Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A

Aware Super; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & fitness reimbursement

Work from home tech reimbursement

Salary continuance insurance

Organisation-wide meeting-free zones

Job summary

Aware Super in Sydney/Melbourne is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A to join our Business Finance team. You will lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting, delivering commercial insights for strategic initiatives and investment proposals.

This hands-on role involves complex data analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and collaboration with senior finance partners to drive value. Permanent, hybrid role with Sydney or Melbourne base.

Qualifications

• A degree in Accounting or Finance and CA or CPA membership.
• 5+ years’ experience within commercial finance, FP&A or a similar finance environment.
• Demonstrated business partnering experience with senior stakeholders.
• Advanced financial modelling skills in Excel.
• Curious and forward-thinking approach to AI, automation and process improvement.
• Collaborative, team-first mindset with ability to influence.

Responsibilities

• Support accurate and timely reporting and analysis of project financials.
• Partner with Senior Finance Partners to provide insights on performance of strategic initiatives.
• Support project funding requests by building cost and benefit models, challenging assumptions and identifying risks.
• Prepare high-quality monthly management reporting explaining key drivers of performance.
• Identify opportunities to use AI, automation and analytics to streamline finance activities.
• Support presentation of financial analysis and commercial insights to inform the strategic plan.
• Work with large and complex datasets to identify trends and actionable insights.

Skills

Financial modelling

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Education

Accounting or Finance degree

CA or CPA membership

Tools

Excel

Job description

As one of Australia's largest profit-for-members superannuation funds, we always remember whose money it is and whose future we're looking after. We work to reimagine a new way forward for our 1.1 million members and their communities. Each other. And our world.

Sound good? Learn more about us and what we do at aware.com.au

Your New Role

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A to join our Business Finance team and play an important role in delivering high quality financial planning, forecasting, performance reporting and commercial insights across Aware Super.

Working closely with our senior finance business partners and senior stakeholders, you’ll provide the analysis and insights that support commercial decision making, strategic initiatives and investment proposals. You’ll be hands on with financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting, working with complex data, and understanding the drivers behind financial performance.

Permanent role

Sydney or Melbourne location

Hybrid working environment

Key responsibilities:

• Support accurate and timely reporting and analysis of project financials.
• Partner closely with the Senior Finance Partners with insights on the current and forecast performance of strategic initiatives.
• Support project funding requests by building cost and benefit models, challenging assumptions, and identifying risks and opportunities.
• Prepare high-quality, monthly management reporting that explains the key financial and non-financial drivers of business performance in an engaging manner.
• Identify opportunities to use AI, automation and analytics to streamline finance activities, improve quality and create greater capacity for value-adding analysis.
• Support the presentation of financial analysis and commercial insights to inform the strategic plan.
• Work with large and complex datasets to identify trends, themes and actionable commercial insights.

How do you exceed our expectations?

• A degree in Accounting or Finance and CA or CPA membership.
• 5+ years’ experience within commercial finance, FP&A or a similar finance environment, with strong capability across management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Demonstrated business partnering experience and confidence working closely with senior stakeholders.
• Advance financial modelling skills in Excel, including analysing large datasets and identifying key themes.
• A curious and forward-thinking approach to emerging technology, AI, automation and process improvement.
• A collaborative, team-first approach and the flexibility to step in and support Finance Business Partners when required.
• Ability to influence, constructively challenge assumptions and communicate complex financial information clearly.

Employee Experience

We understand that not everyone works in the same ways. We value flexibility and know that it helps you manage work and life.

Why you’ll love working at Aware Super:

• Have a super impact: You’ll think big and care deeply to help more Australians live their best lives in retirement.
• Be part of something super unique: You’ll work to reshape super and retirement. We’ll invest in your growth and give you the opportunity to work on career-defining projects.
• Work with super humans: You’ll work hard and innovate, but also have some fun along the way.
• Feel super cared for: We’ll support your wellbeing today, as well as in the future. Enjoy a health & fitness reimbursement, work from home technology reimbursement, salary continuance insurance and organisation-wide meeting free zones.

The Aware Super difference

At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our members and communities and a stronger sense of belonging for our people. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with cultural and linguistic diversity, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and mature-age individuals to apply. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador.