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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Onsite
If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you, by global expansion and product offering.
We’re looking for an experienced Senior BI Analyst who can bridge the gap between business needs and technical delivery, working closely with stakeholders across Compliance, Risk, Finance, Onboarding and Operations. You’ll be comfortable moving seamlessly between business and technical analysis, translating complex requirements into practical data and reporting solutions while never losing sight of the broader business problem we’re trying to solve.
This role would suit a senior BI professional who combines strong technical capability with commercial awareness, leadership and excellent stakeholder management skills. Someone who can understand the business, challenge and clarify requirements, and lead the team in delivering the right solutions.
A critical part of this role is stakeholder engagement and business understanding. You’ll need to be confident and comfortable communicating directly with business stakeholders, able to understand what the business is trying to achieve and the underlying business logic behind its requirements. You’ll also play a senior role within the BI team, leading the team in delivering tasks and solutions for the business and ensuring business requirements are translated into effective outcomes.
You’ll have the autonomy to build strong relationships across the organisation, influence how data is used, and play a leading role in delivering solutions that have a genuine impact on the business. You’ll join an experienced BI team with exposure to a broad range of business areas and opportunities to further develop both your technical and stakeholder leadership skills. If you’re a senior BI professional who enjoys solving business problems, working directly with stakeholders and turning complex data requirements into meaningful outcomes, we’d love to hear from you
Why You'll like working here
Just some of the reasons you’ll love working here include:
Leave benefits: Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends, on us! Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community.
$0 Trades: Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market - $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders!
Continuous learning: Our L&D offering covers both technical and performance training, ensuring you're always learning new skills.
Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts, and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing.
Collaboration: We believe that great things happen when smart people work together, that’s why we’ve made the decision to work five days in the office.
Office perks: Help yourself to free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee to fuel your workday. Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone whether you’re into fitness, pizza making classes, socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls!
What you’ll be working on
Engage with key business stakeholders, building relationships, and gaining subject matter expertise, with the goal of ensuring business change is handled throughout BI reporting solutions e.g. data warehouse, self-service reporting, and back office including client statements and regulatory reporting.
Leadership in building out the team’s business requirements framework and adherence of it throughout the team
Providing guidance and mentorship to other team members to ensure that they develop their skills and reach their full potential.
Work with technical and non-technical colleagues to analyse requirements and design solutions
Perform systems and data analysis to understand business processes to gain understanding of CMC’s business applications and trading platforms.
Planning of work and translation of business requirements to functional specifications for developers within the team though stories and tasks applying an agile methodology.
Contribution towards and maintenance of systems and business analysis documentation, running knowledge transfer sessions and sharing through sprint show cases.
Guide and advise the business towards BI self-service where appropriate to maximize efficiency while being mindful of associated risks and best practices.
Assisting with ad-hoc reports for complex requests where existing solutions cannot be used.
What will help you be successful?
Essential:
Strong SQL skills, experience with Power BI, Tableau, Qlik or similar BI tools
Highly proficient at data discovery and analytics activities using SQL (SQL Server / Snowflake)
Hands on knowledge of data modelling and DBT within a Snowflake environment
A strong understanding of data warehouse and ETL principles
Strong reporting experience using Power BI or similar BI tools, such as Qlik or Tableau, with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to ThoughtSpot
Exposure cloud working environment AWS
Experience in BA work for large scale projects
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong & demonstrable verbal and written communication skills
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with key business stakeholders across all levels
Strong understanding of business needs and the underlying business logic, with the ability to translate requirements into relevant tasks and deliver effective outcomes for the business
Strong communication skills, with the ability to seamlessly translate complex technical requirements into clear, concise information for non-technical stakeholders.
Experience with working in finance industry (banking, fintech and trading)
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being at the centre of data, technology and business decision making. This is a hands on, business facing role within our Business Intelligence team, supporting the reporting and data needs of our equity and derivative trading platforms. The role will primarily focus on stakeholder driven initiatives, while also providing support to key strategic projects
The things we live by
CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone
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We’re always on the lookout for great people, so even if you don’t feel you are a 100% fit, apply with your up-to-date CV and we’ll consider you for this role and any other suitable opportunities across the business.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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