Senior Business Analyst

Make your mark with Thiess  

Every day, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent, reward transparency, champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us and hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow through mentorship, collaboration, and empowerment.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, helping to define, document and validate requirements that support reporting, analytics and enterprise data initiatives.

You will analyse business processes, source systems and data requirements, support data governance activities and drive successful adoption of reporting and analytics solutions across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to gather, document and validate business, reporting and data requirements.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and working sessions to identify opportunities and business needs.
• Develop process maps, business rules, user stories, acceptance criteria and other requirements documentation.
• Analyse source systems, data structures, information flows and data quality issues.
• Create and maintain source-to-target mappings, data definitions and business documentation.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT), report validation and defect resolution activities.
• Develop training materials, user guides and support documentation for business users.
• Assist with change management activities to support adoption of reporting and analytics solutions.
• Promote trusted data usage, data literacy and data-driven decision making across the business.
• Collaborate with data engineers, BI developers, data scientists and operational stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.

About You

You are a collaborative and analytical Business Analyst who enjoys solving complex problems and engaging with stakeholders across diverse business functions.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Minimum 5 years' experience in Business Analysis roles supporting data, analytics, BI or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience gathering and documenting requirements, business rules, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience within the mining, resources or heavy industry sector will be highly regarded.
• Experience analysing source systems, data flows, reporting processes and data quality issues.
• Proven ability to work with both business and technical stakeholders in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting UAT, change management, training and solution adoption.
• Working knowledge of enterprise data platforms, data warehousing, lakehouse concepts or business intelligence environments.
• Exposure to SQL, Power BI, Excel or similar analytical tools will be highly regarded.
• Strong facilitation, communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• A pragmatic, outcome-focused approach with excellent planning and organisational abilities.

What we offer

At Thiess, our people are the heart of everything we do. We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive - safely, confidently and with opportunities to grow.

• Competitive salary package.
• Ongoing training & development opportunities.
• A strong safety-first culture across all operations, built on care, respect and accountability.
• Range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products.

About us 

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia, and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining. The pioneering spirit of our founders - the legendary Thiess brothers - is our legacy and has inspired our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change for more than 90 years.

Learn more about Our Vision, Purpose & Values.

At Thiess, we're creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing and continuous learning - supporting our people to contribute to Thiess' success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision: everyone matters always. We're focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included, and empowered.

Learn more about working at Thiess.

How to Apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

Please click the "apply" button below to apply for this role.

Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check, and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.

Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com. 

Applications close: Monday 31 August 2026

How to apply

Applications close

01 Sep 2026 E. Australia Standard Time