Associate Director | Forensic Data Analytics | Melbourne

Your Opportunity: 

As a Forensic Data Analytics Associate Director specialising in wage compliance, you will play a pivotal role in helping our clients identify and remediate breaches against an employer’s Enterprise Agreement, Modern Award, National Employment Standards or jurisdictional based long service leave legislation. 

We’re looking for passionate data analysts driven by purpose and precision to make a real different in people’s lives. Wage compliance isn’t just about numbers, it’s about making sure every worker receives their fair entitlements.  

You will be leveraging your experience in business analysis, data investigation, and analytic skills to identify, investigate, quantify, and report on wage underpayment matters. 

Working with a diverse team of data analysts and subject matter specialists, your work will help uncover discrepancies, support ethical business practices, and uphold the rights of workers across Australia. 

Responsibilities 

• Leading the technical design and development of analysis models (SQL or Excel) to identify and quantify wage compliance risks.  

• Work with subject matter specialists to understand the business requirements for modelling, including resolution of ambiguous requirements and identification of relevant data sources.  

• Work with clients to identify root causes of wage compliance issues and establish plans for remediation.  

• Review data quality and identify impacted cohorts. 

• Conduct testing and analyse root causes and potential fixes. 

• Document results and prepare working papers and reports to support analysis. 

• Support proposal development and other business development activities. 

• Assist in developing internal data analytics assets and tools. 

• Provide coaching and mentorship to team members. 

Experience 

• Must have experience in analysis of large and complex payroll and time & attendance data to identify or quantify wage compliance issues.   

• At least 8 years of experience in development of SQL, Alteryx or Excel data models.  

• Proven track record of leading small teams of data analysts, including task assignment, methodology design and quality review. 

• Skilled in translating complex business and legal requirements into technical specifications for analysis and preparation of written reports / methodologies for presentation to regulators and legal representatives.  

• Strong project management skills. 

• Background in professional services is preferred.