FP&A Analyst

Mars Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars Recruitment is seeking a mid-to-senior FP&A professional for a founder-led, growth-focused business in Melbourne. This pure FP&A role covers budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, and the full planning cycle, done properly.

The standout requirement is expert Workday Adaptive Planning; you will be the system expert and drive optimisation, ensuring clean, accurate financial planning outputs across the business.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA with 3–5 years FP&A experience.
• Strong Workday Adaptive Planning experience is essential.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Ability to deliver clean, accurate financial planning outputs.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Month-end reporting
• Financial planning cycle management
• Workday Adaptive Planning system expertise and optimisation
• Deliver clean, accurate, well-structured financial planning work

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial planning

Attention to detail

Education

CA or CPA

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

A mid-to-large founder-led business on a serious growth trajectory.

This is a pure FP&A role - budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, and the cycle done properly. No frills, no distraction. They are looking for someone who can deliver clean, accurate, well-structured financial planning work inside a business that’s moving fast and needs someone who can keep up.

The non-negotiable is Workday Adaptive Planning. The business has it, but isn’t fully using it yet. You’ll be the expert in the room - the person who knows the system inside out and can help the team get far more out of it than they currently are.

If you’re the kind of analyst who takes real pride in getting the foundations right, this is worth a look.

Key responsibilities

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Month-end reporting
• Financial planning cycle management
• Workday Adaptive Planning system expertise and optimisation
• Deliver clean, accurate, well-structured financial planning work

About you

• CA or CPA
• 3-5 years in FP&A or financial planning and analysis
• Strong Workday Adaptive Planning experience - this is essential and non-negotiable
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint
• Someone who takes pride in doing the basics exceptionally well