Finance Business Partner Lead

Qantas Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Qantas seeks a senior FP&A leader to drive segment performance insight and decision support for Qantas Airlines. You will manage a team of three Senior Financial Analysts at Mascot HQ and report to the Head of Finance, Planning and Performance to deliver forward-looking recommendations.

This 12-month fixed-term, full-time role offers high visibility across the airline, with cross-functional collaboration to translate insights into commercial actions and stronger accountability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partnering.
• Experience leading and developing a team.
• Strong driver-based forecasting and modelling capability.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and move discussions from analysis to action.

Responsibilities

• Lead segment performance insight and decision support for Qantas Airlines.
• Turn operational and financial performance into clear recommendations for executives.
• Manage a team of three Senior Financial Analysts.
• Collaborate with Business Unit Heads of Finance and stakeholders to align priorities.
• Translate complex analysis into simple, executive-ready insights and actions.

Skills

FP&A

Team leadership

Forecasting & modelling

Stakeholder management

Influence senior leaders

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Finance/commerce degree

Job description

• Parent Business Function: Corporate & Support Functions
• Time Type: Full time
• Worker Sub-Type: Fixed Term

Company Description

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

Job Description

• Lead segment performance insight and decision support across Qantas Airlines, managing a team of three.
• Turn operational and financial performance into clear recommendations that influence executive decisions and drive commercial outcomes.
• 12-month fixed term, full-time role based at Mascot HQ.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, Planning and Performance, you’ll lead commercial insight and decision support for Qantas Airlines and manage a team of three Senior Financial Analysts. Working alongside Business Unit Heads of Finance, Financial Controllers and commercial stakeholders, you’ll connect operational and financial performance, identify what matters and tell a clear, forward-looking view that enables leaders to act.

This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to shape decisions across the airline. You’ll move beyond reporting what happened to explain why it matters, frame the choices ahead and help senior leaders convert insight into measurable commercial outcomes.

What you’ll deliver

• Own the segment commercial performance view for Qantas Airlines, translating financial and operational drivers into a clear performance outlook and recommended actions.
• Surface forward-looking opportunities, risks, and shape commercial responses that improve balanced scorecard outcomes.
• Translate complex analysis into simple, influential executive communication tailored to the decision and audience.
• Lead and continuously improve planning and performance cycles to strengthen their quality, pace and commercial value, enabling better decisions and stronger accountability for outcomes.
• Lead and develop three Senior Financial Analysts, while working cross-functionally across finance teams to align priorities, coordinate activity and strengthen collaboration.

What you’ll bring

• 8+ years in FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partnering, with a track record of converting complex financial and operational information into insights that influence senior decisions and improve business outcomes.
• Experience leading and developing a team, including setting priorities and holding the quality bar on what the team delivers.
• Strong driver-based forecasting and modelling capability, with the judgement to separate the variances that matter from the noise.
• A track record of influencing senior leaders, constructively challenging assumptions and moving discussions from analysis to action.
• Experience partnering with operational business units in a large, complex organisation, navigating multiple stakeholders, interdependencies and competing priorities.
• CA or CPA qualified or equivalent, with tertiary qualifications in finance, commerce or a related discipline.

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and theoptiontopurchaseadditionalpaid leave for eligible employees.
• We’llgive you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing,leisureand entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’llsupport your wellbeing: Whetherit’slearning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeingappor your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives and ensures equal opportunities for all. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.

Applications close: 18th October 2026 (subject to early review and closure).