This Business Analyst (BA) plays a vital role in the Finance team and reports into the Senior Finance Manager- ANZ.
The BA is expected to work closely with the Commercial team and provide business partnering and actionable insights to ANZ leadership team.
Collaboration and effective communication will be key to their success.
Equipped with strong stakeholder management, problem solving and presentation skills, the BA can build solid relationship with members of the Finance team and also cross-functionally.
There are regular collaborations with commercial, operations and customer service teams, so soft skills like people management is essential to be successful in this role.
Essential Job Functions
Deliver and maintain reporting suite for ANZ commercial team including sales dashboard with supporting information
Provide monthly and quarterly margin analysis to identify lower margin product and accounts to commercial team
Work closely with commercial team and provide actionable insight to support sales growth and adhoc analysis as and when required with quick turnround
Provide insights and trend analysis for sales tender for hospitals required by sales team including account and product level information
Own calculation of Sales incentive program on quarterly basis including support in Incentive target setting and actual performance in line with global incentive program
Provide financial analysis and insight required for contract negotiation with third party products
Provide sales information and trend analysis by sales rep, by product and account for monthly and quarterly commercial reviews
Support Country Director and commercial team on annual Price review
Monthly Tasks




Prepare revenue reconciliations (TP transaction currency, revenue by country adjustment).
Prepare month end reports – Debtor, inventory, and freight report.
Upload local P&L; to global system (OneStream) and precheck against budget.
Prepare MOP reporting.
Quarterly Tasks
Prepare on deferred revenue file (service contract adjustment, defer NGEGB) – using power query to look up contract term.
Prepare quarterly deliverables (out of period, equipment on loan).
Update the variance analysis for P&L; and BS.
Calculate and validate sales commission payments.
Support P-Club reporting and performance tracking.
Prepare reporting and analysis for Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).
Forecasting
Prepare weekly sales landing reports.
Support forecast and outlook submissions, including OneStream updates and consolidations.
Maintain sales forecasts and track performance against budget and forecast.
Monitor QA budget performance and actual expenditure.
Track Capex and inventory performance.
Support marketing spends reporting and budget tracking.
Annual Planning Activities
Assist with target setting and distribution for Territory Managers and Service teams.
Month end reporting submissions
Support broader finance team during month end and quarter end with adhoc activities and analysis
Prepare, analyze and report weekly, monthly, quarterly end close process, incl.




weekly sales report by franchise
Provide support to Senior Finance Manager during quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting process
Project support work as SME
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required
High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other business software tools required for professional financial analysis and communication.
Knowledge of Power BI is added advantage
An astute communicator with excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to develop relationships at all levels in the organization and directly influencing business objectives
Strong presentation skills, problem solving skills, attention to details and ability to perform root cause analysis
Excellent influencing, partnering skills and commercial mindset
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong passion for technology and how it can help improve business processes
Proactive, self-driven with high career aspirations
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with attention to detail
Required Education & Experience
Finance/Accounting qualified (IT qualifications and/or CA/CPA qualifications will be highly regarded)
2+ years of experience in fast paced industry or medium- large audit firm
Exceptional analytical and insight skills (very strong Excel/modelling skills and be able to operate with multiple large data sets)
Demonstrated knowledge of standard costing and systems
High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, familiar with ERP accounting systems; preferable experience with Exact, Power BI, Onestream & SAP
Able to communicate effectively with APAC, European and US colleagues
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📌 Business Analyst (Melbourne)
🏢 LivaNova
📍 Melbourne