Business Analyst
Up to $135,000 + Super
Melbourne based | National Role
Our client is a significant and well-regarded organisation in the Australian health sector. With a broad operational footprint and a strong commitment to clinical excellence, they are a trusted provider of healthcare services supporting doctors, specialists, hospitals, and patients across the country.
Who They Are
This organisation has built a strong reputation for patient focus and medical quality. Their culture values integrity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and they are committed to empowering their people to drive meaningful outcomes. They are currently seeking a Business Analyst to transform complex business, financial and operational data into meaningful insights that support strategic and operational decision-making across the organisation.
The Role
Reporting to the Director of Marketing, the Business Analyst combines strong technical analytical capability with commercial acumen to identify trends, opportunities and risks, enabling data-driven decision-making that enhances business performance. Working closely with Finance, Marketing and operational stakeholders, you will develop and maintain reporting solutions, support budgeting and forecasting activities, and ensure the integrity and reliability of organisational data.
This is a highly visible role where your work will directly influence business outcomes, with direct access to senior leaders across the organisation.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Data Analysis and Business Insights
- Analyse large and complex datasets to identify trends, performance drivers, risks and opportunities
- Generate actionable insights that support commercial, financial and operational decision-making
- Conduct detailed analysis of business performance indicators and provide recommendations for improvement
- Present findings, trends and recommendations in a clear and concise manner to stakeholders at all levels
Reporting and Dashboard Development
- Develop, maintain and enhance reporting dashboards using Cognos and Microsoft Excel
- Produce regular, ad hoc and executive reporting packs with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness
Financial Planning and Performance Analysis
- Support budgeting, forecasting and scenario modelling activities through TM1 / IBM Planning Analytics
- Analyse key financial and operational metrics including revenue, pricing, sales volumes, margins and cost performance
- Partner with Finance and business leaders to understand performance outcomes and identify improvement opportunities
- Assist in developing analytical models that support strategic planning and business growth initiative
Continuous Improvement
- Contribute to ongoing enhancements in business intelligence, reporting and performance measurement frameworks
- Support business improvement and transformation projects across the organisation
- Partner with stakeholders to improve business processes and support a culture of data-driven decision-making
Your Profile
You are a commercially minded analyst who enjoys solving complex business problems, uncovering insights, and driving improvement across a national organisation. You are equally comfortable working with large datasets and presenting clear, actionable recommendations to non-technical audiences.
Candidates may come from a range of backgrounds including:
- Business analysis, data analysis, commercial analysis or financial analysis roles
- Finance transformation, business improvement or process redesign environments
- Healthcare, pathology, diagnostics or similarly data-driven regulated industries
You will demonstrate:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Information Systems or related discipline
- Minimum 3–7 years' experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Commercial Analyst or similar
- Advanced Microsoft Excel capability including Power Query, pivot tables and data modelling of large datasets
- Experience with Cognos reporting and dashboard development
- Experience using TM1 / IBM Planning Analytics for budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to translate complex data for non-technical audiences
- Commercially focused with an outcomes-driven mindset
SQL or Power BI skills are a bonus, as is experience with data warehousing, ETL processes or advanced analytics tools. Experience in finance transformation or business improvement is highly regarded.
Diversity and Inclusion
Our client is an equal opportunities employer. They encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community, people living with disability, and individuals with culturally diverse backgrounds. They are happy to adjust their recruitment process to support accessibility needs.
Please note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted, and all applicants must have a legal right to work in Australia.
You may be required to undergo probity checks as part of the recruitment process, including police checks.
For a confidential discussion or to request an information pack, please call Steve Hockey, Director at Predictus Search on 0452 525 547 or 02 8067 8521, or email your current resume with a covering letter and remuneration details to steve@predictussearch.com quoting reference A000466.