Lead Financial Analyst

Overview

Lead Financial Analyst

Working as a Finance Business Partner alongside a large team comprising finance, accounting, supply chain, corporate strategy & development and tax professionals, you will be responsible for supporting forecasting, planning and analysis activities for the business across Australia and Emerging markets, as well as taking a lead role in managing all OpEx and headcount related activity.

Responsibilities:

• Drive planning and forecasting activities within the APAC businesses, while interfacing closely with business partners and FP&A team across the globe
• Work closely with sales & marketing teams across APAC to lead all Expense management and Headcount planning and forecasting
• Building and maintaining key financial models from scratch – Including but not limited to Lifetime value, pricing models and strategic partnership deals.
• Update key management reports especially business KPIs to ensure data accuracy
• Create and deliver presentations for various financial and business reviews
• Drive process improvement and lay the foundation for scalable processes that will scale with APAC’s growth
• Proactively identifies important opportunities and drives change/decisions through org savvy and relationship building
• Establish operating mechanisms and reporting that ensure local and Corporate management team understand business position against operating and financial objectives

Essential skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or accounting; or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in Finance, Tech, Banking/Consulting or Public Accounting
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills – Including exposure to pivot tables, macros, data tables, Hyperion Essbase, OLAP functionality, etc.
• Strong experience in building business cases from scratch managing multiple versions and with solid assumptions framework
• Experience with large financial systems such as Oracle, BO, Hyperion, etc.
• Understanding of accounting principles and a strong working knowledge of corporate finance theory
• Experience working with sales and marketing teams, managing customer metrics, revenue, opex and headcount in a corporate matrixed environment
• Strong capabilities also when presenting to Senior Management and delivers in a way that also teaches same capabilities to other team members
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent attention to detail

Desired:

Global work experience with a high growth fast moving Tech company environment

If you have the skills and experience and are looking for a step up in your career, please reach out and let’s have a conversation!

Only candidates with Full Working Rights in Australia will be considered