- Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent (35 hours per/week)
- Salary: 143,007 - $151,745 + 17% Super + Leave Loading (commensurate with experience)
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working Opportunities)
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:
Operational Finance’s key objectives are to support UNSW with core system and transactional (operational and general accounting) activities, and work towards standardised processes with continual improvements in systems and process to support UNSW financial management integrity and strategy.
The Senior Business Analyst (BA) – Continuous Improvement (CI) is responsible for driving the advancement, standardisation and streamlining of financial processes and systems and their integration to improve operations, customer experience and quality of deliverables. The focus of this role is to work closely with key stakeholders and process SMEs to evaluate end-to-end financial processes, understand business requirements and process variations in order to streamline and implement standardized processes and automated solutions, in accordance with UNSW policies, ensuring appropriate controls and compliance are in place.
The Senior Business Analyst – CI reports to the Associate Director, Operations & Continuous Improvement and has no direct reports.
Responsibilities Summary:
- Perform a lead role in driving process improvements, investigating, analysing, and documenting business processes and potential solutions that contribute to ongoing process standardisation, unification, and optimisation.
- Facilitate and participate in project meetings to assist with process, system and tools selection and ensure end-to-end processes and impact on key stakeholders are understood and appropriately communicated in any process change.
- Develop and document processes, process flow diagrams and business cases utilising experience gained through different process mapping tools and project methodologies.
- Identify and evaluate core business processes and facilitate identification of business issues and improvement opportunities.
- Develop strong and effective working relationships with business users to identify requirements, providing innovative analytical recommendations and strategic solutions.
- Develop and lead the facilitation of workshops, displaying sound accounting knowledge to identify key financial control points and providing process mapping expertise and analysis, to assess business process redesign.
- Provide mentoring, training and advice to other team members and stakeholders with respect to business analysis as required.
- Lead the development, training and support in the application of tools and templates for the Continuous Improvement Framework.
- Proactively identify and manage complex risks, issues, and financials, ensuring appropriate solutions are in place.
- Oversee effective communications with key stakeholders, both internal and external, and provide influential input with stakeholders to achieve desired business outcomes.
- Oversee the review and update of existing user process/procedure/policy documentation, or create new documentation as required.
For more information regarding the responsibilities for this role, please refer to the Position Description at JOBS@UNSW.
Skills and Experience Summary:
- A combination of relevant tertiary qualification, professional accredited accounting qualification and subsequent experience in business, process improvement or relevant discipline.
- Extensive experience in process improvement methodologies (eg. Lean, Six Sigma, BPM). Certification desirable.
- Experience in working with teams in a cross-functional environment to design improved operating processes
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. • Demonstrated lateral thinker - proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven facilitation and presentation skills (workshops with diverse groups including vendor, technical personnel and end users).
- Strong time management and organisational skills and deliver according to project timeframes.
- Understanding of financial business processes within a tertiary education or similarly large environment.
- Understanding of change management principles.
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
- 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 & cover letter online outlining your interest and suitability for the role via the application portal before the 29th of April at 11:30pm.
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.
A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.
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 online via the application portal).
* UNSW is unable to offer sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have full Australian working rights for the duration of the contract.
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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.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
