Senior Finance Business Analyst

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior Finance Business Analyst. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Join an ASX top 100 company and change the way the world experiences property
• Experience a people first culture where YOU are our competitive advantage
• We embrace diversity in all its forms and are White Ribbon accredited

About the role
As a Senior Finance Business Analyst in The Money tribe, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of key components of a variety of products in a collaborative team environment. You will be expected to understand operational finance function and reporting teams and analyse the business needs of key stakeholders from different areas of the business to help identify business problems and propose solutions. The role requires full involvement through the entire SDLC - from concept and requirements through specification, development, testing and release. You will form a vital part of our software team and will contribute to its culture of happiness and success.

What you’ll be doing:

• Liaising heavily with business stakeholders, especially within the Finance teams of REA.
• Working closely with Delivery Teams (Product Managers, Operations, Software Developers and Delivery Leads)
• Translating business requirements into clear, concise, testable and accurate user stories & process flows
• Ensuring that requirements are understood by through story kickoffs and constant communication using a variety of analysis and documentation techniques.
• Working closely with Product Managers to understand and advise on how the requirements are implemented
• Communicating any requirement dependencies, issues or risks identified through the analysis process
• Participating in estimation sessions by describing the requirements and clarifying any questions raised
• Addressing any requirement questions or issues that arise during the delivery process
• Contributing to the REA BA Guild.
• Facilitating and participating in team stand-ups, retrospectives & iteration planning sessions.

What we expect:

• Experience with financial systems (eg ERP), as an analyst, a super-user or an SME.
• Experience working in complex & interdependent operational environments, in particular knowledge of back office functions
• Someone who is passionate about the world of Finance, Accounting and underlying systems and processes.
• Reporting/BI experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to run workshops and inceptions.
• Experience working with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Prior experience conversing with both end-users and IT employees at all levels of the organisation.
• Accounting qualifications (advantageous)
• Experience using agile methodologies (advantageous)

What is it like to work with us?
Each team has around 10 people who collectively represent technology, business, and product and work together to maintain existing products while building new capabilities for the business. Each day we get together, talk about what we've just done, what we're about to do then work together during the day. We believe strongly in pairing, testing, continuous delivery. Each week we participate in guilds across the company to keep our skills sharp and increase our impact, and in team retrospectives where we keep track of how our team is going. Your manager acts as a mentor to help guide you and your career, instead of being someone who monitors your day to day.

We're committed to creating inclusive, safe environments where anyone, no matter their background, can contribute and succeed.

What do you get beyond a great remuneration package?

• Birthday leave. A day off for your birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements. We've got people who work 4 days a week, and people who work from home.
• 3 days every 4 months in our regular hackathon - See: http://hackday.realestate.com.au
• Industry-leading parental leave system.
• Onsite health and wellbeing programs, including yoga and meditation classes along with showers and clean towels for when you work up a sweat.

About REA Group
Our leading brand is Australia’s biggest property resource, realestate.com.au. We also operate the number one commercial property site, realcommercial.com.au, and have businesses that help property developers and other brands advertise with us. Whilst we live in Australia, we’ve also got ventures in Asia and North America, and have the vision of expanding our footprint further. Everything we do is driven by our purpose to ‘change the way the world experiences property’ - from product innovation to our international investments.