Total 1,137 payroll analyst job vacancies in North Sydney

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support nearly two million members, with around $86 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

Rest’s Investments Services & Transformation (IS&T) team are accountable for delivery of Strategic and BAU projects. This includes the design, delivery and embedment of end-to-end change across Investment Front Office and Middle Office ecosystem.  Our priority is ensuring change is aligned with our strategy and core business capabilities and delivering value to our members.

The Business Process Analyst will work closely with the Senior Business Process & Change Manager, Project Delivery Teams and impacted stakeholders across Investments to help define target operating models and embed changes in the business. This will involve systematically working through our current end-to-end business processes, identifying and articulating the changes required in how our processes work and aligning them to our future state target operating model.

The Business Process Analyst’s responsibilities include:

• Business process analysis activities targeted at documenting our current and future state processes
• Engage, inform and negotiate with both internal and external stakeholders to elicit and validate requirements and prioritise them
• Experience in ensuring the adoption of new operating models, business processes, and systems
• Including but not limited to process maps; impact analysis documents, procedures, and user guides as required
• Work closely with Project Team members and Investment stakeholders to ensure the change and benefit is understood across stakeholder groups
• Translate process maps into high level documentation that can be shared with senior leadership to demonstrate change, benefits and alignment to strategy
• Work with Front & Middle Office teams to ensure all stakeholders are trained as required, assisting change manager(s) to understand the impact of the change to the business and provide input into the communications plan
• Use a critical eye to identify potential risks and issues in process design and mitigants to manage or resolve them

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Business Analyst to join our team and play a pivotal role in building the origination experience across our platforms. As a Business Analyst you will work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, and stakeholders to drive product and customer initiatives within our Originations tribe. This role will allow you to use your problem solving and analytical skills to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers.

• Lead discovery sessions with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria. 
• Evaluate existing business processes and identify opportunities for improvement to increase efficiency and productivity. 
• Perform data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform decision-making processes. 
• Create clear and comprehensive business and functional requirement documents, process flows, and user stories. 
• Collaborate closely with scrum teams to ensure seamless delivery of initiatives, using agile practices to prioritise, build, release and iterate on product features.  
• Analyse and document existing customer experiences, identify inefficiencies, and recommend improvements. 
• Work collaboratively with the broader product delivery teams to shape and implement product releases. 
• Investigate issues and effectively communicate the resolution to stakeholders. 
• Conduct testing and validate platform features to ensure they meet technical and business requirements. 
• Develop training materials and conduct training sessions for end-users when required. 
• Support the Product Manager to manage the backlog to ensure it follows the product roadmap and strategy. 

The Reporting and Data Analyst plays a crucial role by transforming raw data into meaningful insights that drive decision-making. The primary responsibilities include collecting, analysing, and interpreting data from various sources. They create detailed reports, visualisations, and storytelling to highlight key metrics and trends, making complex data more accessible and understandable for stakeholders. This role often involves working with tools like SQL, Excel, and data visualisation software such as Tableau and/or Power BI.

In addition to reporting, data analysts delve deeper into the data to uncover patterns and insights that can inform strategic decisions. They perform tasks such as data cleaning, data mining, statistical analysis, and predictive modelling. By interpreting data within the context of business objectives, they help to identify opportunities for improvement, optimise
operations, and predict future trends, while maintaining a focus on data governance and quality. This dual focus on reporting and analysis ensures that businesses not only understand their current performance but also have business insights needed to plan and document.

A Reporting and Data Analyst in data and analytics typically has several key accountabilities:

Data Governance

• Understanding of data policies, standards, and regulations.

Data Quality, Integration and Management

• Data Mining: Skills in extracting patterns and insights from large datasets.
• Data Collection: Gather data from various sources, including databases, APIs, and flat files.
• Data Cleaning: Ensure data quality by cleaning and preprocessing data to remove inconsistencies and errors.
• Data Warehousing: Design and maintain data warehouses to store and organise large volumes of data.

Data Architecture

• Knowledge of data structures, databases, and storage solutions.
• BI Solutions: Develop and implement BI solutions, including dashboards, reports, and data visualisations.

Reporting and Visualisation

• Dashboard Creation: Create interactive and user-friendly dashboards using tools like Power BI and/or Tableau.
• Data Storytelling: the ability to communicate your insights through compelling narratives.
• Report Generation: Develop reports that provide actionable insights to stakeholders, helping them make informed decisions.
• Data Visualisation: Use data visualisation techniques to present complex data in an easily understandable format.

Agile Practices

• Demonstrate the success of a product release, encompassing a shared understand of finished quality product.

Drives Results

• Organises workload and priorities to adhere to agreed timeframes and service standards.
• Explores alternative solutions to improve effectiveness and productivity within the team.
• Makes informed and timely decisions when appropriate, weighing up risks and outcomes using sound risk awareness and management practices.