Senior Business Analyst

About the role

Western Power is recruiting a Senior Business Analyst for its Perth office (CBD). The role provides expert advice and applies industry-standard business analysis practices across Strategic Works Delivery, delivering pragmatic advice on business improvement and strategic initiatives while coaching and mentoring analysts and stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the quality of business, functional and non-functional requirements, specifications, analysis and recommendations for proposed solutions.
• Identify alternative solutions, assess feasibility, recommend approaches and support prioritisation with internal and external stakeholders.
• Apply and champion business analysis techniques such as requirements elicitation and management, process and workflow analysis, data analysis and modelling, enterprise analysis and solution assessment and validation.
• Develop and enhance reporting and analytics capabilities that turn business data into actionable insights.
• Lead process improvement activities, including current and future state analysis, stakeholder workshops, implementation planning, benefits definition and measurement.
• Assess the impact of internal and external factors on requirements and support scope change management.
• Liaise across the organisation so that requirements are understood, change impacts are managed and solutions stay aligned to business objectives.
• Coach, mentor and guide Business Analysts and other stakeholders in business analysis practices, methodologies and deliverables.
• Contribute to the maturity of business analysis, reporting, analytics and process improvement across Strategic Works Delivery.

Required profile

• Demonstrated experience on medium to complex initiatives with increasing complexity and business criticality.
• Strong business analysis experience, including requirements gathering, process analysis, data analysis, reporting and solution design.
• Experience coordinating process improvement and collaborating with stakeholders with different needs.
• Experience developing reports and formal documentation, with excellent written communication.
• Bachelor's degree in business, Commerce, Information Systems, Data Analytics or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

What we offer

• Flexible work arrangements, including part-time work and working from home.
• Up to four extra weeks of leave per year and three wellness leave days.
• Salary packaging, social club activities and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
• Employee recognition and benefits programme, and career progression opportunities.
• End-of-trip facilities at the Perth office and South Metro Depot.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave.