**Job no**: 565550
**Work type**: Full-time
**Location**: Flexible, Geelong - City, Geelong - Waurn Ponds, Melbourne - Burwood
**Categories**: Finance
- Flexible location + hybrid work arrangements
- Full-time and continuing - **commecing from 24 February 2025**:
- HEW 7 $101,858 - $112,156 + 17% Superannuation
**Who are we?**
Deakin is a cutting-edge public university in Victoria, revolutionising education with 61,000 students across seven campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, Deakin University Lancaster University Indonesia (DLI), GIFT City, India and our dynamic online Campus. We're proud to be a progressive and open-minded university, delivering the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world's universities.
**Position overview**
The Finance Analyst is responsible for providing financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting to support the university's financial decision-making and strategic planning. This role involves developing financial models, analysing financial data, preparing reports, and assisting with budget management and forecasting to ensure the effective use of financial resources.
**As a Finance Analyst, you will**:
- Analyse financial data and create financial models to support decision-making processes. Provide commentary and present findings of the data to the internal team.
- Prepare and present detailed financial reports, including variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Assist in the development of annual budgets and monthly financial forecasts.
- Identify financial trends and provide insights on areas for cost reduction, revenue optimisation, and process improvements.
- Support month-end and year-end financial close processes, including reconciliations and reporting.
**To be successful, you'll have**:
- Extensive experience and management expertise in technical or administrative fields; or
- An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Proficiency in financial modelling, forecasting, and reporting.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel and experience with financial software and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
**Here's how to apply**:
This position is open to continuing, fixed term or casual Deakin staff only.
Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience.
**Applications for this position close on Sunday, 5 January 2025.**
**Are You Ready?**
Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.
We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.
**Advertised**: 05 Dec 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 05 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time