Key Responsibilities of the Senior IT Business
Analyst at Aurecon:
• Capture and document requirements, scope, and
business processes for IT projects.
• Conduct workshops and interviews with subject
matter experts and stakeholders from across the
business.
• Assist in the development of test scripts and end-toend
testing to ensure the system is delivered to the
agreed requirements.
• Work with project and portfolio managers to ensure
appropriate project resourcing, task assignments and
project reporting.
• Deliver key artefacts as required by the project,
including user stories, business requirements
documentation, traceability matrices, as-is and to-be
process documentation, and wireframes.

Additional Responsibilities:
• Assist portfolio and project managers in identifying,
reporting, and resolving risks and issues throughout
project lifecycles.
• Collaborate with solution architects, security
analysts and change analysts to produce material to
support the successful delivery of IT projects.
• Act as Scrum Master as and when required.

Business Analysis Skills:
• Business situation analysis: can produce diagrams
and flowchart representations of real-world business
situations and functions.
• Requirements definition and management: define,
validate and manage requirements through the delivery
life-cycle.
• Feasibility assessment: define, evaluate and
describe business change options to meet the defined
requirements.
• Data modelling and design: can develop models and
diagrams to represent and communicate data
requirements.
Application/Product Experience:
• Competency using Microsoft Excel to analyse and
cleanse data, produce and maintain reports, lists and
visualisations.
• Competency using Microsoft Visio to create and
maintain process documentation.
• Atlassian Confluence and JIRA

Business Analysis Experience:
• 7+ years of experience as an IT Business Analyst
- Mandatory
• Agile/Scrum Project experience & knowledge -
Mandatory
• Experience working across multiple regions and with
program managers, project managers, business
stakeholders, application or product owners, and external
vendors.
• Assist in the development of test scripts and end-toend
testing to ensure the system is delivered to the
agreed requirements.
• Lead business requirement gathering and process
workshops. Contribute insight knowledge to finalise
requirements
• Work closely with IT teams to translate business
requirements into technical specifications
• Assist in the development of User Acceptance Test
(UAT) scripts and end-to-end testing to ensure the
system is delivered to the agreed requirements
• Work with vendor to prepare payroll system
documentation including process, training and procedural
documentation
• Experience working across multiple regions and with
program managers, project managers, business
stakeholders, application or product owners, and external
vendors.

Essential Soft-Skills:
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with
change; can shift gears comfortably; can act without
having the total picture.
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy,
drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before
finishing.
• Presentation skills: Is effective in a variety of oral
and written presentation settings (including online and in
person): one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers
and business leaders.
• Time Management: Uses his/her time effectively and
efficiently; concentrates his/her efforts on the more
important priorities.