Grant Thornton Australia
Senior Business Analyst
To be the leading business advisors to dynamic organizations by helping them unlock their potential for growth.
Strategy and analysis
Full-time
Office | Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.
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Why Grant Thornton Australia
Grant Thornton is one of the world's leading organisations of independent assurance, tax and advisory firms. With more than 73,000 Grant Thornton people, across 149 markets, we are focused on making a difference to clients, colleagues and the communities in which we live and work.
About the role
About this role This 12 month fixed term contract for a Senior Business Analyst position within the Management Consulting service line at Grant Thornton, involves overseeing the operational readiness of a large scale logistics automation project for a Tier 1 client. A recent client engagement involved automating a major retailer's main distribution centre to increase safety, enhance efficiency and reduce costs, showcasing the team's expertise in handling large-scale, complex projects.
Key responsibilities
- Support the Workstream Lead (WSL) in Operations Delivery for large scale projects
- Stakeholder engagement and management across the client business
- Assist in planning and modelling activities to support the delivery of the project
- Build financial and operational models and provide actionable insights for internal project members and external stakeholders.
- Propose next steps based on analysis
- Conduct network volume modelling, refresh business case modelling and conduct scenario analysis.
- Analyse volume and transition impacts outlining effects on supply to the client operations.
Skills & experience
- Experience working in a similar environment, ideally within a Consulting environment working on large scale projects
- Highly skilled in data analysis and interpretation, experienced with analytical tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, SQL, Tableau etc)
- Strong problem-solving capabilities
- Strong stakeholder management, engagement and presentation skills
- Bachelor's in Business, Economics, or Commerce
What you'll be responsible for
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Problem Identification
Identify the problems and needs of key stakeholders to guide data analysis
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Data Analysis and Reporting
Analyze data to discover and communicate insights, and offer concrete recommendations for key stakeholders to make critical decisions
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Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Decision Making
Considers the costs and benefits of potential actions and determines the most appropriate one
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Critical thinking
Identifies and synthesizes patterns and trends amongst various sources of information to reach a meaningful conclusion, perspective or insight
Meet the team
