Jobs in Melbourne, Australia

About the role

As a Senior Product Analyst – Financials , you will work within the Datascape product team , helping design and deliver enterprise software used by councils across Australia and New Zealand. Datascape is Datacom’s local government ERP platform. It supports councils in managing core operational and corporate processes, including finance, property, rating, regulatory, customer, and digital services. This role sits specifically within the Financials domain , where accuracy, auditability, compliance, and strong accounting logic are critical. You will work closely with Product Managers, Product Leads, Engineering, QA, UX, implementation teams, and customers to understand business problems, analyse accounting and financial processes, and translate these into clear, well-structured requirements for delivery. This is not a generic business analyst role. We are looking for someone who can bring genuine hands-on accounting experience with genuine Systems Accounting expertise. You will be joining Datascape during an exciting phase of growth, with significant opportunity to shape features that support councils in delivering trusted services to their communities.

What you'll bring

• We are looking for someone with strong analysis capability and genuine accounting fluency.
• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst, Product Analyst, Functional Consultant, Finance Systems Analyst, or similar role in a software, ERP, SaaS, or complex enterprise environment.
• Hands-on accounting or finance experience
• Strong understanding of core accounting concepts such as general ledger, subledgers, journals, accruals, GST/tax, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, payments, receipting, financial reporting, audit trails, and period-based processing.
• The ability to understand how financial transactions are created, posted, reversed, allocated, reported, and audited within an ERP system.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, accurate, concise documentation for both business and technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work through complex scenarios, identify edge cases, and define expected system behaviour.
• Experience working with software delivery teams in an Agile environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Product Managers, engineers, testers, designers, implementation consultants, support teams, and customer stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation skills, including the ability to lead workshops and guide stakeholders toward clear decisions.
• Good data literacy, including an understanding of how business data is structured, linked, validated, and reported.
• Commercial awareness and a focus on delivering customer value while managing risk and complexity.

Benefits