Lead Data Analyst

Permanent Opportunity
- Sydney Location
- Hybrid working model

**How will I help?**
UNITE will be Westpac’s biggest transformation project ever. It is a business-led, tech-enabled transformation - delivering simplification and benefits for our customers, employees and shareholders.

A major priority for the Group over the next 3 to 4 years, UNITE is about delivering ‘one best way’ to make our processes, systems and tech simpler so we can deliver a better experience for customers, make things easier for our people, and reduce risk for generations to come.

The Lead Data Analyst will coach and guide the Data team in performing data analysis tasks for the Business & Wealth Division Transformation Office, driving the achievement of Westpac’s strategy. This involves working with stakeholders to elicit, analyse, communicate, validate, and manage data requirements for changes to systems, business processes, policies, and information. Key responsibilities
- **Managing multiple portfolios of work**:

- Develop, maintain and control schedules across multi stream, large or complex projects, using information to identify insights to optimise, accelerate delivery or mitigate potential delivery risk
- **Stakeholder management**:

- Consult and act as a trusted advisor across stakeholder engagement at the most senior levels, supporting the full spectrum of conversations for multi stream, large or complex projects
- **Involvement in Cross Group Forums**:

- Prepare, plan and manage cross program activities on behalf of the Data Analyst team which feeds into large program/project plans
- **Solution Evaluation**:

- Lead a team to analyse the data collected, across large complex multi-stream projects/programs, to evaluate the effectiveness of a solution, and the value it provides to the business
- **Coaching**:

- Coach teams to engage with identified stakeholders; guide the maintenance of collaborative working relations to ensure teams remain engaged and committed throughout the project
- **Technical expertise**- provide expertise to the technology team on data workflows

**What’s in it for me?**

You’ll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we’ll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You’ll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

**What do I need?**
- Extensive experience in the Banking & Finance Industry.
- Significant experience in analytical roles (Data, Credit, Business).
- Commercial experience in Business Intelligence Solutions.
- Advanced skills in SAS/SQL.
- Proficiency in Excel.
- Familiarity with Agile project delivery processes and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams).
- Effective problem-solving abilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

**What’s it like to work there?**

We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other’s passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.

We’ll empower you to shape your career path. Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you’re in control of where you start and how you’ll grow.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

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