Principal Business Analyst - Workforce Planning

About the role

Pinpoint Talent is recruiting a Principal Business Analyst for a large-scale Queensland Government Workforce Mobility Project aimed at streamlining HR processes, improving workforce mobility and enhancing the employee experience across a complex, statewide organisation. Reporting to the Program Director, you will lead business analysis activities, working with stakeholders across the state to identify business needs, analyse existing processes and define future-state requirements. The contract runs until June 2027 with potential extensions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder engagement and consultation to capture, analyse and document business requirements.
• Analyse current-state and future-state business processes, identifying improvements and process re-engineering opportunities.
• Gather and document business, user, data and operational requirements to inform solution design and functionality.
• Develop high-quality business analysis documentation for diverse stakeholder groups.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams to improve process efficiency, solution effectiveness and user experience.
• Provide specialist advice on business processes and enterprise solutions to support decision-making.
• Identify process variations, risks and opportunities to improve operational effectiveness.
• Support knowledge transfer and handover to build internal capability.

Required profile

• Proven experience on large-scale Human Capital Management (HCM) programs or projects.
• Experience analysing complex business processes and building current-state and future-state models.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills across business and technical teams.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, navigate ambiguity and deliver quality outcomes within agreed timeframes.
• Experience producing comprehensive documentation and supporting knowledge transfer.

Required skills

• Requirements elicitation, process mapping, gap analysis and business process re-engineering.
• Desirable: experience with SAP HCM or enterprise HR and workforce management solutions.

What we offer

• Daily rate of $977.69 plus superannuation.
• Flexible working arrangements, including remote work, possibly subject to operational requirements and approval.