Senior Strategy Analyst

About the role

The Senior Strategy Analyst is part of REA Group's Corporate Strategy team, which develops and evolves the company-wide strategy and advises the Executive Leadership Team and Board. The role works across Corporate Strategy, Executive and leadership teams on assigned strategic workstreams, reporting to the Head of Strategy and partnering with Strategy Managers and senior leaders. It is a permanent position based in Melbourne.

Key responsibilities

• Develop rigorous, fact-based analysis for strategic choices, including financial modelling, market sizing, competitor and market analysis, scenario analysis and evaluation of strategic options
• Turn complex information into clear insights and recommendations for senior decision-makers
• Own executive-ready materials for each workstream, tailored to the audience
• Research markets and competitors, assess information reliability and synthesise findings into implications for strategy and performance
• Maintain measures, dashboards, OKRs, reporting and governance for assigned priorities and escalate emerging issues
• Contribute to Corporate, Business Unit and Product strategies, and to major strategic forums such as Board Strategy Day and investor and analyst briefings
• Build relationships across the organisation and influence stakeholders

Required profile

• Excellent verbal, written and visual communication with senior audiences
• Organised, structured project management and hypothesis-based problem solving
• Ability to manage defined strategic workstreams and operate in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in corporate development, including strategic rationale and revenue/cost synergy opportunities
• Comfortable with AI tools to speed up analysis and communication

Required skills

• Qualitative and quantitative analysis, including financial modelling, competitor reviews, market assessment and market sizing
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to deliver executive-level presentations

What we offer

• A hybrid and flexible working approach
• Flexible leave, including birthday leave and additional leave, plus parental leave for primary and secondary carers
• Volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and a community café that donates 100% of its revenue to charity
• Hackdays