Data Analyst - 12 Month Contract

Location Sydney
Discipline BI, Data & Analytics
Job reference 175815
Salary Negotiable

Experis are proud to be recruiting on behalf of our federal government client who are recruiting for a data analyst to join their team for an initial 12 month contract.

PLEASE NOTE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE YOU WILL NEED TO BE AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN. PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU MEET THIS CRITERIA


Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

  • Collaborating across the branch, Group and broader business to identify initiatives and opportunities to support better claiming practices through the ongoing design and review of contemporary approaches to compliance response.
  • Implementation of initiatives within available and changing analytics platforms, including the technology uplift associated with the Crack Down on Fraud program of work.
  • Conduct extensive data analysis, applying analytical and statistical techniques to highlight actionable insights into emerging trends, as well as in the implementation of the above initiatives.
  • Maintaining knowledge in understanding business areas with regard to business context, goals and key performance indicators.
  • Collaborating across the branch on the development and implementation of policies and procedures, including compliance with data governance and coding standards.
  • Coordinating and preparing high-quality written material that draw on evidence-based analysis for a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including the Executive and the Board's committees.
  • Monitoring and development of less experienced team members.

Essential Criteria

  • Strong programming experience - High level of competency in Programming, including knowledge of supplementary programming languages:

o Essential: SAS (Base, EG) and/or SQL.
o Preferred: Python, R, experience with the SAS Viya platform.

  • Development, optimisation and maintenance of analytical code with an awareness of cost implications to cloud environments.
  • Other systems - Competency with required systems, software and programs, including Excel.
  • Experience working in an industrialised cloud Data Lake and/or EDW environment, including an ability to read and interpret data models and specifications.
  • Experience in data manipulation and analysis including statistical, data science and machine learning techniques and concepts, including model evaluation.

Desirable Criteria (Maximum 6)

  • Previous experience in fraud analytics
  • Data governance in a cloud environment
  • Experience with the SAS Viya platform
  • An understanding of NDIS legislation, Rules and Operational Guidelines, and systems of NDIA.
  • The purpose and appropriate application of compliance standards and practices.
  • Ability to interrogate the Agency's Customer Record Management system.

If the above looks of interest, please make an application and Experis will be in contact with you.

Rowan Mollison
Senior Consultant, Experis

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