Senior Business Analyst – Workflow Automation

Senior Business Analyst – Workflow AutomationSummaryThis role is best suited to candidates who have recently worked as a Business Analyst within an Agile software delivery team and have hands-on experience writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, managing product backlogs, and supporting sprint-based delivery.Role DescriptionSenior Business AnalystYou are an experienced Senior Business Analyst with a strong track record delivering as part of an Agile product or feature team in complex digital transformation environments, ideally within banking and financial services. You bring deep capability in business analysis, requirements engineering, and process improvement, partnering closely with Product Owners, Engineers, Designers, and Operations teams to deliver customer and business outcomes. Experience in Business or Commercial Lending and/or Operations is highly desirable.Key Skills & ExperienceBusiness Analysis & Requirements Engineering5+ years' experience eliciting, analysing, documenting, prioritising, and tracing business requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle.Proven ability to translate business needs into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, and process flows.Strong experience managing requirements from discovery through to delivery and production release.Agile Feature Team DeliveryDemonstrated experience working as the Business Analyst embedded within an Agile feature team, partnering daily with Product Owners, Engineers, and QA teams.Strong experience facilitating backlog refinement, Sprint Planning, story elaboration, dependency management, and delivery prioritisation.Proven ability to write, maintain, and manage user stories in Jira, ensuring stories are appropriately sized, understood, and ready for development.Experience supporting teams to achieve a high-quality Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD).Stakeholder Collaboration & Process ImprovementExperience working directly with end users, Operations teams, and subject matter experts to design, validate, and optimise target-state processes.Ability to balance operational, customer, risk, and technology considerations when defining solutions.Facilitation & DiscoveryAbility to lead workshops, interviews, process walkthroughs, and discovery sessions to identify pain points, requirements, opportunities, and business outcomes.Experience conducting process analysis and translating findings into actionable recommendations and delivery artefacts.Product, Technology & UX CollaborationAbility to work closely with Product Owners, UX designers, and technology teams to define and refine digital experiences and workflow solutions.Experience across workflow, case management, CRM, or process automation platforms is highly desirable.Tools, Communication & Problem SolvingAdvanced proficiency in Jira and Confluence, including backlog management, story creation, documentation, and Agile reporting.Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Proven analytical and problem-solving skills in complex delivery environments.LocationSydney based with the ability to work from Parramatta as required to collaborate with Operations teams.