Principal Business Advisor Jobs in New Zealand

You'll be joining us at the start of a large technology transformation, where you will be evaluating business and technology problems from a strategic perspective to support the definition and implementation of optimised, future-focused solutions. As a technical and confident IT project expert, you will act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams using your analytical and communication skills and deep understanding of both business processes and technical systems.

So if you're a friendly and team orientated technical expert looking for a unique opportunity where you can make a lasting contribution this is for you.

This is a 18 month fixed term position

What a day might look like

• Leverage comprehensive analytical skills and domain expertise to accurately identify both business and technical requirements
• Prepare and facilitate functional and technical workshops and collaborate with MAS Finance, IT and wider business community teams to gather and translate business requirements into detailed specifications that align with both business objectives and technical capabilities
• Analyse and document business processes, data flows and system interactions (including API definitions) across multiple MAS platforms
• Be a key point of contact between MAS and vendors, ensuring effective communication and collaboration to maintain strong vendor relationships and achieve desired outcomes
• Work alongside Technology Leads and Architects to support design and help evaluate solution improvements
• Collaborate closely with Developers, Test Analysts, Data Analysts, and Business Analysts to help drive high-quality outcomes
• Facilitate and lead user story refinement sessions with Scrum teams, ensuring user stories are well-defined, detailed, and broken down to the specification level. Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements, define acceptance criteria, and ensure alignment with project goals and technical feasibility
• Stay across the entire build and test phases and in particular, assist the Test Team throughout all Test Phases

What you'll bring

• Previous experience working with payment solutions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payment management (e.g., Credit Card, Direct Debits, Direct Credits, other), bank and financial reconciliation processes, invoicing and receipting  
• Proficient in relevant technology for analysis and reporting
• Proven experience as a Senior Technical Business Analyst, preferably in the Financial Services or Insurance industry
• Knowledge of Regulatory Standards (PCI DSS, Security and Privacy)
• Senior level of experience working with Agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean
• Proficient in facilitating agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Strong expertise in collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
• Expert level experience in a range of Business Analysis techniques to elicit and present information such as Visual Process Modelling, Problem Statements, Data Flows, API Definitions using Open API standards, etc
• High level of experience liaising with and engaging stakeholders across a medium to large size business

About us

We're all about enabling financial health and wellbeing for our Members and our community and we're on a mission to work in new ways and get even better at what we do. We're an Insurance and Investments company with a difference - we're owned by our Members and we make meaningful contributions to our community through our charitable Foundation. We're a small company where you get to have a big impact.

At MAS you'll join a team that's:

• Motivated to make a difference
• Focused on achieving big things for our Members and building a better mutual
• Led by our values of Make a difference, In it together and Own it, do it
• Supportive and inclusive - everyone is valued for what they bring
• Looked after with a range of benefits including Health, Life insurance and KiwiSaver

* MAS has been voted Consumer People's Choice by our Members 9 years in a row for House, Contents and Car insurance.