Business Analyst

About Dentons

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm. We’re 20,000+ people globally across 80+ countries including USA; Europe; India and Asia. We are a global polycentric firm which is expanding rapidly in an increasingly globalised legal industry.

Dentons now consistently ranks as one of the five best regarded legal brands in the world according to the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.

About the Role

Are you looking to advance your career in business analysis and make a real impact in a thriving global law firm? We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and detail-oriented Business Analyst to join our team on a 12-month contract on a full-time basis.

The Business Analyst is responsible for enhancing the quality of our technology products by analysing business needs and opportunities, working with Organisational Change Management and Technical SMEs to design improvements, facilitate business testing and aid implementation. Your work will ensure that our projects are built on a solid foundation of well-documented and thoroughly analysed requirements.

Your Key Duties Will Include:

• Facilitating and conducting requirements gathering sessions to capture business needs/objectives, including risk identification in partnership with Project Managers.
• Preparing and maintaining all collateral relating to business requirements throughout the project lifecycle, including ensuring stakeholder sign-off.
• Collaborating with project managers, stakeholders and business units to document and analyse business requirements for projects.
• Ensuring comprehensive requirements traceability using Requirements Traceability and Testing Matrices (RTTM).
• Translating business needs into clear specifications and project documentation including business cases, use cases, and process flows.
• Working with project managers to develop and implement plans for successful project delivery, improvements and solutions.
• Conducting process impact assessments, feasibility studies and gap analysis to inform project planning and execution.
• Participate in testing with particular emphasis on UAT, Business Pre & Post Implementation Verification.
• Maintain and enhance documentation repositories and project tools (e.g., project plans, dashboards, knowledge bases).

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Min 2-5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst or similar role.
• Experience working in a law firm, financial services, healthcare or government. 
• Agile Business Analyst, BABOK or related certification.
• User Acceptance, Regression and Business Verification Testing.

• Proficiency in a variety of Project tools/systems (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, PowerBI, Jira/Confluence, MS Visio, MS Project etc).

• Superior drafting and documentation abilities, with the capacity to manage a high-volume workload.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to build strong relationships across all levels of the business.
• Strong analytical mindset, capable of solving complex problems and presenting clear, actionable solutions.

Why Dentons

Dentons Australia offers a wide range of incentives aimed at embracing your authenticity, providing purpose, and strengthening your ongoing development.
 
We offer:

• Equitable salary packaging, incentive pay and rewards
• Salary continuous insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
• Salary sacrificing and novated leases
• 5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months of service
• Additional leave options
• Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
• Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
• Exclusive retailer discounts
• Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Generous health and wellbeing programs
• Agile and flexible working for all
• Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
• Opportunities to undertake pro-bono legal work

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

Embedded in our people is a passion to help others through the delivery of justice. It is through this that our commitment to inclusion, equity, and reconciliation has evolved. We are proud to say that by design, we have no single headquarters or dominant national culture, this means the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities of our people come together globally under one purpose to create an inclusive and accessible environment where anyone can thrive.

Please apply online with your CV, Cover Letter, and academic transcripts. If you have questions beforehand, please email our recruitment team at recruitment.au@dentons.com. Enquiries only please, applications will not be accepted by email.

Agency Submissions

Dentons does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute an introduction to the firm and Dentons will not be liable for a fee.