Senior Business Analyst (Business Intelligence)

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Te Tūranga | About the role

Are you passionate about turning complex business challenges into meaningful data and analytics solutions that help people make better decisions?

At Tauranga City Council, we are embedding how data, insights and technology support one of New Zealand's fastest-growing cities. Data and analytics play a critical role in helping Council understand performance, plan for the future, and make informed decisions that deliver value for our communities.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our Business Intelligence team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across a diverse range of business domains, helping stakeholders define what success looks like, uncover opportunities for improvement, and translate business needs into trusted, reusable and decision-focused data solutions.

We are not looking for someone who simply documents requirements. We are looking for someone who can challenge thinking, facilitate meaningful conversations, influence decision making, and help shape the right data and reporting solutions for the organisation.

Why Join Us?

At Tauranga City Council, you'll be part of a highly experienced Business Intelligence team that exists to help the organisation make better decisions through data.

You'll work alongside Report and Front End Developers, Data Engineers, GIS specialists and analytics professionals to deliver solutions that support strategic planning, organisation performance and improved outcomes for our communities.

This is an opportunity to influence how data is used across the organisation, contribute to the continued evolution of our analytics platform, and help drive future focused solutions.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, partnering with stakeholders and delivering solutions that create genuine business value, we'd love to hear from you.

What You will Be Doing

You will lead business analysis activities that support the delivery of trusted, fit-for-purpose data and analytics solutions.

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand business challenges, opportunities and desired outcomes.

• Lead discovery, workshops and requirements elicitation activities for data and analytics initiatives.

• Translate business needs into clear business, functional and analytical requirements.

• Develop requirements that support reporting, dashboarding, data warehouse and analytics solutions.

• Partner with BI Developers, Data Engineers and solution specialists to ensure requirements are understood and successfully delivered.

• Provide trusted advice on solution options, business impacts and opportunities to improve decision making.

• Help stakeholders adopt and realise value from delivered solutions.

• Contribute to continuous improvement in business analysis, analytics delivery and data-driven decision-making practices.

Ngā Pukenga | What you’ll need to succeed

We are looking for someone with strong business analysis expertise, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and a proven ability to deliver successful outcomes within a Business Intelligence and Reporting environment.

• Proven experience delivering business analysis activities within data warehouse, reporting, business intelligence, analytics or data-focused environments.

• Experience leading discovery, requirements gathering, workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement activities.

• Strong understanding of data warehousing, data integration, data modelling and analytical reporting concepts.

• The ability to translate business needs into clear and actionable analytical requirements.

• Experience influencing stakeholders, challenging assumptions and guiding solution direction.

• Strong communication, facilitation and relationship management skills.

• A collaborative and customer-focused approach, with an interest in continuous improvement and human-centred thinking.

• Knowledge of new and upcoming technologies, including AI.

Experience with Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Power Platform, GIS solutions or Agile delivery environments would be advantageous.

Tō Tātou Kaunihera | About Tauranga City Council

At Tauranga City Council, our work has a direct impact on the city and the people who call it home. From planning for growth to delivering everyday services, our teams help shape a city we can all be proud of.

If you’re collaborative, forward-thinking, and community minded, you’ll find meaningful work and opportunity here.

We offer a supportive and flexible workplace, with benefits including 5 weeks’ annual leave, flexible hours and career development opportunities.

You can find out more about working at Tauranga City Council here.

Te Tukanga | How to apply

To submit your application, please apply online, as we are unable to accept applications via email.

Applications will close Sunday 13th September

We’re committed to building a diverse team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those living with disabilities.
If you need any support or adjustments to take part in our recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@tauranga.govt.nz

• You must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this role.
• Tauranga City Council does not accept unsolicited contact or applications from recruitment agencies. We will not pay fees or commissions related to unsolicited contact.

Job Description: Senior Business Analyst (Business Intelligence)