About The Company
Compare the Market – yes, the one with the meerkats – is a high-growth FinTech company on a transformational journey. We are focused on designing, building, and delivering the very best home loan, energy, insurance, and health comparison experience in Australia. Okay, in the world!
We are all about Customer first, teamwork, making a difference, and treating the business as our own – without compromise. These values are critical to delivering on our purpose:
"to make a difference in the lives of Australians by simplifying the process of making sound financial decisions".
About The Role:
Are you ready to elevate your leadership skills? Compare the Market is looking for a talented Business Analyst Manager to join our Delivery & Enablement team. In this role, you will be a key driver of business analysis excellence across the organisation, leading a dedicated team of Business Analysts. Reporting to the Head of Planning & Delivery, you'll provide guidance and support in gathering, validating, and documenting complex business requirements, while ensuring alignment with our broader business objectives.
As the Business Analyst Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels. You will oversee the development and execution of the BA practice strategy, implementing advanced business analysis techniques and methodologies. This is an exciting opportunity to not only manage a high-performing team but to shape Compare the Market's vision and goals in the business analysis space, ensuring the highest standards of quality and professionalism are upheld across all projects.
What You'll Do:
Shape the direction of Compare the Market's business analysis practice, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and the company's commitment to business excellence.
Lead, manage, and mentor a team of Business Analysts, setting objectives, conducting performance reviews, and providing career development guidance to help them thrive.
Develop, maintain, and manage a suite of business analysis artefacts for use across projects and initiatives.
Build and nurture strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation to understand their needs and expectations effectively.
Ensure the quality of all processes, activities, and outputs produced by the Business Analysis team.
Develop and guide business analysis strategies and approaches for various projects and initiatives.
Manage and monitor the demand and allocation of Business Analyst resources across the project portfolio, identifying potential resourcing constraints and implementing appropriate mitigation strategies.
Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of Compare the Market's project delivery framework.
Address business analysis escalations and queries raised by Business Analysts, project teams, and stakeholders, ensuring prompt and effective resolutions.
What You'll Bring:
Tertiary Qualifications in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
Relevant professional certifications, such as CBAP, would be highly regarded.
Extensive expertise in business analysis processes and activities, including workshop facilitation, requirements elicitation, documentation, traceability, and business process mapping.
Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and various software development processes.
Experience working with different project delivery methodologies, including agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches.
Proven leadership and team management skills, with a track record of mentoring and guiding teams to success.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Proficiency with business analysis tools and standards such as BPMN, Jira, Azure DevOps, Lucidchart, Confluence, and the Microsoft Office suite.
Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills, enabling you to build strong relationships across the organisation.
Our Benefits
At Compare the Market, we offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where your talents will be recognised and rewarded. You'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to our continued success. As well as ample opportunities for growth and development, we also provide:
Vibrant and social community who have annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events.
Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including the option of one day working from home each week or a 9-day fortnight.
Enjoy additional leave days - 'ME' leave and 'Volunteer Day' leave.
Study support (up to 50% of tuition fees for relevant courses) and professional membership reimbursement.
Employee discounts on Car, Home, Travel insurance.
Income protection insurance provided to support you in the event of non-work-related illness or injury.
Discounts with a broad range of providers, including gym memberships, accommodation, dental care and more.
Compare the Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage all applicants to apply. We acknowledge that we are strengthened by diversity.
Want to know more? Then apply now! It's Simples!
Please note that this role is only available to candidates with unlimited Australian working rights, as sponsorship is not available.
*Note to Recruiters: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business.
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