Senior SAP Business Analyst

We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP Business Analyst for a two-year contract supporting a major transformation program with a client operating in the utilities and electrical industry.

This role is ideal for a business analyst with strong SAP implementation or transformation experience and a proven understanding of industry-specific business processes.

Working closely with business stakeholders, program leadership, SAP functional teams, and implementation partners, you will translate business needs into clear requirements and practical solution outcomes.

The successful candidate will bring a hands-on approach to business analysis, process improvement, requirements management, and implementation support. Direct experience in utilities, electricity, energy, electrical wholesale, electrical distribution, or a closely related industry is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering

• Lead requirements-gathering activities, stakeholder interviews, and business workshops.
• Elicit, analyse, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
• Translate business needs into business requirements documents, functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate discussions to resolve conflicting requirements and align stakeholders.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.

SAP Transformation & Process Improvement

• Support SAP implementation and transformation initiatives, including SAP S/4HANA where applicable.
• Analyse current-state business processes and develop future-state process models.
• Conduct fit-gap analysis, impact assessments, and business process reviews.
• Collaborate with SAP functional consultants, solution architects, developers, and implementation partners.
• Identify opportunities to standardise processes and improve operational efficiency.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with business requirements and operational objectives.

Industry & Operational Analysis

• Analyse business processes relevant to utilities, electricity, energy, or electrical distribution.
• Work with stakeholders to understand industry-specific operational requirements and business rules.
• Assess business process dependencies across procurement, inventory, supply chain, sales, distribution, finance, and asset-related functions, as applicable.
• Translate operational requirements into actionable SAP solution requirements.

Testing & Implementation Support

• Support data analysis, data mapping, and business data migration activities.
• Develop and review test scenarios, test cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in system integration testing (SIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Support defect triage, business validation, and requirements clarification.
• Contribute to implementation planning, business readiness, and go-live preparation.

Stakeholder & Delivery Management

• Work collaboratively with program managers, project managers, SAP teams, and business stakeholders.
• Track requirements, issues, risks, dependencies, and decisions.
• Identify and communicate potential impacts on business processes and project delivery.
• Ensure requirements remain aligned with project scope and intended business outcomes.

Requirements

Candidates must demonstrate

• Significant experience as a Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, SAP Business Analyst, or SAP Functional Analyst on enterprise technology projects.
• Hands-on experience supporting SAP implementations, transformations, migrations, or major upgrades.
• Direct industry experience in utilities, electricity, energy, electrical wholesale/distribution, or a closely related industry.
• Strong requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, and stakeholder facilitation skills.
• Proven experience in business process mapping, current-state and future-state analysis, and fit-gap assessments.
• Ability to translate business requirements into functional specifications and actionable solution requirements.
• Experience collaborating with SAP functional and technical teams.
• Understanding of testing processes, including SIT and UAT.
• Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a complex enterprise transformation environment.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementation or transformation programs.
• Experience working with SAP implementation partners or systems integrators.
• Exposure to SAP modules such as MM, SD, FI/CO, Plant Maintenance, Asset Management, procurement, inventory, or supply chain.
• Experience with data migration, system integration, and legacy system transformation.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise transformation or business process harmonisation.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.

Personal Attributes

• Analytical and detail-oriented.
• Strong business and commercial awareness.
• Confident engaging with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive in identifying gaps, risks, and dependencies.
• Practical, collaborative, and delivery-focused.
• Comfortable working with complex business processes and evolving requirements.

Engagement Details

• Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Engagement type: Contract
• Project: Major SAP transformation program
• Industry: Utilities / Electrical
• Candidates should be able to confirm their availability and ability to meet the client's working arrangements.