AI-Driven Finance BA Lead — 6-Month Contract

News Corp Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

News Corp access

Perks & discounts

Health & wellbeing

Parental leave

Volunteer leave

Career development

Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking an experienced Technical Business Analyst for a 6-month Max term contract. You will bridge Finance SMEs, executives and multi-squad engineering teams, leading discovery, translating requirements into clear user stories, and guiding AI/data automation adoption.

You’ll coordinate UAT, create training materials, and support finance users to become proficient with automated insights and integrated systems. The role is hybrid in Sydney.

Qualifications

• 6+ years as a Senior/Lead BA on large-scale systems rollouts.
• Experience in finance functions, enterprise transformations, FP&A processes and core accounting architectures.
• Proficient with Lucidchart, Miro and Visio to capture accounting rules and controls.

Responsibilities

• Map end-to-end accounting and FP&A workflows across large enterprise systems to identify bottlenecks and high-value automation opportunities.
• Convert complex commercial requirements and edge cases into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and diagrams for engineering.
• Maintain and refine product backlogs across multiple technical squads, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and report progress to program leads.
• Facilitate discovery and alignment sessions across business and tech teams to build consensus and sign-offs.
• Coordinate UAT frameworks focused on validating AI outputs, financial commentary, data integrity, and system integration.

Skills

Senior/Lead BA

Finance FP&A

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s degree in BIS/Finance/Accounting/CS

Tools

Lucidchart

Miro

Visio

Job description

News Corp Australia is seeking an experienced Technical Business Analyst for a 6-month Max term contract. You will bridge Finance SMEs, executives and multi-squad engineering teams, leading discovery, translating requirements into clear user stories, and guiding AI/data automation adoption.

You’ll coordinate UAT, create training materials, and support finance users to become proficient with automated insights and integrated systems. The role is hybrid in Sydney.