Business Analyst Full Time

About us

Consolidated Food Co (CFC) enjoys a reputation as one of the world’s leading full-service consolidated raw material procurement companies sourcing multiple proteins for the world’s leading QSR brands. With staff in 5 countries, our inclusive and high-performance culture is a testament to the ongoing training, development, and recognition we extend to every member of our team. 

In return, you will have the chance to work with an outstanding team and build and grow your career with an inclusive, global procurement leader.

The Role

We are looking for a contract Business Analyst to provide parental leave cover for a period of 6 months, working from our offices in Darlinghurst. 

The IT Business Analyst will be the critical conduit between IT and business, ensuring the technology teams fully understand business issues and initiatives and conveying back to the business, critical technology related challenges, helping achieve the right technology based outcomes for the business. 

Core activities

• Build strong working relationships with business and technology teams, acting as the trusted advisor across both groups
• Gain thorough understanding of business processes and how technology systems are used to support these processes 
• Collect business and technical requirements for prioritised technology initiatives 
• Document as-is and to-be process maps that improve efficiencies
• Work with the UI designer to develop technology user interfaces that improve overall user experiences 
• Work with the testing team to ensure test cases meet defined requirements
• Support user acceptance testing process while business users test and actually perform testing when required
• Train business users on use of new technology 
• Lead resolution of functional issues with technology systems, supported by the service delivery team

Skills and Experience

• At least 5-7 years of experience in the technology industry
• At least 3-5 years of experience as Business Analyst, preferably within a supply chain / procure to pay function 
• Strong understanding of various processes supporting supply chain based functions  
• Strong experience leading and participating in agile based technology project delivery 
• Strong stakeholder management and business relationship building skills
• Ability to lead strategic business and technology discussions and convert them to initiatives that provide real business value
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong change management and user training skills
• Graduate or post graduate degree in computer science or a business related discipline will be advantageous 

For the right candidate we would offer a day rate of about $700-$750.