Business Analyst – OC
Nestle
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Rhodes • Australia
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About the role
- Analyse sales, volume, mix, margin and cost performance, providing clear commentary on key drivers
- Support variance analysis vs plan, forecast and prior periods, highlighting risks and opportunities
- Prepare concise performance summaries, reporting packs and insights for commercial and operational teams
- Extract, clean and prepare data from ERP, syndicated and scan sources; ensure accuracy and consistency
- Automate recurring reports, dashboards and data checks using Excel, Power Query, SQL or Power BI
- Contribute to budgeting and rolling forecast cycles, reconciling forecasts to actuals and explaining variances
- Support scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis and other forward‑looking decision‑support activities
- Maintain strong data governance by validating data, flagging anomalies early and documenting assumptions, sources and KPIs
Requirements
- Tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, Analytics or related
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret data and generate insights
- Intermediate to advanced Excel; exposure to Power Query, Power Pivot and Power BI
- High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
- Experience with automation, scripting (eg Python) or data modelling/visualisation (desirable)
- Curious, digitally minded, collaborative and reliable, with strong communication skills
Benefits
- Varied career experiences and personalised development support
- Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts
- Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and program
- Paid parental and partner leave
- Purchase Leave Scheme
- Volunteering leave
- Sports leave
- Emergency Services leave
- Discounted Nestlé products
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisvariance analysisbudgetingforecastingdata validationdata governanceautomationscriptingdata modellingdata visualisation
Soft Skills
analytical capabilityattention to detailcommunicationcollaborationcuriositydigital mindsetreliability
Certifications
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