Data Analyst (Sydney)

  • 17 Sep 2024
  • Data Science & Advanced Analytics
  • Sydney
  • Contract or Temp
  • Senior Data Analyst
  • Be part of this organisations data maturity journey
  • You MUST be an Australian citizen
Job Title: Senior Data Analyst 
Location: ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Contract: 12 month likely to be extended
  
Australia’s largest federal government agency is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Analyst with expertise in SAS and SQL. The ideal candidate for this role will be able to play a key role in underlying the strategy and the changing needs of the organisation. This includes translating key data insights into value-adding products for stakeholders alongside articulating complex information into simple but engaging messages that can be consumed by key stakeholders with varied levels of data literacy. 
  
If you are an experienced data analyst with a background in SAS, SQL, AWS and have a passion for working within a socially responsible, forward thinking organisation, this could be for you! 
  
Note: You MUST be an Australian citizen for this role! 
  
Key Responsibilities: 
  • Underlying the strategy and the changing needs of the organisation. Capture business requirements and underlying data and reporting needs. 
  • Translate subject-matter expert and stakeholder discussion into data and reporting products and insights. 
  • Translate key data insights into value adding products for stakeholders. 
  • Articulate complex information into simple messages that can be consumed by key stakeholders with varied levels of data literacy. 
  • Design and build reports, dashboards and data products that support business processes and deliver business insights.
  • Mentoring and leading junior analysts (0-2).  
Essential Criteria: 
  • Demonstrated ability to identify organisational challenges and problem statements and be able to turn this into analytical and data business requirements. 
  • Demonstrated ability to articulate complex information into simple messages that can be consumed by key stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to design and build reports, dashboards and data products that support business processes and deliver business insight. 
  • Demonstrated ability to understand and apply best practice analytics methodologies. 
  • Demonstrated ability to translate subject-matter expert and stakeholder discussion into data and reporting products.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate key data insights into value adding products. 
  • Strong programming experience - SAS, SQL   
  Desirable criteria: 
  • Experience working in an industrialised cloud data lake and/or EDW environment. 
  • Process mapping-able to translate discussion into data flows and process documentation. 
  • Experience working within project management frameworks, the tools, and phases of the project lifecycle. 
If you possess all or some of the required skills and experience, then we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Our client is committed to providing a flexible and supportive working environment that promotes a positive work-life balance. 

For more information please email: emily@talentinsights.com.au