Strategic Finance Analyst – Hybrid & Growth

Babcock Australia & New Zealand; Cockburn; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock Australasia is seeking a Finance Analyst to support informed decision-making through robust financial analysis, forecasting and profitability insights. You will build and maintain financial models, dashboards and commentary to help plan, price and manage contracts, working closely with project teams and stakeholders across the business.

Success in this role requires advanced Excel, strong data analysis skills and experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis to drive

Qualifications

• Accounting/finance degree or equivalent.
• CPA/CA qualification desirable or in progress.
• Advanced Excel skills and modelling tools experience.
• Experience analysing budgets, forecasts and actuals.
• Experience preparing variance analysis and commentary.
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting cycles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain financial models and dashboards.
• Analyse financial data from budgets, forecasts, actuals.
• Conduct variance analysis with commentary and insights.
• Collaborate with operational/project teams for inputs.
• Monitor financial metrics and flag risks.
• Support budgeting and forecasting consolidation.
• Ensure data accuracy across systems and reports.
• Contribute to ad hoc financial analysis requests.
• Ensure costs are funded by the contract and flag inconsistencies.
• Understand Commonwealth pricing principles for submissions.
• Provide KPI visibility to stakeholders to drive actions.
• Improve forecast accuracy with stakeholder input.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modelling

Variance analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

CPA/CA in progress

Tools

Modelling tools

Job description

Babcock Australasia is seeking a Finance Analyst to support informed decision-making through robust financial analysis, forecasting and profitability insights. You will build and maintain financial models, dashboards and commentary to help plan, price and manage contracts, working closely with project teams and stakeholders across the business.

Success in this role requires advanced Excel, strong data analysis skills and experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis to drive