Senior Business Analyst

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are currently seeking a talented individual to join our Transformation Office at Mercer. This role can be based in Melbourne, Sydney or Adelaide. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Business Analyst – Fund Services

We will count on you to:

• Provide specialised domain knowledge in Superannuation Cash, Reconciliations, Operational processes, Investments, and Liquidity to identify current and future state processes, workflows, and systems.

• Validate requirements, conduct gap analysis, and collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise and address business needs.

• Support solution design ensuring alignment with business objectives such as efficiency, compliance, and scalability.

• Lead testing and quality assurance activities including review of test scenarios, acceptance criteria, and defect triage.

• Act as a liaison between technology, testing teams, and business users to manage change, communicate progress, and support rollout and optimisation.

What you need to have:

• CPA/CA qualification or equivalent business experience.

• Extensive knowledge of Superannuation fund operations, treasury, and accounting.

• Strong reconciliation and analytical skills with understanding of finance and source systems interactions.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with ability to influence and negotiate.

• Ability to prioritise workload and work effectively within a team environment.

What makes you stand out:

• Working knowledge of Superannuation Administration systems.

• Functional SQL skills.

• Experience in report writing, problem solving, and managing broad user base requirements.

• Demonstrated team focus and people management skills.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

• Providing specialised domain knowledge
• ✅ Validating requirements and conducting gap analysis
• Leading testing and quality assurance activities

• CPA/CA qualification or equivalent business experience
• Extensive knowledge of Superannuation fund operations
• ️ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• ️ Working knowledge of Superannuation Administration systems
• Functional SQL skills
• Experience in report writing and problem solving