Financial Analyst

Malaga Location
- Opportunities for Growth
- Immediate Start with permanent role

**UON Energy for Every Future**

UON is a Western Australian integrated energy company providing turnkey energy and water solutions to the mining sector and beyond, helping our customers on their decarbonisation journey utilising the technology, skills and real experience of team members across the business.

UON is currently seeking experienced and self-motivated **Financial Analyst** to join our team at **UON in the Malaga office.**

**About the Role**:
This role will play a critical role in the Finance function and work closely with the CFO, supporting the short term and long-term strategic objectives of the business by developing and monitoring budgets, forecast and investment decision evaluations.
- Malaga Location
- Opportunities for Growth
- Immediate Start with permanent role.

**About you**:

- Enjoy working in an energetic fast-growing business.
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
- Experience with financial modelling and analysis.
- A minimum of 3 years experience in a similar position

**Your main responsibilities will include**:

- Own and develop the financial model to support various business functions, including forecasting, financial planning and analysis.
- Work with the business units and shared services stakeholders to develop financial analysis and baseline data for the budgets
- Prepare monthly forecasts based on trend analysis and discuss with business management
- Identify and explain variances between forecast and actual results, using this information to minimise future forecast variances.
- Monitor and evaluate financial performance, variances and KPIS to identify improvement areas and revenue opportunities.
- Assist with preparation of analysis for Board reports
- Manage the weekly cash flow forecasting process and forecast short term liquidity requirements.
- Quarterly calculation of financial covenants alongside the supporting bank reporting for the information pack to the financiers
- Prepare regular and ad-hoc reporting for shareholders
- Provide robust financial modelling to support business cases, tenders and new initiatives within the departments.
- Work with business units in the preparation of capital expenditure approval requests.
- Work with C-suite stakeholders to drive a variety of business improvement projects.
- Assist with ad-hoc financial analysis and reports as required

**Skills & Experience**
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Accounting, Finance or Information Systems or similar)
- A professional qualification, (CFA, CA, CPA or MBA) or working towards qualification (desirable)
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, including experience with large datasets, What-If Analysis tools, Pivot Tables, Macros.
- A minimum of 3 years experience working in a similar role as a Business/Financial Analyst demonstrating expertise in financial modelling and analysis.
- Demonstrated knowledge of business analytics including sales reporting (margin analysis focus) and budgeting.
- Communication skills (written/interpersonal)
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
- ability to use initiative and provide guidance to the team in reaching appropriate solutions.
- Maintain accurate records.
- Organisational and time-management skills

**What UON can offer you**:

- A corporate Health Cover Plan exclusive to UON employees
- Training and Development programs
- Career development opportunities working with some of the best in the industry
- A fun, active social club

Only those with the unrestricted right to work in Australia and living in Perth will be considered.

UON is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly support diversity in our workforce. Applicants from diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, are encouraged to apply.