Principal Analyst

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and support strategic and/or complex analysis for the organisation, scoping the analytical work to design or decide the appropriate analytical methods
• Conduct exploratory and hypothesis-driven analysis to identify patterns, trends, correlations, and causal relationships in data
• Develop scenario modelling and relevant sensitivities, as well as subsequent cost-benefit analysis activities in the development of business cases and advice to support decision-making
• Conduct insightful, ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues
• Develop and maintain well-designed dashboards, reports, presentations, and other deliverables to communicate analysis results and recommendations to stakeholders and senior management
• Encourage a data-driven mindset, employing excellent communication skills to influence decisions
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define analytical scope, objectives, and deliverables
• Articulate complex data insights to non-technical audiences, providing actionable recommendations
• Implement and maintain an effective workflow-based approach to scoping and prioritising analytical requests from the organisation, collaborating with the team and with other departments to best deliver value
• Mentor and/or assist peers when they need guidance in their analytical or reporting deliverables

Candidate Requirements

• Management consulting experience in data analysis is beneficial
• 3+ years of experience as a Senior Data Analyst (7+ years of experience in a Data Analyst role) or in a similar role within a large business
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Sound experience with the development of data visualisation and self-service tools such as Tableau or PowerBI for operational end users and managers
• Experience in communicating and presenting intricate quantitative analyses to non-technical stakeholders
• A continuous improvement mindset and openness to continue learning with advancing technologies
• Bachelor's degree or higher in an analytical or business discipline (computer science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or related field)

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid (work from home and office) arrangements
• Two days of wellbeing leave in addition to standard annual leave
• Access to discounted childcare
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, JB Hi-Fi, Apple, and Dell products, and more
• Ongoing support for training and professional development in data analytics with an Enterprise Skills Initiative arrangement with Microsoft
• Opportunities to explore and work with the latest Microsoft technologies and methodologies in data analysis, including AI

Application Notes

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