Healthcare Finance Analyst: Budgets, Forecasts & Analysis

Mercy Aged and Community Care Ltd; Richmond Shire; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Health is seeking a Finance Analyst to provide practical financial support across journals, month-end processing, budgeting, forecasting and analysis within the Health Services finance team at our North Richmond head office.

You will work closely with Senior Finance Business Partners, preparing general ledger journals, supporting annual budgets and forecasts, and delivering insightful financial reports to enable informed decision making across program areas.

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of financial processes, including journals, reconciliations, budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with multiple finance systems.
• Degree or Diploma qualified in accounting, finance or a related discipline.
• CA/CPA designation, or working towards, desirable.
• Experience in a financial analysis, transactional finance or finance support role.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post general ledger journals and support month end close processes.
• Assist with the preparation of annual budgets and regular forecasts.
• Prepare financial analysis, reports and business case support.
• Provide flexible reporting support across multiple program areas and to the wider finance team as required.
• Support the annual acquittal process for Health Services.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and investigate and clear differences.
• Ad-hoc financial tasks as required.

Skills

Financial processes

Journals

Reconciliations

Budgeting

Forecasting

Excel skills

Finance systems

Attention to detail

Organisation

Education

Accounting degree or diploma

CA/CPA designation desirable

Tools

Excel

Finance systems

Job description

Mercy Health is seeking a Finance Analyst to provide practical financial support across journals, month-end processing, budgeting, forecasting and analysis within the Health Services finance team at our North Richmond head office.

You will work closely with Senior Finance Business Partners, preparing general ledger journals, supporting annual budgets and forecasts, and delivering insightful financial reports to enable informed decision making across program areas.