FP&A Analyst

The Andersen Partnership; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Andersen Partnership in Brisbane is seeking an FP&A Analyst to join its internal finance team. This role focuses on genuine business partnering with department leaders, delivering budgeting, forecasting, analysis, modelling and management reporting.

You will engage with stakeholders across the business, translate financial information into actionable insight, and support strategic decisions with robust modelling and commentary.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or related discipline.
• CA/CPA qualification completed or in progress.
• Experience in financial analysis, budgeting or forecasting.
• Strong modelling and variance analysis capability.
• Experience preparing management reporting and commentary.
• Advanced Excel and ability to work with large datasets.
• Confidence using financial systems and dashboards.
• Outgoing, relationship-driven approach with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate annual budgeting and periodic forecasting for the business.
• Develop financial models and analyse performance vs budget and forecast.
• Prepare management reporting, dashboards and financial commentary.
• Partner with department leaders to understand operational performance.
• Build relationships across the firm as a trusted finance contact.
• Identify drivers, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Translate financial data into insights for non-finance stakeholders.
• Support strategic decisions with analysis and modelling.
• Assist month-end close, reconciliations and payroll/treasury tasks.
• Contribute to finance projects and process improvements.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Modelling

Management reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Business partnering

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or related

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst | Business Partnering & FP&A

We are partnering with a Top 20 professional services firm looking to appoint a commercially minded Finance Analyst to join their internal finance team in Brisbane CBD.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys the analytical side of finance but wants to become a genuine business partner - getting out into the business, building relationships with department leaders and using financial information to help stakeholders make better commercial decisions.

Importantly, despite being within professional services, this is an internal finance position and is not client-facing.

The Opportunity

Working as part of the firm's internal finance function, you will support stakeholders across the business with budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, modelling and management reporting.

The role has evolved to have a much stronger focus on stakeholder engagement and business partnering, so they are looking for someone who doesn't want to sit behind a spreadsheet all day. You'll proactively build relationships across the firm, understand what is driving performance within different departments and provide meaningful financial insight.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes across the business
• Developing financial models and analysing performance against budget, forecast and prior periods
• Preparing management reports, dashboards and meaningful financial commentary
• Partnering directly with department leaders and internal stakeholders to understand operational and commercial performance
• Building strong relationships across the firm and becoming a trusted point of contact within Finance
• Identifying key business drivers, trends, risks and opportunities
• Translating financial information into clear insights for non-finance stakeholders
• Supporting strategic and commercial decision-making through analysis and modelling
• Supporting month-end reporting, reconciliations and financial close activities
• Assisting with statutory compliance, payroll support and treasury-related activities
• Contributing to finance projects, systems enhancements and process improvements

About You

There are two backgrounds that could work particularly well for this opportunity.

You may already be working within FP&A, commercial finance or management accounting and looking for a role where you can develop your business partnering and stakeholder management experience.

Alternatively, you may currently be working within public practice and looking to make your first move into an internal commercial finance role, bringing strong analytical and financial modelling experience with you.

Ideally, you will have:

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline
• CA/CPA qualification, either completed or currently studying towards
• Experience across financial analysis, management accounting, budgeting, forecasting or similar
• Strong financial modelling and variance analysis capability
• Experience preparing management reporting and financial commentary
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Confidence working with financial systems and large data sets
• A naturally outgoing and relationship-driven approach
• The confidence to engage with stakeholders across different areas and levels of a business
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain financial information to non-finance stakeholders
• $100k-$110k base + super
• 1 day working from home
• Social and collaborative culture
• Genuine internal business partnering exposure
• Broad experience across budgeting, forecasting, modelling and analysis
• Strong opportunity to develop stakeholder management and commercial skills
• Excellent first move into industry for someone coming from public practice
• Career pathway towards broader FP&A / Finance Business Partnering roles

If you're an FP&A professional looking for more stakeholder exposure, or you're currently in public practice and want to take your analytical and modelling experience into an internal commercial finance role,