Senior Data Analyst

The State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) is looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our team!

Benefits

•  Fantastic 12-month temporary clerk grade 9/10 Opportunity.
•  Salary range: $120,859 – $133,183 + super, commensurate with experience.
•  Genuinely flexible working arrangements.
•  State of the art offices.
•  Wellbeing programs and resources available.
•  Excellent career development and learning development opportunities.

About the team

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) who regulates three statutory insurance schemes in NSW. This role sits more specifically in our Advanced analytics team, under the Regulatory Intelligence Analytics directorate, who develop modelling and reporting for SIRA, as well as responding to requests for bespoke data analysis to help SIRA regulate and improve the three insurance schemes. 

Understand more about SIRA – here

Your day-to-day

·    Identify, interpret and analyse complex data using linking and statistical techniques to answer multifaceted business problems, including the identification of trends and/or patterns in complex data sets, and to create inference or insights.

·    Lead the development and implementation of reporting and statistical modelling projects, following software best practice, source control, automation and testable and reusable programming.

·    Produce reports, visualisations and recommendations to answer complex business problems that are presented in the most appropriate format to ensure clarity for target audience.

·    Analyse and define new process improvement opportunities to support continuous improvement and business outcomes; providing advice to stakeholders, on ways to improve the efficiency and reliability of data products and services. Develop and manage stakeholder relationships through strong and effective communications, managing expectations, mediation and issues management and negotiation to ensure delivery of services and the achievement of outcomes and benefits, engaging with stakeholders at all levels.

·    Build, lead and manage team of analysts setting the pace to successfully deliver all key milestones and outcomes within scope, on time and to expected standards, solving issues, unblocking problems, building capability, and guiding teams through the implementation of new processes.

·    Development of reusable, testable data analysis scripts in R, Python and SQL and use of source control software GIT.

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

·     An analytical thinker who can think outside the box to solve complex problems. 

·     A flexible worker who can adjust their communication style and outputs to suit a variety of stakeholders. 

·     Solid knowledge in: 

o   Advanced analytics, manipulation of data and knowledge of relational databases, cloud services and algorithmic efficiency. 

o   Statistical modelling, linked data analysis, epidemiological methods and appropriate techniques for administrative data analysis.

o   Data visualisation and data interpretation

o   Modular and replicable analytical techniques using formal version control. 

·     Technical skills in SQL, R, Python and GIT

·     Tertiary qualifications in data engineering/information technology, statistics mathematics or equivalent. 

·     Excellent skills in technical mentoring and supporting junior team members.

If you want to be part of this forward thinking, innovative team that thrive in challenging the status quo, we would love to hear from you!

Closing date: Tuesday 2nd July 2024 [at 9.59am]

What we need from you:

To start your journey towards becoming our Senior Data Analyst, please click on the link below and attach your resume (max 5 pages) and cover letter (max 2 pages).

In your cover letter please share your motivation for applying for this position and your relevant skills.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process to fill future ongoing and temporary opportunities. 

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

Belong in our diverse and inclusive workplace:

The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives. You can view our full diversity and inclusion statement here. We want you to bring your best self to this application process. If you feel you may require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team via **********@customerservice.nsw.gov.au or 02 9494 8***.

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