Analyst Planning and Reporting (Operations)

Enerven; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi-time accrual

17.5% leave loading on annual leave

13% superannuation

Up to $900 electricity reimbursement

Income protection coverage

18 weeks paid parental leave

Extra annual leave up to 20 days

Salary sacrifice for novated lease

Health insurance and gym membership z

Leadership and career development

Job summary

Enerven is seeking a Finance Business Partner to partner with operational leaders, delivering commercial financial insight to drive profitability.

The role will focus on turning data into practical recommendations, supporting budgeting and forecasting, and challenging assumptions to improve business outcomes. It is offered on a 24-month Term Contract with flexible work options.

Qualifications

• Degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
• Proven experience in Finance Business Partnering or commercially focused financial analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into insights and recommendations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and financial modelling ability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational leaders to improve financial performance and profitability.
• Analyse financial and operational data to provide insights and challenge assumptions for commercial decisions.
• Lead month-end reporting, including variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Support budgeting and forecasting, providing visibility of revenue, costs and margins.
• Monitor business-unit performance to identify trends and risks for planning.
• Identify opportunities to enhance financial systems, reporting tools and processes for accuracy and efficiency.

Skills

Finance partnering

Financial analysis

Advanced Excel

Commercial mindset

Stakeholder engagement

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

Degree in Commerce/Accounting/Finance

Tools

Excel

Financial modelling

Job description

Enerven delivers electrical infrastructure and telecommunications solutions that are vital to connecting communities across Australia. Our design, construction, and maintenance services ensure reliable power generation, transmission, and distribution to homes and businesses nationwide – and our commitment to renewable energy and resilient grid infrastructure sets us apart. The expertise and dedication of our people spans the entire electricity network, so careers at Enerven are defined by meaningful contributions and impactful work. At Enerven, we’re connecting you with tomorrow.

About the role

Enerven continues to grow its national footprint, creating new opportunities and increasing the complexity of our business. Our Finance function plays a key role in supporting this growth through strong commercial insight, financial expertise, and informed decision-making. This role will partner with key revenue-generating operational business units, providing financial insight and commercial support to drive business performance and profitability. Working closely with operational leaders, you'll go beyond traditional financial reporting to challenge existing thinking, identify opportunities for improvement, and explore new ways of working. You'll use your initiative to turn financial insights into practical recommendations that support better commercial decisions and business outcomes.

Day to day you will:

• Partner with operational leaders to improve financial performance and profitability.
• Analyse financial and operational data to provide insights and challenge assumptions to help inform commercial decisions.
• Lead month-end reporting, including variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Support budgeting and forecasting, providing visibility of revenue, costs, and margins.
• Monitor business-unit performance to identify trends and risks to inform business planning.
• Identify and drive opportunities to enhance financial systems, reporting tools and processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, and visibility.

This role will be offered as a 24-month Term Contract.

About You

You are an experienced finance professional with a strong commercial mindset and an interest in partnering with operational teams in a dynamic and evolving business. You enjoy getting beneath the numbers, questioning the status quo, and looking beyond the obvious to understand what really drives business performance. You're naturally curious, proactive and solutions-focused, with the confidence to challenge existing thinking, take initiative and bring forward new ideas that deliver better commercial outcomes.

You will bring:

• A Degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
• Proven experience in a Finance Business Partnering or commercially focused financial analysis role.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial and operational data, identify trends and translate findings into meaningful insights and recommendations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to manipulate large datasets, develop complex spreadsheets and build financial models.
• A commercial mindset, with an understanding of the relationship between revenue, costs, margins and business performance.
• A proactive approach, with the initiative to identify opportunities, challenge established ways of working, question assumptions and influence stakeholders to embrace innovative approaches
• A desire to join a growing business as part of a dynamic, innovative and commercially minded team.

About us

The work behind the network

When you join Enerven, you are working for a team guided by its core values of dependability, proactiveness and collaboration.

A skilled and diverse workforce

Our broad industry skillset enables us to meet complex challenges with agility and expertise. Our team is at the forefront of change – building a more sustainable future by connecting Australia with tomorrow.

Outstanding culture of safety and well-being

Health, safety and well-being form the foundations of our operations, and we have an unwavering commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our people, our customers and the community we serve.

Flexible work options and employee benefit programs

Enjoy flexible working conditions that ensure you can have a better work, life balance, all in a collaborative, safe and supportive work environment. Our variety of employee benefits include:

• Flexi-time accrual
• 17.5% leave loading on annual leave
• 13% superannuation
• Up to $900 in electricity reimbursement each year
• Automatic coverage from our income protection scheme
• 18 weeks paid primary carers parental leave
• Ability to purchase extra annual leave of up to 20 days
• Salary sacrifice towards novated lease vehicle
• Corporate discount towards health insurance and gym memberships
• Leadership and career development opportunities

An inclusive and equal opportunity organisation

We value and respect the unique backgrounds and experiences of our employees, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. As members of the Diversity Council Australia, our employees can receive full access to research, events and expertise on all aspects of diversity and inclusion.

Given safety is at the forefront of everything we do, candidates will undergo comprehensive pre-employment screening, including a medical and a police check.

Be part of something bigger. Join Enerven and help connect Australia with tomorrow.