Address- Permanent Role
- Sydney based - hybrid working (2 days WFH)
- Incredible opportunity to join Westpac's Financial Market Transformation Delivery Team
How will I help?
Excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic Business Analyst to join Westpac's Financial Market Transformation Delivery team as part of the BA Chapter. In this role you will work closely with the BA Chapter Leads and Product Delivery Managers on a range of business initiatives across the Financial Markets business.
The Financial Markets BA Chapter consists of a group of multi skilled Business Analysts who together drive and refine best practice tools and techniques to deliver exceptional tailor made fit for purpose solutions for our business partners.
As a member of the chapter, you will be exposed to a range of initiatives including but not limited to Regulatory, Data Analytics, Trading, Sales and Back Office providing an opportunity to further develop your knowledge and skills in a prestige operating unit. With a focus on data analytics, you will support the business make strides towards data-driven decision making, uplifting our client experience, driving efficient operations and enhanced risk management and compliance as part of our continuous improvement roadmap.
Key Responsibilities:
- Help facilitate and support requirements gathering workshops and meetings to identify and understand business requirements.
- Process mapping current versus future state.
- Support documentation and prioritisation of requirements in agile methodologies.
- Act as conduit between various stakeholder groups to provide clarity and alignment of requirements.
- Work closely with technology teams to design, develop, and implement data programs.
- Ensure that data pipelines, transformations, and integrations adhere to best practices and industry standards.
- Support Lead BA in working group and project committee meetings including the development of supporting material.
- Attend and feed into agile ceremonies as required (daily stand ups, sprint planning, prioritisation, retros).
- Identify, document and manage risks and issues.
- Partner with project delivery teams including IT, compliance and risk to deliver project objectives.
- Support end to end requirements traceability.
What's in it for me?
Inspiring locations. Flexible workspaces. And unexpected opportunities. Plus, the backing and great benefits from one of the most refreshing employers in Australia. For example, you'll be able to have access to some of the best banking, wealth and insurance benefits in the market, be paid well, as well as an entire suite of online learning and career planning tools so you can grow.
Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.
What do I need?
To be successful in this role you will have prior experience in a Business Analyst role within banking or financial services.
You will have experience in data and SQL, and a willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to changing business needs. You will understand business requirements, systems analysis and business process improvement.
A basic understanding of financial instruments, trading processes, and market dynamics, and proficiency in understanding data flows, transformations, and integration points, is essential.
Additionally, you may have the following:
- Ability to dissect complex problems, identify patterns, and propose data-driven solutions.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders, developers, and data engineers.
- Experience with data governance, data lineage, and data quality management.
- Ability to work with Palantir Foundry, a powerful data platform for preparation, analytics, and machine learning.
- Understanding of FPML (Financial Products Markup Language) and FIX (Financial Information eXchange) specifications.
- Experience with statistical analysis and predictive modelling.
What's it like to work there?
For the past 200 years, we've been backing people, businesses, communities, and ideas. As Australia's first bank, we've adapted and evolved, inspired by our customers and a genuine desire to create better futures.
Together, we're creating better futures for all our people, customers, communities, and shareholders. This has been our enduring Purpose.
We make change happen in the community. It's our shared vision of a safer, greener and more inclusive world that sees us back new ideas, innovations and individuals who are creating better futures.
How do I Apply?
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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au
Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?
We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au
