Strategic Financial Planning Lead

3 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeStrategic Full time $80,000 - $150,000
About the Opportunity

Drive business success as a seasoned Senior FP&A Analyst. This role will play a pivotal part in driving strategic financial planning, analysis, and business partnering to inform data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Financial Planning & Forecasting
    • Pursue excellence in Annual and Quarterly budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across business units.
    • Coordinate company-wide Annual & Quarterly OKR processes, serving as project lead to ensure cross-functional goal-setting and accountability.
Corporate Finance & Investment Support
  • Develop and maintain robust financial models to support scenario planning, pricing, resource allocation, investment decisions, and strategic initiatives.
  • Evaluate new business opportunities or experimental initiatives from a financial lens, providing risk-return and sensitivity analysis.
Business Performance Analysis
  • Analyze business performance and financial results, including variance analysis vs. budget, forecast, and prior year.
  • Communicate key business trends, underlying performance, actionable insights, and impact of specific investments/experimental projects to stakeholders.
Strategic Workstreams
  • Collaborate with senior leadership on cross-functional strategic projects, including cost transformation, new business initiatives, and investment tracking.
  • Contribute to investor and capital management workstreams as needed, supporting data preparation, storyboarding, and insight generation.
  • Enhance and streamline FP&A processes and tools for better scalability, accuracy, and meaningful business analysis.
Essential Skills:
  • Strategic Thinking: Ability to see the big picture while analyzing data.
  • Financial Modeling & Analysis: Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience building dynamic financial models.
  • Business Acumen: Strong understanding of financial and operational levers that drive performance.
  • Communication: Ability to distill complex financial data into clear, concise insights for stakeholders.
  • Problem Solving: Resourceful, solutions-oriented mindset with a high attention to detail.
  • Business Partnering: Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a matrixed environment.
  • Project & Time Management: Able to independently manage end-to-end ownership of projects, balancing multiple priorities while meeting tight deadlines.
Requirements:
  • At least five years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or business analysis, preferably in high-growth or dynamic industries.
  • Degree in Accounting, Actuarial, Business Management, Economics, or relevant experience, preferably with a focus on Finance or Accounting.
  • Hands-on, able to deal with complexities within a fluid work environment.
  • Strong presentation and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
  • Knowledge of financial reporting is preferred.
  • Fluent in English; other languages are a plus.

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