Finance Analyst

Telstra Corporation; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Disability and accessibility support

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Telstra is seeking a Finance Analyst to join the Financial Management Chapter Area. You will deliver financial insight, strategic support, and performance management across the organisation, enabling leaders to make informed decisions.

You will support month-end, forecasting and financial control activities, and build data-driven insights and models to identify risks and opportunities for business areas. Strong stakeholder collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualification required.
• Experience in accounting, audit, financial reporting, FP&A or finance business partnering.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication across the business.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capabilities.
• Growth mindset and ability to challenge assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end closing and financial control activities.
• Deliver forecasting, budgeting and performance reporting.
• Provide commercial insights and recommendations to influence decisions.
• Develop and maintain financial models and data analysis.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.

Skills

Accounting partnering

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Growth mindset

Attention to detail

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Tools

Excel

Financial modelling

Job description

Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 26 Sept 2026 11:59pm Job Title Finance Analyst Job Summary Job Description We’ve adopted an Agile way of working to better prioritise the work that matters, match the right resources to the right work, and support our people’s development. It helps us move faster, stay aligned, and deliver more value to our business stakeholders, customers and shareholders.

This role sits within the Financial Management Chapter Area, a global team of around 400 finance professionals who partner with the business to deliver financial insight, strategic decision support and performance management across the organisation.

The role with us As a Finance Analyst within our Financial Management Chapter Area, you will play a critical role delivering insight and driving change via our Agile way of working. While your role will vary from mission to mission, the capabilities and scope of our finance analysts do not. Our Finance Analysts combine business partnering, financial management and analytical capability to help leaders make informed decisions. This includes financial planning, forecasting, performance reporting, commercial analysis, accounting support and strategic advice. We support more than 40 missions across Telstra, creating opportunities to apply your skills in a wide range of business contexts while building broad commercial and finance experience.

This is how you'll bring the purpose of your role to life: Support month-end, forecasting and financial control activities, ensuring accurate, timely and high-quality financial outcomes through effective P&L management, reporting and analysis. Use financial analysis, modelling and data-driven insights to evaluate performance, identify key business drivers, and uncover risks and opportunities. Provide commercial insights and recommendations that support business cases, investment decisions and strategic initiatives. Build trusted relationships with stakeholders, providing financial insight that supports strategic priorities and better business outcomes. Own your work and contribute independently to management reporting and financial results for assigned business areas. Continuously interrogate your work to ensure it adds value, automate where possible, eliminate low-impact tasks, and seek smarter ways of working. Bring a continuous improvement mindset to forecasting and planning, using best-practice approaches to enhance models and processes. Build subject matter expertise and stay across trends impacting financial and operational performance.

To be successful in the role, you should have:

• CA or CPA qualification
• Experience in accounting, audit, financial reporting, FP&A, management accounting or finance business partnering.
• Strong accounting fundamentals, including financial reporting, balance sheet management, financial controls and financial analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights.
• A growth mindset, strong problem-solving skills and the confidence to challenge assumptions and seek better ways of working.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively across the business.
• A genuine interest in improving business performance through financial insight and commercial thinking
• Highly regarded: Experience within a Big 4 or mid-tier professional services environment.
• Experience in a large, complex corporate organisation.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capabilities.

If you are dedicated to developing yourself, have a desire to always achieve more then we want to hear from you! Above all, you will bring enthusiasm and dedication to your job, are not afraid of hard work, and thrive off the satisfaction gained from achieving success in addressing and successfully overcoming challenges.

Telstra is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity.

We’re also committed to flexibility and open to considering flexible ways of working for every role.

We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. From our earliest days in the Postmaster General’s Office to the Australian icon we are today, the heart of Telstra has never changed. We’ve always been committed to being a great place to work as we make the world a better place too. Working at Telstra, we all have a why. Whether it’s endless career opportunities, an amazing work-life balance or being able to make a difference, we all know why we’re motivated to be our best here. Our people find purpose and pride in being part of Telstra, because we support the things that matter most. We are committed to making it easy for everyone to apply. If you require accessibility support or adjustments during the recruitment process, please send an email to Disability and Accessibility inbox. [e-mail]. In a business as big and diverse as ours, there’s a huge breadth of career paths available. Uncover opportunities, broaden your experience, and discover the many areas of our organization there is to explore. > Explore our teams https://www.telstra.com.au/careers/our-teams