Senior Analyst, Home Buying Finance: Forecasting & Insights

Commonwealth Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank is seeking a Senior Analyst for Home Buying Finance in Australia to support financial management reporting, forecasting and budgeting for the Home Loans portfolio. You will provide financial insights to help leadership make informed decisions and work with key stakeholders across Finance.

The role targets strengthening financial controls, risk management and cross-skilling within the Retail Product Finance team while aligning with the Bank's strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in financial performance management, including monthly management reporting, forecasting and budgeting.
• Proven ability to build relationships and partner effectively with Finance and business stakeholders.
• Experience preparing executive reporting, leadership packs and financial insights to support decision-making.
• High level proficiency in financial modelling, trend analysis and translating data into actionable insights.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong critical thinking, and the ability to manage multiple deliverables simultaneously.
• Graduate qualifications in Finance, Business, Economics or a related discipline, with CA/CPA qualification or active progression towards completion.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and contributing to monthly performance reporting for designated product portfolios, including financial control deliverables and continual improvement of reports.
• Supporting ongoing forecast and budget preparation for the Home Loans portfolio and other portfolios when required, including driver-based analysis and variance analysis for management.
• Preparing ad hoc analysis and input for key stakeholders, including the CFO, GM Finance, EGM Product and GM Product, as well as information for profit announcements and analyst briefings.
• Assisting with regular financial and business analysis of the product portfolio, including insights on business drivers, market dynamics and the competitive landscape where relevant.
• Providing financial input on business assumptions for investment initiatives, product launches and major business decisions, helping ensure financial rigour is consistently applied.
• Actively contributing to process improvement, simplification and cross-skilling across the RBS Retail Product team, including knowledge transfer on the quantitative and qualitative drivers of the portfolio.
• Undertaking other tasks assigned by the manager of the role that can be competently and safely performed.

Skills

Financial performance management

Monthly management reporting

Forecasting

Budgeting

Executive reporting

Financial modelling

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Critical thinking

Education

Graduate degree in Finance/Business/Economics

CA/CPA qualification or progress

Job description

Commonwealth Bank is seeking a Senior Analyst for Home Buying Finance in Australia to support financial management reporting, forecasting and budgeting for the Home Loans portfolio. You will provide financial insights to help leadership make informed decisions and work with key stakeholders across Finance.

The role targets strengthening financial controls, risk management and cross-skilling within the Retail Product Finance team while aligning with the Bank's strategic goals.