Financial Analayst | Immediate Start | Contract-to-Perm!

Sharp & Carter; New South Wales; Hybrid; AUD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global exposure

Hybrid work arrangement

Permanency opportunity

Dynamic culture

Mentorship from senior management

Substantial salary package

Job summary

Sharp & Carter is seeking a Financial Analyst for a business-critical role within the Finance team. You will provide insightful analysis of key performance trends to steer the company’s financial direction.

Initially contracted until August 2027, with a genuine view toward permanency thereafter. You will own revenue recognition for complex transactions, manage rebate accounting, and partner with sales to model profitability and optimise deal structures.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualified accounting professional.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interact cross-functionally within a large and complex organisation.
• Experience in a big and complex corporate environment.

Responsibilities

• Own revenue recognition for complex capital equipment transactions.
• Manage rebate accounting end to end; including calculating, accruing and reconciling customer rebates and incentives.
• Provide deal analysis and commercial support on contracts; modelling profitability and advising on deal structures.
• Calculate and manage bonus and commission accruals for the Sales team; ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Lead the Business Unit's forecasting and budgeting cycles; deliver variance analysis and reporting to senior management.
• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner in a highly visible role with sales leadership and divisional stakeholders.
• Assist in leading Business Unit-specific projects and initiatives.
• Support decision making through financial modelling and analysis of KPIs.
• Drive continuous process improvement, automation and implement best practices.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Financial analysis

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Job description

About the role

An exciting, business-critical role with a global, industry-leading organisation currently exists in order to fill a key role in their Finance team. This Financial Analyst position will help provide insightful analysis into key performance trends that exist in order to drive the positive financial direction of the company. Initially, this will be a contractual assignment until the end of August 2027; however there is the genuine view for permanency following this period.

The responsibilities

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, you will be responsible for:

• Own revenue recognition for complex capital equipment transactions


• Manage rebate accounting end to end; including calculating, accruing and reconciling customer rebates and incentives


• Provide deal analysis and commercial support on new and existing contracts; modelling profitability and advising the business on deal structures


• Calculate and manage bonus and commission (B&C) accruals for the Sales team; making sure they are accurate, timely and reconciled each period


• Lead the Business Unit's forecasting and budgeting cycles; delivering insightful variance analysis and reporting to senior management


• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner in a highly visible role, working closely with sales leadership and divisional stakeholders


• Assist in leading Business Unit-specific projects and initiatives.


• Support decision making through financial modelling, insights and analysis of key performance drivers.


• Drive continuous process improvement, automation and implement bestpractices.

The successful applicant will have

Ideally, you will be a CA/CPA qualified accounting professional and will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills as your ability to interact and engage cross functionally within the business will be crucial to your success. Additionally, you will have a strong attention to detail, enjoy collaboration and have had extensive experience within a large & complex working environment.

Additional benefits

• Exposure working in a global industry-leading "employer of choice"


• Genuine opportunity for permanency


• Truly flexible hybrid working arrangements (3-4 days work-from-home!!!)


• Fun and dynamic company culture


• Excellent mentorship from senior management


• Substantial salary package

About the client

Our client is an instantly recognizable name residing within their industry and have also been recognised as an "Employer of Choice" globally. With a diverse portfolio, they have market-leading brands in the majority of their industry verticals.