Senior Business Intelligence Specialist

Company Description

Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders

Closing date: 24th May 2024

Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agencies 

Job Description

About Us

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support nearly two million members, with around $75 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

About the Job

The Business Intelligence Specialist is a key role within Investments Data Team. You will be an integral part of a highly performing collaborative team that will transform the way our Investments Function undertakes reporting, insights and analysis. Power BI is being used as our reporting, dashboarding and analytical tool.  An integral part of this role is the development and roll out of Power BI across the business whilst also training and upskilling team members to be able to use Power BI to drive future analytics and insights.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, testing and supporting complex reports and informative dashboards in Power BI that provides relevant Investments insights and portfolio information.
• Roll out and impart best practice Power BI modelling techniques across the business.
• Work with Business Teams and the Product Owner to understand business requirements, determine correct source for data and managing delivery of dashboards according to the requirements.
• Develop and automate end to end data flow/processes into Power BI to ensure robust and scalable solutions are delivered and advise on best practice visualisation.
• Work collaboratively with engineering teams on the implementation of technical specifications/requirements in the data repository.

Qualifications

About You:

Qualifications:

• Experience in the investments or asset management space
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Exposure to other BI tools e.g. Tableau

Required experience, understanding or credentials including:

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role.
• Extensive experience with Power BI and a strong understanding of best practices in design.
• Ability to create user experience and user integration design to ensure stakeholder agreement of the reporting and dashboard requirements.
• Understanding of Funds and the books of records used to drive reporting and analytics -  Accounting and Investments books of records
• Strong communication skills and a demonstrated experience in helping business teams to analyse and visualize data in a way that adds meaningful value.
• Strong communicator with good business acumen and a demonstrated ability to guide business teams on what’s possible and elicit requirements.
• Ability to work with varying stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to be able train and upskill others.
• A passion for data and a strong understanding of end-to-end data solutions
• Understanding and appreciation of data management and data governance best practices
• A passion for technology, improving processes and implementing a different way of working.

Additional Information

Benefits

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities 
• Flexible, hybrid working – work to suit your lifestyle (must be based in Australia) 
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave 
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave 
• Meeting free breaks (Rest Stops) 
• Income Protection Insurance 
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest’s values and behaviours) 

If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.

*Funds under management as at 30 June 2023. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.

Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier