Senior Financial Analyst

at; South Australia; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading oil and gas producer in Australia is seeking a Financial Business Partner to support functional teams in Adelaide. This full-time position involves analyzing expenditures, preparing budgets, and ensuring compliance with standards. Candidates must hold a relevant degree and have CA or CPA qualifications. Strong business partnering experience and proficiency in MS Office are required. Familiarity with SAP or Jedox is desirable.

Qualifications

• Must have tertiary degree in a relevant field.
• Business partnering experience is essential.
• Experience in management accounting or financial reporting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial business partnering to functional leads.
• Track and report on departmental expenditures.
• Prepare annual budgets and forecasts for teams.

Skills

Business Partnering

MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint)

Financial Reporting

Management Accounting

Education

Accounting, Commerce, Business Management, Economics, Finance or similar degree

CA, CPA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Jedox

Job description

About Santos

Santos is a leading independent producer of oil and gas committed to ever‑cleaner energy and fuels production. With operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor‑Leste and North America, Santos has been supplying reliable and affordable energy for over 65 years.

About the Assignment

The primary objective of this position is to provide financial business partnering and decision‑making support to Santos’ functional teams.

• Finance business partnering and decision‑making support to functional leads, their reports and other key stakeholders.
• Tracking, analysing and providing reports on expenditure, including departmental cost pools (direct costs and allocations).
• Preparing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for the functional teams.
• Contributing to half‑year and year‑end reporting requirements, including preparation of subsidiary financial statements and assistance with audit queries.
• Perform month‑end accounting including preparation of journals (as required), account reconciliations, review of results and completion of appropriate integrity checks prior to ledger close.
• Provide ad‑hoc analysis to support decision‑making as required.
• Support projects focused on improvement to decision‑making processes and systems.
• Adhering to Santos standards and processes (DOA, SMS, Code of Conduct).

This assignment is initially offered for 12 months, engaged via Chandler Macleod. Location is Adelaide; working full‑time office hours.

About You

• Accounting, Commerce, Business Management, Economics, Finance or a similar tertiary degree.
• CA, CPA or equivalent is required.
• Business Partnering experience.
• Management Accounting, Financial Reporting or Audit experience.
• MS Office (specifically Excel and PowerPoint) proficiency.
• Oil and gas or mining companies experience is desired.
• SAP and Jedox experience is desired.

How to Apply

If you have the required skills, experience, and qualifications, register your interest today! Candidate interest must be received via the online application process.

To be considered for this assignment you must have current work rights in Australia (i.e., Australian citizenship, permanent residency, or eligible working visa).