Finance Business Analyst

Cadence Connect; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rostered day off

Hybrid work – 3 days in, 2 from home

Free on-site parking

Salary packaging

Job summary

Cadence Connect is seeking a Finance Business Analyst in Brisbane, joining a not-for-profit finance team undergoing data-driven change. The role sits between finance and the data team, delivering reliable cash flow reporting, regulatory and internal reporting, and automating manual processes.

You’ll partner with accounting and data teams, build Excel logic, and test outputs to ensure trusted numbers and actionable insights. Hybrid work with a mix of office and home days is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial reporting or management reporting.
• Advanced Excel and model-building capabilities.
• Experience with ERP systems and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Prepare weekly, monthly and rolling cash flow reports, tracking funding receipts, supplier payments and forecast assumptions.
• Flag trends, risks and opportunities in liquidity and cash performance early.
• Produce regulatory and internal reporting, including sector benchmarking returns.
• Find manual processes worth automating, design the logic in Excel and hand it to the data team.
• Validate data team outputs against manual benchmarks so the business can trust the numbers.
• Build and maintain financial models for scenario analysis, cost modelling and multi-year planning.
• Support month-end and year-end with journals, accruals, reconciliations and audit-ready schedules.
• Contribute to the annual budget and periodic forecast updates.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Financial analysis

Communication

Self-starter

Education

Accounting or finance degree

CA/CPA progress

Tools

ERP systems

Snowflake

Databricks

TechnologyOne

Job description

This is a long-established, values-led not-for-profit with a name most Brisbane people know. Over the last year it has brought in new finance leadership and rebuilt the function from the ground up. Generalist roles have made way for specialist streams, executives now work off live dashboards, and a central data warehouse and dedicated analytics team sit alongside finance. This is a finance team in the middle of real change, not one maintaining the status quo.

The mandate is simple. The business wants finance to stop being a spreadsheet-and-journal function and start being the team that explains what the numbers mean. That means less manual rework, reporting the business can trust, and accountants with the time to add insight. This role exists to drive that shift on the reporting side.

It suits an accountant who wants to add data and automation skills to a solid technical base, in an organisation where the work has a purpose beyond profit.

The Opportunity

The Finance Business Analyst is a new role created through the restructure, reporting to the Lead Financial Accountant. It sits between finance and the data team, and exists to produce three things: reliable cash flow reporting, accurate regulatory and internal reporting, and a steady flow of manual processes turned into automated ones.

The way you’ll work is specific. You’ll build and prove the logic in Excel, hand it to the data team, then test what comes back against your own numbers. If you want to be a pure business partner sitting with operational leaders, or a BI developer writing code all day, this isn’t the role. It suits someone who enjoys being the bridge between the accounting and the data.

What You’ll Do

Most of your time will split between recurring reporting and improvement work, with month-end and audit support running through the cycle.

• Prepare weekly, monthly and rolling cash flow reports, tracking funding receipts, supplier payments and forecast assumptions
• Flag trends, risks and opportunities in liquidity and cash performance early
• Produce regulatory and internal reporting, including sector benchmarking returns
• Find manual processes worth automating, design the logic in Excel and hand it to the data team
• Validate data team outputs against manual benchmarks so the business can trust the numbers
• Build and maintain financial models for scenario analysis, cost modelling and multi-year planning
• Support month-end and year-end with journals, accruals, reconciliations and audit-ready schedules
• Contribute to the annual budget and periodic forecast updates

Who You Are

The business cares most about how you think. Curiosity, initiative and a low tolerance for doing the same manual task twice come first, built on a solid accounting and reporting foundation.

• A self-starter who spots a better way of doing things and acts on it without being asked
• A clear communicator who can explain findings to people outside finance
• Experience in financial reporting, financial analysis or management reporting, from business services or commerce
• Advanced Excel, and comfortable building and testing models
• Confident working in ERP systems and reporting tools such as Power BI
• A degree in accounting or finance
• Advantageous: CA/CPA completed or progressing, TechnologyOne experience, and exposure to Snowflake, Databricks or similar data environments

The Offer

$110,000 to $115,000 plus super, plus not-for-profit salary packaging worth roughly $10,000 a year, with extra packaging value across two FBT years if you start soon. A rostered day off each fortnight, flexible start and finish times, three days in the office and two from home, and free on-site parking. You’ll walk away with a combination of technical reporting, financial modelling and hands-on automation experience that few roles at this level offer.