Ba - Finance Systems Projects

**Alfred Health**

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- **Business Analyst** - **Finance Systems Projects**:

- ** Fixed Term Position - **12 Month Contract**:

- ** Full-Time - 80 Hours + ADO**:

- ** Classification: Managers and Administrative Worker Grade 4**

**DATA AND ANALYTICS SERVICES (FINANCE) DEPARTMENT**

A significant part of Finance Department's responsibility is financial budgeting, forecasting and monitoring of actual performance to budget and forecast positions, as well as financial reporting and governance; that is, ensuring that Alfred Health is compliant with various government, auditing and taxation requirements.

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The Business Analyst (BA) - Finance Systems Projects will provide a key finance analysis and testing support role, in relation to key financial systems implementations and ongoing process improvement of existing finance systems and other projects carried out by Alfred Health, assisting the Project and Redesign Lead - Finance Systems Projects and the Snr Technical Business Analyst, to ensure quality and timely delivery. The role will encompass assisting with detailed investigations, analysis and evaluation of functional and non-functional requirements; working with the finance department to understand their end to end needs, and to understand and elicit their requirements by writing Business Requirements Documents, to support business outcomes for Finance end customers, being Alfred Health Business Units, Executive and Program Directors. Assisting with the software design, and testing finance systems to ensure the software solution meets and optimally delivers the agreed business requirements, captured as part of the Project or Process Improvement Delivery plans.

The incumbent will also be responsible for ensuring the quality and timeliness of financial analysis and testing related to any of the projects as required by the Project and Redesign Lead or senior management.

The Business Analyst - Finance Systems Projects reports to the Project and Redesign Lead - Finance Systems Projects and the role will liaise with Finance, HR, DAS, Digital Health and third-party software vendors.

The role may also involve assisting with other finance related project implementations and potentially covering other appropriate roles / tasks across the Financial Services team as required.

**QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**

**Education, Skills and Experience**:
**Essential**
- A business or accounting degree.
- Understanding of Budgeting and Forecasting.

**Desirable**
- Studying towards becoming, or being a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants or Certified Practicing Accountants (or international equivalent) is desirable, but not mandatory.
- Experience and knowledge relating to work in Victorian Public Health is desirable, but not mandatory.
- Experience with Finance systems implementations and Testing is desirable, but not mandatory.

**Recruiting Manager: Samantha Reeves, Project and Redesign Lead. DAS, Finance**

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

All Alfred Health employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine and must provide evidence of their vaccination status. This **i**s in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

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