• Location: Sydney  

• Type: Permanent, Full-time 

• Hybrid role, happy to talk flexible working 

The Opportunity 

We are seeking a Functional Lead to join our Global Platforms Technology team to support in managing the operations and service delivery of People/HR and Culture platforms.  

Your New Role 

Work alongside the Global Platforms Application Lead, you will own and be responsible for planning and driving activities that enable the assessment of business need, capture of requirements, design of appropriate solutions and delivery of solutions. 

Serve as the expert with in-depth understanding and technical know-how to design and evaluate solutions, ensuring they meet business needs, and oversees quality assurance activities like user acceptance testing. Bringing in Workday domain knowledge and HR process understanding is essential with an ability to ensure that the design (process, technology, and content) is fit for purpose and meets the organization's needs. Working closely with the team you will step in to help to out on various projects, stakeholder management, vendor management and preparing reports. 

Other responsibilities include:  

• Serve as a primary interface between business and IT teams to identify problems, challenges, or opportunities within business solutions, IT systems, or processes. 

• Lead in an agile working environment and encourage collaborative working, innovation, and flexibility in personal style and approach towards others. 

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather business requirements and provide expertise and guidance and ensure alignment providing solutions in line with strategic goals. 

• Promote positive changes to enhance analysis outputs by identifying areas for improvement and efficiencies in the analysis process. 

About You 

You will have proven experience as a lead IT business analyst managing the end-to-end process including, analysing business processes, developing business cases, overseeing user acceptance testing, service introduction to BAU and delivering value. 

• Experience in liaising between business stakeholders and technical teams, regularly updating project managers and senior leadership on project status, risks, and issues. 

• Strong analytical and communication abilities, technical proficiency, leadership, project management, problem-solving and attention to detail. 

• Ability to work individually or as team member with high organisational and multitasking skills. 

• Understanding of technical and regulatory requirements involved in control testing, performing audits to ensure we are staying current with industry best practices and trends. 

• Strong analysing ability and understanding of multiples technologies and applications in BA suite and HR suite will be a plus. 

• Competent working in Agile environments and have Workday fundamental training and certifications. 

About QBE  

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.   

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.   

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!  

Benefits  

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:  

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance  

• Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice  

• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super  

• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching  

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums  

• Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network  

• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners  
    

Rewards & Recognition  

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:  

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice  

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards  

• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion  

• Ranked 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2024 for medium sized program as voted by graduates  

• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)  

• Family First accredited employer since 2021