Financial Analyst Position
We are seeking a highly skilled Financial Analyst to join our team in Brisbane, Australia.
About the Role
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing insightful analysis and financial information to support business decision making across the wider Tes Australia business.
Key responsibilities include:
* Partner with business leads to provide insightful advice and analysis to support business decision making.
* Monthly revenue and SaaS metric reporting and analysis.
* Present monthly results to stakeholders, providing explanations of variances vs. budget and promoting insightful discussion on financial performance.
* Weekly sales reporting and forecasting.
* Processing and administration of sales commission scheme.
* Support stakeholders through the business planning cycle in order to establish operational plans and budget inputs.
* Support product roadmap development and challenge prioritisation.
* Work closely with Data & Analytics team to drive work on accuracy and efficiency of accounting records, reporting and analysis.
* Understand and challenge current business practice, identifying and implementing initiatives to improve processes and deliver efficiencies, ensuring global alignment.
* Provide support to the wider commercial finance team as required.
Requirements and Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you will need:
* Ability to think both analytically and strategically - to go beyond the numbers and to think logically about underlying business issues.
* Strong commercial awareness combined with robust numerical and analytical skills.
* Good general understanding of accounting and financial control.
* Proactive, ability to use initiative, anticipate issues and develop practical solutions in a collaborative manner.
* Articulate with good verbal and written communication skills.
* Be committed and flexible in your approach to work.
* Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and prioritise work while meeting tight deadlines.
* Be passionate about providing support to the business; drive and enthusiasm to use reporting to identify and deliver financial or operational improvements.
* Advanced Excel skills.
* Qualified Accountant.
* Experience of working with and analysing large data sets.