Cost Specialist

2 months ago

Melbourne, Australia ANZ Banking Group Full time

About the role

The Cost Centre of Excellence (‘Cost CoE’) is part of the Financial Performance Management team (‘FPM’) within Enterprise Finance and is responsible for supporting the Group CFO, the Deputy & Divisional CFOs and the business make optimal resource allocation decisions in relation to cost. To do this, the Cost CoE undertakes a range of performance management activities including planning, forecasting, reporting and analysis, which provide actionable insight and advice to its stakeholders.

As a Cost Specialist, you will work as part of a team of Cost Experts with responsibility for all cost related activities at a Divisional or Group level, including provision of accurate and timely financial information (Actuals, Performance Reporting, Outlook, Plan and provision of insightful cost related data and analytics), covering BAU costs and investments/projects.

**Your key priorities and responsibilities include**:
Manage the monthly financial close process, including finalisation of actuals, PcP & driver based analytical review, management reporting, and balance sheet reconciliations
Own and run cost models used to facilitate the planning and outlook process
Support Divisional Insights Business Partners with financial analysis and reporting to drive decision making
Provide Business level performance management reporting & analysis to ensure that stakeholders (Business & Div. Insights) are held to account for the Cost Management decisions they make
Analyse business performance and key business drivers to identify and communicate issues requiring action, while taking emerging trends and external market conditions into consideration
More broadly, assist with general Group Cost deliverables including month-end close, monthly reporting to the board and executive committee, half-year and year-end analysis, insights and reporting

**Role Location**: 833 Collins Street, Docklands VIC 3008

**Role Type**: Permanent & 12 months fixed term/secondment

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in the role, you will ideally bring the following:
Strong people and stakeholder management skills to support the effective delivery of projects/initiatives
Strong verbal, visual and written communication skills to communicate initiatives, projects, ideas or progress to senior stakeholders
Experience in designing, improving or managing operational processes and organisational systems
Proficient in Excel (advanced is desirable but not essential) in structuring, analysing and manipulating data
Proficiency in using tools to manage projects effectively (Excel/PPT, Sharepoint, PPM, HFM & PSGL) with a willingness to learn new tools and techniques)

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So, why join us?

As a Purpose-led bank, we’ve committed to delivering commercial and societal outcomes across environmental sustainability, financial wellbeing and household affordability. We deliver these sustainability commitments with our customers, in our business and across the communities where we operate.

But it’s not just our customers who’ll feel your impact. You’ll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you’ll have the resources and community you need to take the next big step in your career, towards even bigger things in the future.

We offer a range of benefits tailored to the countries in which we operate including Health and Wellbeing programs and flexible working arrangements.

GD4.3

Job Posting End Date

07/03/2023, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)

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