Senior Analyst - Finance Business Partnering

Sharp and Carter; North Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp and Carter is seeking a Senior Analyst - Finance Business Partnering to act as the go-to finance partner for project and operations leaders. You will own budgeting, month-end close, and cash flow management, partnering with operational managers to enhance forecast accuracy and profitability.

The role covers business partnering, management accounting, and working capital, reporting to the Finance Manager.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting, commercial finance or business partnering.
• Confidence explaining numbers to non-finance colleagues.
• Strong Excel skills and insights into forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Meet project and operations managers monthly to review revenue, costs, margin and cash.
• Own the annual budget and rolling forecasts, including models and assumptions.
• Run month-end tasks: journals, accruals, reconciliations and variance commentary.
• Manage cash flow forecasting, debtors, collections and intercompany balances.
• Liaise with offshore support to ensure timely and accurate billing.
• Improve reporting and streamline manual steps to speed up processes.

Skills

Excel skills

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Job description

Senior Analyst - Finance Business Partnering

Be the go-to finance person for project and operations leaders, with budgeting, month-end and cash flow all sitting with you.

A Sydney business that delivers its work through projects is looking for a Senior Analyst to partner with its operational managers. You'll report to the Finance Manager and work across three areas that most analyst roles split up: business partnering, management accounting and working capital. If you've been doing one of these and want the whole picture, this role gives it to you.

About the Role:

Reporting into the Finance Manager, the key responsibilities include:

• Meet project and operations managers each month to review revenue, costs, margin and cash on their projects, and help them see where the forecast is heading
• Own the annual budget and rolling forecasts, including the models and assumptions behind them
• Run month-end for the business: journals, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and variance commentary
• Look after cash: the cash flow forecast, debtors, collections and intercompany balances
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with an offshore support team, including checking that billing goes out accurately and on time
• Improve the reporting and fix the manual steps that slow the team down

Be the go-to finance person for project and operations leaders, with budgeting, month-end and cash flow all sitting with you.

A Sydney business that delivers its work through projects is looking for a Senior Analyst to partner with its operational managers. You'll report to the Finance Manager and work across three areas that most analyst roles split up: business partnering, management accounting and working capital. If you've been doing one of these and want the whole picture, this role gives it to you.

About the Role:

Reporting into the Finance Manager, the key responsibilities include:

• Meet project and operations managers each month to review revenue, costs, margin and cash on their projects, and help them see where the forecast is heading
• Own the annual budget and rolling forecasts, including the models and assumptions behind them
• Run month-end for the business: journals, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and variance commentary
• Look after cash: the cash flow forecast, debtors, collections and intercompany balances
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with an offshore support team, including checking that billing goes out accurately and on time
• Improve the reporting and fix the manual steps that slow the team down

About You: To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:

• CA or CPA qualification
• Big4 or Mid-Tier 1st or 2nd movers encouraged
• Experience in management accounting, commercial finance or business partnering, including budgets, forecasts and month-end
• Confidence explaining numbers to people who don’t work in finance
• Strong Excel skills