Head of Data Strategy & Reporting

Salary: 180000-225000

About the Company

Our client is an established Australian fintech where data sits at the heart of every decision. Profitable, ambitious and still scaling, they’re known for moving faster than the traditional players and are investing in the data capability to keep it that way.

About the Role

Partnering closely with senior leadership, this role sets the direction for enterprise reporting and where effort delivers the most commercial value. You’ll be hands on and driving delivery, while credible enough to influence at C-suite level. Based in Sydney and open for candidates with full working rights in Australia.

Benefits

• A strategically significant role with direct exposure to the CEO and COO, shaping how the business invests its resources
• Hybrid working model
• A lean, hands on, collaborative culture where you’ll have real influence, not just a seat at the table
• Career growth as the team and remit continue to expand
• Great CBD office and a strong, people-first culture

Duties / Key Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise reporting strategy, setting the standards that give leadership timely, trusted information
• Build and lead the framework for deciding which initiatives get resourced, weighing commercial value, risk and capacity
• Define and monitor performance metrics, recommending corrective action where needed
• Partner with Technology, Product, Finance, Risk and executive leadership to align reporting and resourcing decisions with company strategy
• Deliver board-ready executive reporting and scorecards, while staying hands on with report build and delivery and developing a growing team

Skills and Experience

• 10+ years in business reporting, analytics, strategy or business operations, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role
• Demonstrated experience building value-based decision-making or governance frameworks, and presenting to executive leadership and boards
• Strong commercial acumen, able to translate data into the “so what” behind the numbers and balance competing trade-offs
• Strong hands on technical capability across SQL, cloud data platforms and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• Experience leading cross functional strategic initiatives and influencing without authority
• Comfortable operating hands on and driving outcomes directly, while also engaging credibly with C-suite stakeholders, this could suit someone ready to take the next step up in their career
• Relevant tertiary qualification, with postgraduate or portfolio/project certifications well regarded

Leon is recruiting for this role on behalf of Allura Partners.