Finance Analyst

Ventia; North Sydney Council; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Hybrid working arrangements

Career growth and stability

Exclusive VenPerks benefits

Job summary

Ventia is seeking a Finance Analyst in North Sydney to support the Finance Manager for Overheads & Recharges, combining financial management, commercial analysis and business partnering with senior stakeholders across Group Functions.

You will lead reporting, budgeting, forecasting and governance, while balancing hands-on activities with a strong focus on data quality and stakeholder engagement. This role emphasizes automation, controls and process improvement to enhance financial performance.

Qualifications

• CPA or CA professional accounting qualification required.
• Experience in a large, complex organisation.
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive, collaborative business partner capable of commercial insight across operations.
• Experience with SAP, BlackLine and Power BI is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Act as Finance Business Partner to corporate overhead cost centres.
• Lead month-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Partner with Group Functions to interpret performance, risks and opportunities.
• Manage intercompany and internal recharges.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions.
• Drive process improvement, controls and governance.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and ensure accuracy.

Skills

Finance partnering

Stakeholder communication

Data analysis

Power BI

SAP

Financial reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

CPA/CA certification

Tools

SAP

Power BI

BlackLine

Job description

Join our Finance team inNorth Sydneyas aFinance Analyst, supporting the Finance Manager – Overheads & Recharges across Corporate overhead cost centres.

This role combinesfinancial management, commercial analysis and business partnering, working closely with senior stakeholders across Group Functions to provide insights that support business performance and informed decision making. You will play a key role in financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, governance and process improvement, while balancing hands on transactional activities with a strong stakeholder engagement focus.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary package– We offer a rewarding remuneration package that recognises your skills and experience.
• Hybrid working arrangements– Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work environment designed to support a healthy work-life balance.
• Career growth and stability– Join a leading ASX-listed company and access exciting career opportunities, long-term growth and professional development.
• Exclusive employee benefits– Enjoy access toVenPerks, including paid parental leave, Fitness Passport, discounts on private health insurance, hotels, car hire, retail and much more.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to corporate overhead cost centres, providing commercial insight, financial advice and actionable analysis to support decision-making.
• Lead month-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, ensuring financial accuracy, effective cost allocation, clear variance analysis and insightful commentary.
• Partner with stakeholders and Group Functions to understand performance, challenge variances, identify risks and opportunities, and drive improved financial outcomes.
• Manage intercompany and internal recharges, ensuring accurate calculations and alignment with budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare and review BlackLine balance sheet reconciliations, including prepayments, accruals, payables and receivables, resolving aged or unusual items promptly.
• Support financial controls and compliance across purchasing, approvals, goods receipting, audit and governance processes.
• Leverage SAP, Power BI and other financial systems to improve data quality, reporting efficiency, financial visibility and data-driven decision-making.
• Develop and enhance Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions to strengthen performance management and streamline reporting.
• Apply strong accounting knowledge and judgement to complex transactions, ensuring appropriate treatment and compliance with policies and controls.
• Drive process improvement, automation and standardisation to strengthen controls, reduce risk and inefficiency, and improve reporting quality and timeliness.
• Develop and maintain finance policies, procedures, controls and supporting documentation to ensure consistent and effective end-to-end processes.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and commercial focus by identifying opportunities to enhance financial performance, efficiency and the quality of financial information.

About You

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional accounting qualification (CPA or CA)
• Extensive experience in a comparable role within alarge, complex organisation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• A proactive and collaborative approach, with a proven ability tobuild trusted relationships and act as a true business partner, providing commercial insight across all aspects of operations.
• Previous experience withSAP, BlackLine and Power BIis highly desirable.
• Strong technical knowledge and practical experience infinancial planning, analysis and reporting.
• Sound understanding offinancial accounting principles and audit requirements.
• Strong knowledge and understanding ofentity-level internal controls, processes and governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ownership and accountability, supported by excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, work effectively under pressure and consistently meet deadlines.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a strong commitment todata integrity, accuracy and quality.
• A naturally curious mindset, with a genuine passion forcontinuous improvement, process optimisation and identifying opportunities to add value.

About Ventia

As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.

Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.