Finance Analyst

Telstra; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Telstra in Sydney is seeking a Finance Analyst to join our Financial Management Chapter Area. You will deliver insight, support planning and forecast, and contribute to performance reporting through our Agile way of working.

You will partner with business stakeholders, apply financial modelling and data-driven analysis to drive decisions across multiple missions and commercial initiatives within a large, global company.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively across the business.
• Growth mindset and commitment to continuous improvement in forecasting and planning.

Responsibilities

• 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 and identify key business drivers, 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, and seek smarter ways of working.
• Bring a continuous improvement mindset to forecasting and planning, using best-practice approaches to enhance models and processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Growth mindset

Problem solving

Financial modelling

Attention to detail

Education

CA or CPA qualification

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.