions
Competitive Daily Rate
Must be Australian Citizen to apply
The Senior Business Analyst will support a major transformation program focused on modernising a national grant management system. The role involves analysing and improving the end-to-end grants lifecycle — covering application, assessment, funding, contract management, and acquittals.
This position suits a business analyst with strong process mapping, stakeholder engagement, and Agile delivery experience, ideally with exposure to grant or financial systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse and document business and system requirements for grant management processes.
- Map and redesign workflows across all stages of the grants lifecycle.
- Facilitate workshops and engage with business and technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to Agile delivery activities, including backlog refinement and sprint planning.
- Support testing, implementation, and SDLC documentation to ensure traceability and quality.
Skills and Experience
- Extensive experience as a Business Analyst in large, complex organisations.
- Background in grant management, funding, or financial systems.
- Strong capability in process mapping, requirements documentation, and stakeholder facilitation.
- Experience working in Agile / DevOps environments (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jira).
- Ability to step into a Scrum Master role when required.
- Familiarity with the Microsoft Power Platform(Power BI, Power Automate, SharePoint) is desirable.
About the Role
The role focuses on driving improvements to grants-related systems and processes to enhance efficiency, governance, and user experience. The environment is collaborative, Agile, and outcomes-driven, with strong executive and technical engagement.
*Must be Australian Citizen to apply
Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Terry Park on terry.park@davidsonwp.com, quoting reference JN -102025-41698. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com
