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Senior Strategy & Planning AnalystApply locations AUS - NSW - Sydney time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: August 15, 2025 (12 days left to apply) job requisition id 340340Primary DetailsTime Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

• Location: Sydney
• Type: Full time permanent role
• Hybrid working, happy to talk flexible work

The opportunity

In this role we are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Strategy & Planning Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with the partnership team and the distribution team within Elders & SME to support our portfolio strategy.

Your new role

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive business planning and strategy for Elders and SME, including opportunity analysis and performance monitoring.
• Liaise with business to identify key performance trends, provide detailed variances analysis, address performance-related queries, and lead performance optimisation initiatives across portfolio and channel
• Conduct performance monitoring and provide analytical and modelling support to key stakeholders for decision making.
• Interpret and communicate complex data to support portfolio optimisation strategy, and engage regularly with management and key stakeholders
• Engage in strategic projects and modernisation initiatives to drive business improvements and implement process improvements and automation to enhance efficiency across reporting and analytics functions.
• Work as part of a team with minimal guidance, assisting other strategy analysts when needed.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the good knowledge and understanding of how portfolio performance can be managed, and the relationship between economic inflation and insurance product pricing.

• Strong commercial and analytical skills, with a focus on data-driven decision-making.
• In-depth understanding of insurance P&L, and basic knowledge of product management, including pricing strategies and the impact of economic inflation on insurance products.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with finance, underwriting, partnership, products, and other teams.
• Proficient in SQL, Power BI, and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Hands-on and collaborative, with the ability to influence through insights. Comfortable building tools, dashboards, and frameworks from scratch.
• Degree qualified in a quantitative field (e.g. Actuarial, Statistics, Data Science, Applied Finance and Accounting) is preferred.

About QBE

We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let's make it happen

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• 'Hybrid Working' – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Our 'Thriving at our Best' wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
• Additional leave and support through QBE's Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners
  

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
• Ranked 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2024 for medium sized program as voted by graduates
• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
• Family First accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let's make it happen

Click APPLY to submit your application. Successful applicants will need to complete work rights, police and credit checks through our online provider as a condition of employment.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at recruitment@qbe.com .

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Business Management, Client Counseling, Critical Thinking, Data Analytics, Economics, Financial Advising, Intentional collaboration, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Managing performance, Problem Solving, Research Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Management, Strategic PlanningApplication Close Date: 14/08/2025 11:59 PM

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

About Us

We are an international insurer and reinsurer offering a diverse portfolio of commercial, personal and specialty products, as well as risk management solutions. Our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation. We employ a team of around 13,000 people in 27 countries around the world.

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