Business Analyst Lead

The Opportunity

Step into a role where your expertise shapes the future of one of New Zealand’s most trusted professional services firms. As our Business Analyst Lead, you’ll drive high‑value projects that sharpen KPMG’s efficiency, agility, and competitive edge.

This is your opportunity to influence how we operate—locally and globally—by turning complex challenges into solutions that elevate performance across the firm. If you’re ready to lead a team, inspire innovation, and leave a meaningful impact, this role is made for you.

• Build trusted relationships with business and project stakeholders, enabling clear decision‑making and transparent progress across KPMG networks.
• Drive discovery phases, shape business cases, and assess risks, benefits, and impacts to influence strategic direction.
• Map current and future-state processes, identify improvements, and optimise technology utilisation.
• Elicit, validate and document business and solution requirements—creating functional specs, wireframes, guides, and more.
• Run workshops, support testing, and ensure seamless transition of solutions into BAU, including training and knowledge transfer.

• Strong experience as a senior Business Analyst, ideally with leadership responsibilities.
• The confidence to influence at all levels and partner with diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to use data, insights, and structured analysis to shape decisions.
• A passion for continuous improvement—always looking for smarter, better ways of working.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to simplify complexity for clear outcomes.
• Curiosity, resilience, and a commitment to excellence in everything you do.

KPMG values diversity in the workforce and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply for roles, including individuals with a disability, additional mental health needs, chronic health conditions or who identify as neurodivergent. 

For disabled and neurodiverse candidates, if you encounter accessibility barriers or if you have access needs and require support to participate equitably in the recruitment process, please phone Emma Payne on +64 9 363 3656 or email KPMGAccessibilityNetwork@kpmg.co.nz

We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a holistic range of benefits to support your life balance, whatever your circumstance. We want you to do Work That Matters, Thrive and Grow and know that you Belong here with us, at KPMG. 

As a KPMG employee, we will offer you:

—  Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme

—  Opportunities for local and international secondments

—  Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work

— The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand

—  Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave

—  Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents

—   A paid professional association membership of your choice

—   Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees

—   A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services

—   The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups

—  The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030

—  An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities

—  Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities

—  An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website.