Financial Automation & AI Tech Business Analyst

News Corp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite gym in Sydney

Exclusive News Corp perks

Flexible leave options

Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking an experienced Technical Business Analyst for a six-month max‑term contract. You will bridge Finance SMEs, executive partners and engineering squads, leading structured discovery and turning FP&A and accounting logic into actionable user stories and backlogs.

In this high-visibility role you will map end-to-end workflows, manage multi-squad backlogs, coordinate UAT for AI outputs, and deliver user guides to enable finance teams to adopt data automation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years as a Senior or Lead Business Analyst on large-scale systems rollouts.
• Proven experience in finance functions, enterprise transformations, FP&A processes and core accounting system architectures.
• Strong ability to operate across multi-squad environments and manage context-switching and dependencies.
• Proven skill with Lucidchart, Miro, or Visio to capture accounting rules and controls.
• Excellent stakeholder presence with executive finance leaders and collaboration with developers.
• Bachelor’s degree in BIS, Finance, Accounting or CS.

Responsibilities

• Map end-to-end accounting and FP&A workflows across large enterprise systems to identify bottlenecks and automation opportunities.
• Convert complex requirements into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflow diagrams for engineering.
• Maintain and refine product backlogs across multiple squads and manage dependencies.
• Facilitate discovery sessions across business and technology teams to build consensus and drive sign-offs.
• Coordinate UAT focused on validating AI outputs, data integrity, and system integration points.
• Create prompts, release notes, and user guides to train finance users on AI adoption.

Skills

Senior/Lead BA

Finance FP&A

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree BIS/Finance/Accounting/CS

Tools

Lucidchart

Miro

Visio

Job description

News Corp Australia is seeking an experienced Technical Business Analyst for a six-month max‑term contract. You will bridge Finance SMEs, executive partners and engineering squads, leading structured discovery and turning FP&A and accounting logic into actionable user stories and backlogs.

In this high-visibility role you will map end-to-end workflows, manage multi-squad backlogs, coordinate UAT for AI outputs, and deliver user guides to enable finance teams to adopt data automation.