- Employment Type: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract, Full-Time
- Salary: $143,007 - $151,744 + 17% Super + Leave Loading
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working)
About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.
Why Your Role Matters:
The Senior Business Analyst will analyze and define requirements and functionality for information systems and other solutions to meet the Finance Division’s business needs. The focus of this role is to work closely with the key business stakeholders to gain understanding of processes, services, roadmap, and documenting capabilities needed to address business challenges.
The position provides analysis services through formal projects within the finance change program (Ignite) and continuous improvement opportunities across Finance, with the aim of enabling the Finance Division to improve its processes and develop its business. In addition, the Senior Business Analyst leads the planning of business analysis engagements and is accountable for the quality of business analysis outcomes on specific engagements.
This position reports to the Business Analyst Lead, EPMO and there are no direct reports
Responsibilities Summary:
- Provide leadership, guidance, advice and business analysis quality assurance to the team assigned to the project which the Business Analyst has a role.
- During project initiation, recommend an appropriate business analysis approach, toolsets and deliverables to be adapted by the system/project owner(s).
- Investigate, analyse and document business processes and the underlying business model for a system or process area and identify process improvement opportunities.
- Actively support the solutioning of best practice continuous improvement opportunities. This will span the Finance Division (FC&C, FP&A, Finance Business Partnering, Finance Systems, Operations & Continuous Improvement, Hubs, Treasury Investments & Insurance).
- Liaise and manage external vendor relationships that provide support with queries and enhancement quotes, development delivery, testing and change management into production.
- Produce and deliver project documentation (including but not limited to, business cases, business requirements, project plans, user acceptance plans, status updates including Steering committee papers, closure documentation) and tailor this for audiences with an array of technical understanding.
- For project engagements, develop the functional designs and specifications for particular processes or services.
- Proactively identify and document possible software improvement areas using a gap analysis methodology.
- Identifying issues, risks and benefits of existing and proposed solutions and outlining business impacts and estimate cost and business savings.
- Provide strategic and specialist advice and recommendations on projects to the Director of Operational Finance as required, ensuring all stakeholders are kept informed of project status and updates.
For more information regarding the responsibilities for this role, please refer to the Position Description at JOBS@UNSW.
Skills and Experience Summary:
- Tertiary qualification in Finance or a relevant discipline, such as CA or CPA qualification (or equivalent) and relevant professional sector experience.
- Demonstrated experience working in finance with strong understanding of finance procedures and processes
- Demonstrated experience in successfully delivering projects as a Business Analyst
- Substantial experience in business systems analysis or equivalent business experience, including well-developed business and needs analysis skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of project management methods, tools and the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Demonstrated experience in agile ways of working and the ability to drive adoption within team.
- Knowledge and competency in the use of professional business analysis techniques and methods (e.g. Use Case Analysis, UML).
- Well-developed skills in the use of standard office toolsets including word processors, spreadsheets, drawing/diagramming tools (e.g. Visio), presentation tools (e.g. PowerPoint) and project management tools (e.g. MS Project).
- Previous experience working in an ERP application development environment (either PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP or similar) and/or a web services environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to success in providing effective solutions to business needs.
- Proven ability to show initiative with strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a collaborative and multifaceted team.
- Proven excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) with the ability to establish effective working relationships
Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:
- Career development opportunities
- 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
- Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
- Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)
How to Apply: Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your CV along with a cover letter that addresses your suitability for the role in relation to the requirements listed in the ‘skills & experience’ section above via the application portal before the 11th of March at 11:30pm.
A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.
Please note, applications may be reviewed and progressed as they are received. The advertisement may close early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply without delay.
Get in Touch: For queries regarding the recruitment process, contact Lucy Gerondis, Talent Acquisition Consultant, UNSW: l.gerondis@unsw.edu.au
Applications sent via email will not be accepted, please apply via the application portal.
UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
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