Finance Analyst

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

25 Sept 2024 11:59pm

Job Title

Finance Analyst (CPA/CA Qualified)

Job Summary

Job Description

Who We Are

We're Australia's leading telecommunications and technology company. With a global presence in more than 22 countries, we have a strong global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network.

This includes making Telstra the place you want to work.

Strategy & Finance (S&F) Financial Management Chapter

The teams across the S&F Financial Management Chapter provide a wide range of financial management services that guide and empower our business. We have several key relationships supporting Telstra business operations to corporate leadership, our customers, our people and shareholders.

We’ve recently gone Agile in Strategy & Finance so that we can better prioritise our work, flow the right resources to that work, develop our people and ultimately support our business stakeholders to deliver better outcomes for our customers and our shareholders. This role sits within our Financial Management Chapter Area, a ~450 strong global team of financial professionals who provide business partnering and FP&A services to missions across the organisation.

Focus of the Role

• As a Finance Analyst you play a pivotal role by supporting your team with timely, accurate and insightful analysis to enable effective decision making by key stakeholders and business partners. You support the coordination and development of operating plans that underpin strategic business unit goals and apply your sound analytical skills to share insights and recommendations into financial status and performance.
• You have initiative and a strong desire to help tackle strategic issues relating to its operational performance and estimated financial trajectory. You enjoy working independently as well as part of a team to stimulate behaviours that drive value and achieve strategic objectives.
• You will deliver financial management expertise and analysis to support the Telstra’s financial strategic direction and enable the monitoring, tracking, and reporting on financial performance (including profitability, expense and cash) of Telstra and its functional units.
• Important note: the role will be based in our office in Makati City, Metro Manila and will be in a HYBRID working environment.

What We Offer

• Flex appeal: choose where, when and how you work
• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
• Medical insurance coverage for you and your loved ones.

What You’ll Do

This is how you'll bring the purpose of your role to life:

• Support team members and senior management with financial analysis and modelling to develop short and long-term strategies, as well as key performance indicators to achieve business initiatives and financial planning objectives
• Leverage your technical expertise and critical thinking skills to generate meaningful insights and recommendations when inputting into business case and commercial activity
• Participate in sessions with stakeholders across the Telstra group, contributing quality financial analysis and timely advice to various business groups aligned to strategic financial objectives
• Take accountability for assigned work tasks, working independently when contributing to core activities such as the preparation of periodic management reporting and financial results for assigned business areas
• Support team members with the completion of month-end activities including: P&L and balance sheet management, posting of manual adjustments and preparation of reporting packs, ensuring output is of an excellent standard
• Continue to build your subject matter expertise through active thought leadership, to understand key drivers and trends impacting financial and operational performance
• Leverage your analytical skills to undertake high-quality quantitative and qualitative analysis, to assist team members to test ideas/business hypotheses, understand issues and provide insights into key decisions
• Apply a continuous improvement mindset when approaching tasks, by using best practice approaches when contributing to the development of forecasting and planning models

About You

To be successful in the role, you should have:

• CA or CPA fully qualified
• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Finance, Accounting or related course
• Proven experience in Finance Management
• Experience in management accounting: to support business partnership, technical accounting, and accounting compliance
• Knowledge in SAP
• Desire to build leadership skills with a genuine commitment to building capabilities
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to details
• Proven demonstration of a growth mindset with tenacity for problem solving and willingness to seek information and appropriately challenge status quo
• Passion for numbers and improving financial performance

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.

We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.