Finance Analyst

About the role

The Finance Analyst supports informed financial and commercial decisions through accurate analysis, forecasting and financial insight. The analyst builds and maintains financial models for pricing, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management and profitability analysis, working with stakeholders across the business to identify key financial drivers, risks and opportunities.

Key responsibilities

• Help develop and maintain financial models and dashboards for business planning and decision-making.
• Analyse financial data from budgets, forecasts and actuals to find trends, variances and improvement opportunities.
• Run variance analysis between actual results and budget/forecasts with clear commentary.
• Work with operational teams to gather financial inputs and understand business drivers.
• Monitor key financial metrics and performance indicators, flagging risks and anomalies.
• Support budgeting and forecasting by consolidating inputs and validating assumptions.
• Keep financial data consistent across systems and reports, and contribute to ad hoc analysis requests.
• Check that costs are funded by the contract and flag inconsistencies.
• Apply understanding of Commonwealth pricing principles for S&Q or other customer submissions.
• Share KPI information with program stakeholders so they can act quickly when off track, and improve forecast accuracy with stakeholders such as project controls.

Required profile

• Australian citizenship, with the ability to obtain or maintain a Defence security clearance; eligibility under the AGSVA guidelines is required.
• Relevant qualifications in accounting, finance, data analysis or a related discipline.
• CPA/CA qualification, or currently working towards it, is highly desirable.
• Experience with financial data from budgets, forecasts and actuals, and hands-on variance analysis and commentary.
• Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting cycles, including data consolidation and validation.
• Experience collaborating with operational or project teams on financial inputs.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel
• Modelling tools

What we offer

• Agile working: flexible hours, a mix of office and home work, or condensed weeks.
• Leave including wellbeing, volunteer, paid parental and defence reservist leave; Work180 endorsed employer.
• Career development through internal programs, LinkedIn Learning modules and study leave.
• beRewarded discounts, novated leasing options and a corporate shares plan.
• Recognition program aligned with the company's principles.