Shared Services Business Analyst (Workplace Advisory)

Avanade
Sydney, NSW, AUAustralia
Design
Posted almost 26 years ago

Job Description

Job Description **Summary** Avanade is growing, and we seek motivated and engaged people to help clients shape human\-centred, AI\-enabled solutions that deliver meaningful business outcomes . As a Business Analyst, you won’t just document requirements — you’ll help shape meaningful, human\-centred solutions powered by data and AI as part of our Shared Services team . You’ll partner with clients, designers, engineers and product teams to understand user needs, translate them into practical solutions, and deliver outcomes that are intuitive for people and intelligent through technology. **What you’ll do:** * Elicit, define and manage functional and non\-functional requirements with strong traceability * Translate business needs into user stories, process models and system\-level specifications * Identify change impacts from new processes, systems and ways of working * Create clear documentation and artefacts that enable delivery teams * Facilitate workshops, refinements and co\-design sessions with stakeholders, delivery teams and end users * Analyse and redesign end\-to\-end business processes with a focus on gaps, efficiency and experience * Balance user desirability, business viability and technical feasibility * Identify opportunities for automation, optimisation and AI augmentation * Lead collaborative sessions that drive shared understanding and decision making * Support UAT, readiness, adoption activities and implementation support * Work in Agile environments using Azure DevOps, Jira and Confluence * Use AI tools such as M365 Copilot to enhance analysis, documentation and insight generation Qualification **Skills and Exeprience** **What** **you’ll** **bring** * Strong experience in Business Analysis within digital or technology environments * Proven ability to apply human\-centred design or design thinking approaches * Excellent facilitation, communication and stakeholder engagement skills * Experience in Agile delivery environments and tools * Foundational understanding of organisational change management, including impact, adoption, readiness and user enablement * Familiarity with AI tools and applied use cases in business contexts * Experience using M365 Copilot for productivity and analysis * Understanding of prompt engineering, AI\-assisted requirements workflows and Responsible AI practices **Preferred Work Experience:** * 5\+ years of experience supporting client outcomes **The difference in this role:** * Move beyond requirements gathering into experience and outcome design * Use AI not just as a tool, but as a capability embedded in solutions * Help organisations transition to human\-centred, AI\-enabled ways of working * Combine business analysis with a change mindset so solutions are understood, adopted and embedded