Operations Transformation Analyst: Drive Change & Value

Virgin Australia Airlines; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted flights

Hybrid work style

Head office in Brisbane

Travel discounts

Wellbeing support

Dress for Your Day

Job summary

Virgin Australia Airlines is seeking an Operations Transformation Analyst in Brisbane to drive meaningful change across Operations. The role involves understanding how the business operates, using data to identify opportunities, building business cases and supporting initiatives through to delivery.

You’ll work with Flight Operations, Airports, Engineering & Maintenance, Cabin Crew, the Operations Centre and Finance, delivering measurable value and influencing stakeholders across the

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in an analytical role, ideally involving financial analysis, business improvement, consulting or operational performance.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including the ability to analyse costs, build financial models and interpret financial performance.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to work with complex datasets to identify trends and develop recommendations.
• Proficiency in Excel and experience with data analysis and visualization tools is advantageous.
• Ability to communicate complex findings clearly to stakeholders and influence decision-making.
• Curious, proactive and comfortable challenging existing ways of working to identify better solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify improvement opportunities: Work with operational teams to understand cost and performance drivers, identify inefficiencies and develop opportunities to improve the way we operate.
• Develop business cases: Build financial models, assess costs and benefits, evaluate options and support investment decisions.
• Analyse operational performance: Use financial and operational data to identify trends, understand performance drivers and develop actionable recommendations.
• Support transformation delivery: Partner with operational stakeholders and project teams to develop initiatives, establish measurable outcomes and support implementation.
• Track benefits and performance: Monitor initiative delivery, validate realised benefits and identify risks or opportunities to improve outcomes.
• Deliver financial analysis and reporting: Support monthly transformation reporting, including performance against plan, variance analysis, forecasting and management insights.
• Engage and influence stakeholders: Work across Operations and Finance to challenge assumptions, communicate findings and support informed decision-making.
• Solve complex problems: Undertake ad hoc analysis and contribute to broader strategic and operational improvement projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial analysis

Excel proficiency

Data visualization

Stakeholder communication

Financial modeling

Education

Finance/Commerce/Economics degree

Tools

Data visualization tools

Job description

Virgin Australia Airlines is seeking an Operations Transformation Analyst in Brisbane to drive meaningful change across Operations. The role involves understanding how the business operates, using data to identify opportunities, building business cases and supporting initiatives through to delivery.

You’ll work with Flight Operations, Airports, Engineering & Maintenance, Cabin Crew, the Operations Centre and Finance, delivering measurable value and influencing stakeholders across the