Senior FP&A Analyst

Lawson Elliott Recruitment; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawson Elliott Recruitment in Newcastle NSW is seeking a Senior Financial Planning Analyst to join the high-performing finance team. You will own group consolidated budgets and forecasts, provide detailed financial results, and partner with senior leaders across operational teams.

The ideal candidate is CA or CPA qualified with 5+ years in management accounting or financial analysis, comfortable operating at the group level in a large, dynamic environment, and able to identify commercial

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualified with a minimum of 5 years' experience in management accounting or financial analysis.
• Experience operating at the group level in a large, complex environment.
• Comfortable engaging with stakeholders across the organisation and having a commercial mindset.
• Ability to identify commercial opportunities and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Own group consolidated budgets and forecasts.
• Provide detailed analysis on financial results.
• Partner with senior leaders across operational teams.
• Build and maintain robust financial models.
• Identify process improvements and necessary actions.
• Provide commercial insights to support key business decisions.
• Be a key point of contact for financial queries and commentary on initiatives.

Skills

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Forecasting

Education

CA/CPA qualified

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Lawson Elliott Recruitment – Newcastle NSW

Newcastle based - perfect for someone local, with parking on site

Genuine career progression opportunities

This is a large, reputable brand with operations across Australia. Offering a mix of high quality goods & services they support a number of household names across Australia. With contracts nation wide, the business is going from strength to strength, dominating their market. This is a fast paced environment in a dynamic and evolving industry, and a business with a reputation for promoting from within, offering real career progression.

There is a rare and exciting opportunity for a Senior Financial Planning Analyst to join their high performing finance team. Reporting into the Finance Manager, and managing one Senior Management Accountant, this broad role will play a big part in driving the business to achieve their medium and long term financial plans. Duties include:

• Full ownership of group consolidated budgets and forecasts


• Provide detailed analysis on financial results


• Partnering with senior leaders across various operational teams


• Build & maintain robust financial models


• Actively identify process improvement and necessary actions


• Provide commercial insights to support on key business decisions


• Become a key point of contact for all financial queries


• Provide commercial support, analysis, and commentary on progress of key initiatives


• Partner with wider finance team on various finance initiatives

The ideal candidate with be CA or CPA qualified and have a minimum of 5 years' experience in a management accounting, or financial analysis focussed role. You will have demonstrated experience operating at the group level in a large, complex, dynamic environment. You will be comfortable engaging with stakeholders across the organisation, have a commercial mind-set, and an ability to identify commercial opportunities.