Finance Manager - Projects & Jetstar Transformation
* Full-time
* Business Function: Accounting & Finance
* Parent Business Function: Corporate & Support Functions
* Time Type: Full time
* Worker Sub-Type: Permanent
* Entity: Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd
We're Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we've flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state‐of‐the‐art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787‐8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.
Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.
Our people are the real jet stars!
At Jetstar, we're all about making travel more accessible — and that includes how we invest, transform, and manage our future. We're now looking for a Finance Manager – Projects & Jetstar Transformation to play a pivotal role in shaping and governing Jetstar's project portfolio and transformation agenda. Reporting to the Group Head of FP&A & Reporting, you'll be the key finance business partner for Jetstar's project portfolio and transformation initiatives.
Your impact will be felt across executive decision‐making, long‐term planning, and enterprise‐wide reporting. This is a highly visible role, partnering with senior leaders across Jetstar and the Qantas Group to bring clarity, discipline, and insight to project investment, benefits tracking, and transformation outcomes. You will be a commercially minded finance leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, transformation, and execution.
What you'll be doing
* Project & Transformation Business Partnering
o Own the end‐to‐end project opex reporting and governance framework
o Support the development, review, and tracking of business cases and investment initiatives
o Identify and proactively manage financial risks and opportunities across the project portfolio
* Executive & Group Reporting
o Lead monthly executive reporting across projects, transformation, budgets, and forecasts
o Deliver clear, insightful commentary to Jetstar Executive Team and Qantas Group stakeholders
o Act as the central conduit between Jetstar Finance and Qantas Group Finance
* Strategic Planning & Transformation
o Lead bi‐annual updates to the Project Opex and Transformation five‐year plan
o Consolidate and report Jetstar Group transformation initiatives in line with Group frameworks
o Present transformation performance and insights to senior leadership forums
* Capex & Reporting Excellence
o Own consolidated capex reporting across the Jetstar Group
o Support business units through capital frameworks and Capex Forum submissions
o Drive automation, simplification, and scalability of financial reporting and processes
What you'll bring
* A degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline, with CA/CPA (or equivalent)
* 5+ years' experience in management accounting, business analysis, or project finance
* Strong financial modelling, analytical, and storytelling capability
* Proven experience influencing and presenting to senior and executive stakeholders
* A proactive, structured approach to managing complexity and multiple priorities
* Experience in large, complex organisations (airline or customer‐centric environments highly regarded)
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