Business Analyst

The Story

Join this successful retail business comprised of a number of brands, acknowledged as the market leaders within the Australian retail space.  They have a vast store network across the APAC region, with an exciting growth trajectory.

The Role

This role will be a 6-month+ daily rate contract delivering enterprise planning solutions using TM1 Planning Analytics as the core platform in a retail environment.   The role will have an SAP Finance Forecasting and Merchandise Planning modules focus.

Day to day will include:

• gathering requirements, workshops, process analysis
• process mapping & BPR
• preparing appropriate documentation and business walkthroughs to underpin development
• collaborating with process owners to develop process, business rules, UI, solution options & mid-level and low-level designs
• acting as liaison between the business & IT
• leading the system & UAT test function - including writing test scripts, test data and supporting the business testing
• developing documentation (system, business & training) to lead knowledge transfer for the business

What You Bring To The Role

The right person for the role will be an experienced BA and have deep merchandise planning experience  - planning, assortment, allocation, and merchandise financial planning alongside retail-specific processes beyond general financial planning.

Must-haves for the role include: 

• 5+ years BA experience
• Retail industry experience and understanding of Finance Forecasting, Merchandise Planning & Retail Maths
• Experience working with TM1 Planning Analytics or other enterprise planning tools will be highly regarded
• Ability to capture clear requirements from your stakeholders and work through ambiguity
• Ability to encapsulate process & solution design into good UI
• Good MS Word and MS Excel skills - the required documentation is likely to include a mixture of Word & Excel to mock up requirements, process, solution design, reports & UI
• Good experience across the SDLC including leading the testing phase – IT & business facing
• Strong skills re relationship building and customer-service
• Strong written and oral communication skills

What's In It For You?

Working closely with the business, technical teams and senior stakeholders to deliver.  Ability to take on a diverse role, work across multiple stakeholders in the business and work a hybrid work arrangement.

Next Steps

Curious to know more? Reach out to me at  with queries or simply apply online.