The posting
Your role
At Allens, our business teams are specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges.
You'll be a part of our Business Insights team, within Finance, based in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. The team provides Business Intelligence reporting solutions that support decision-making on the firm's performance and profitability and help meet the reporting obligations of our clients. Working closely with Corporate Services departments and our legal practice groups, the team turns raw data into relevant and meaningful insights for the firm.
As a Senior Business Insights Consultant in our Business Insights team, you will:
- Drive and deliver reporting for Corporate Services and our legal practice groups, surfacing key KPIs and metrics across production, profitability, forecasting, budgeting, workload management, client reporting and people metrics
- Transform, secure and model data, including designing, building and maintaining data models and data warehouse components
- Prepare, reconcile and validate data, including for external submissions that benchmark the firm against its competitors
- Work closely with our Client Relationship groups to continually improve automated, scalable self-service tools, dashboards and reports
- Represent the BI team on new projects and processes across the business, developing reporting requirements
- Implement and configure security procedures in line with the firm's data governance framework, policies and regulatory obligations
- Maintain high-quality documentation of financial reporting and planning processes and controls
- Support our relationship with Insight Software – Calumo, our BI and planning platform provider, working with their support and development teams to improve the systems and functionality available to the business.
This is a 12 month fixed term contract, opportunity. At Allens we have a hybrid working structure, typically 60% in the office and 40% from home. We would be happy to discuss any other flexible working arrangements that best support you.
About you
You will have:
- A background in finance, commercial, analyst or IT roles – professional services experience, ideally legal, is highly regarded
- An accounting, business or systems-related degree (desirable), or relevant work experience
- Advanced Excel skills
- Exposure to (or a willingness to learn) programming languages and data extraction methods such as SQL and MDX – Power BI or other data visualisation experience is highly valued
- Experience using code repository tools such as GitHub
- Hands-on experience with planning, legal and HR management information systems
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with an exceptional eye for detail and a methodical, process-driven approach
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders and communicate persuasively at all levels of the business
- Business consulting skills to contribute to cross-functional projects
- A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others
Your development
In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.
Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.
Our perks
Our benefits include:
- Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
- Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families.
- Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
- Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
- Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.
Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.
How to apply?
We'd love to hear from you so please click "apply now"! If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our Allens Confidential podcast to hear real stories from real people about life at Allens.
At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at [email protected]. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us at [email protected]. The right role for you might be just around the corner!
