Business Analyst

We're REA

An Australian start-up success story we're quietly proud of.

From a garage in Melbourne to the global stage is an achievement we're humbled by. Our idea to put pictures of houses on the internet has blossomed since 1995, and we now have businesses across Australia, Asia, India and North America.

Our purpose is to change the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help on every step - whether that's buying, selling, renting or renovating.

Some of our brands include realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au, spacely.com.au, Flatmates.com.au, Smartline.com.au and Proptrack.com.

What we're doing

With Us you'll experience impact. REA is evolving how it leverages data and technology to deliver benefits for customers. After the acquisition of Proptrack in May-18, and following large growth in recent years, we are now looking for an experienced Senior Technical Lead to help build the systems and applications of B2B API and web application solutions for the banking sector.

Proptrack provides property data and technical platform solutions to customers in the financial and government sectors. The Engineering Team within Proptrack works together to deliver solutions to our internal and external customers. It is the core delivery centre for developing solutions to meet customer priorities and align with Proptrack's technology strategy.

What you'll be doing

We are looking for a Business Analyst who is passionate about agile solution delivery. You will be working collaboratively with our external clients and internal product and technical team members to help deliver and support PropTrack's B2B API and web application solutions for the banking sector. The BA Supports the teams in the following ways:

• Understanding complex business landscapes and clearly articulating business needs from a varied group of stakeholders;
• Translating business requirements into clear, concise, testable and accurate user stories & process flows;
• Liaising with major-bank and internal stakeholders (Clients, Product Owners, Developers and Quality Analysts) documenting and diagramming business requirements and processes to assist with understanding functional requirements;
• Generation of requirement and solution design documents, business process diagrams, data dictionaries, requirement analysis maps, user stories and use cases, interface specification documents, functional and non-functional specification documents;
• Ensuring that requirements are understood through story kick offs and constant communication using a variety of analysis and documentation techniques including the application of visualisation techniques to underpin joint understanding of processes and data;
• Working closely with stakeholders to understand and advise on how the requirements are implemented;
• Communicating any requirement dependencies, issues or risks identified through the analysis process;
• Contributing to the team's understanding and prioritisation during planning meetings and retrospectives;
• Contributing to Showcases;
• Participating in estimation sessions by describing the requirements and clarifying any questions raised;
• Addressing any requirement questions or issues that arise during the delivery process;
• Using your analytical skills to support production issues;
• Facilitating and participating in team stand ups, retrospectives & iteration planning sessions;
• Communicating constantly with key stakeholders, team mates and other people throughout the company;
• Contributing to the REA BA Guild;

Who we're looking for:

• xperience as a BA in digital product delivery
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to run workshops and to communicate effectively with Product Owners, Developers, External Clients and other stakeholders across the organisation
• Creative problem solver with a keen technical aptitude, able to quickly grasp concepts and add new insights
• Technical fluency, able to understand and document technical requirements
• Ability to author high-quality customer-facing project documents
• Work productively in a fast paced and agile environment
• Experience with XML and JSON API solutions
• Experience with both waterfall and agile project methodologies
• Significant exposure to release/testing/change management workflows
• Prior experience in mortgage or lending will be a plus

But we don't just look for someone based on their skills and expertise. It's our connection, acceptance and genuine care for each other that makes REA a great place to work. That means you also need to be:

• Savvy minded and have the ability to think a little left of field / outside the box
• A strong and creative communicator
• Friendly, approachable and have good relationship management skills
• An avid supporter of our fully inclusive culture - we celebrate difference and ensure that everyone belongs

The REA experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we'll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We're committed to your development - both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

We offer:

• Onsite/online health and wellbeing programs, including yoga and meditation classes
• Because We Care program which includes volunteer leave and community grants, to ensure you have the opportunity to give back to your community
• Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
• An additional day of leave just for your birthday
• A flexible working environment meaning we strike the balance of what you need and what works for the business (and yes, our leaders fully understand the flexible working policy)
• A hybrid approach to the future of work - https://www.rea-group.com/blog/the-way-we-work-at-rea-a-hybrid-approach/
• Free breakfast (and who doesn't love a free brekkie)
• Industry leading gender-neutral parental leave

If you like the sound of us, then we think you should apply today. We're proud to be Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to respond to every applicant. While we're looking at your application, and preparing to come back to you with an update, why not get to know us a bit more through our various social channels?