Business Analyst

at  Lonsec Group

Business Analyst
About Lonsec
The Lonsec group is one of Australia’s leading investment research houses, providing financial product ratings, market insights & portfolio construction tools to empower financial advisers, advice licensees, fund managers and super funds. Our mission is to help financial intermediaries & investors leverage our knowledge & expertise, and to equip them with the tools & insights they need to deliver high quality investment solutions.
The Business Analyst is responsible for gathering and documenting business and functional requirements, and for documenting system and business knowledge. They will work proactively and collaboratively in cross-functional, scrum-like teams to deliver commercial and client-focused outcomes in our projects and systems.

This role can be either a Permanent Full-Time opportunity or a day-rate contract. Based in our Sydney office on a hybrid basis (2 days per week in the office).

• Gather and document business and functional requirements in collaboration with non-technical and technical users throughout Lonsec
• Support in ideation and problem-solving with Project Leads, business partners, and internal & external software engineers
• Groom requirements and translate needs with both business-users and software engineers
• Mapping the user/customer journey for solution design
• Participate actively and collaboratively in cross-functional, scrum-like project teams
• Create user training documentation and facilitation
• Support the testing function, and the Quality Assurance Manager during project cycles

Key Requirements:

• Experience in and knowledge of the finance industry very highly regarded
• 5+ years direct commercial experience as a Business Analyst in software development projects
• A keen entrepreneurial, and business-oriented mindset - someone that likes getting things done, not just getting things “right”
• Experience working in geographically distributed project teams
• Learning systems quickly in a document-light environment
• Experience using Atlassian products (Jira and Confluence)
• Experience in cross-functional, scrum-like project teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong technical documentation skills
• Keen interest in furthering knowledge of business and technology environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to clearly communicate business requirements, technical issues and solutions will be key to this role
• Highly developed communication and customer service skills - particularly with non-technical stakeholders
• Gather and understand requirements, facilitate stakeholder meetings.
• Understand technology concepts, translate business requirements to technical specifications.
• Analyze data, recommend effective solutions to complex problems.
• Adaptability and Learning Agility: Stay updated on emerging technologies, industry trends.

Essential qualifications:

• An undergraduate degree in a relevant area of studies - Finance, Commerce, Technology, Data
• Change experience, including creation of material to support user adoption/handover
• Data Domain experience e.g., Data Mapping, Data modelling etc.

Highly Regarded Qualifications:

• A post graduate degree in a relevant area of studies
• CX/UX mapping experience a plus

Working for Lonsec

We are Australia’s leading financial research company, rating more funds, stocks and managers than our competitors. Our values lead our culture, centred around the principles of Client Focus, Innovation, Integrity, Independent Thinking, and Collaboration.

• We believe we’re better and smarter together and our values reflect our commitment to creating a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive environment
• We offer a flexible hybrid working environment, 2 days in the office (of your choosing), the rest can be worked remotely
• We’re passionate about setting our people up for success and providing the training, tools and environment to enable you to perform your best and develop your career at Lonsec
• “Work from Anywhere” policy, allowing up to 4 weeks of the year to be worked interstate or from overseas!
• We take care of our people through our free access to our Employee Assistance Program, and generous leave entitlements (e.g., Paid Parental Leave, Bonus day of Life leave, Public Holiday swap and much more!)
• Annual “Wellness Week” which includes lots of fun activities plus a reimbursement towards a gym membership or fitness related activities for all staff.
• Monthly social and charity events as well as our much-loved quarterly Individual and team Awards.

We want to hear from you if this sounds like your type of role!
Job ID 135

• Gather and document business and functional requirements in collaboration with non-technical and technical users throughout Lonsec
• Support in ideation and problem-solving with Project Leads, business partners, and internal & external software engineers
• Groom requirements and translate needs with both business-users and software engineers
• Mapping the user/customer journey for solution design
• Participate actively and collaboratively in cross-functional, scrum-like project teams
• Create user training documentation and facilitation
• Support the testing function, and the Quality Assurance Manager during project cycle