Senior Commercial Analyst

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

The Senior Commercial Analyst - FP&A will provide high-quality financial analysis, reporting, and insights to support strategic and operational decisions. This role plays a key part in budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning to ensure alignment with business objectives.

Working closely with the Commercial Manager and Director of Group FP&A, you'll produce performance reports, conduct variance analysis, and identify key trends, risks, and opportunities. The financial data you manage will directly feed into reports for senior leadership, including VPs, the CFO, and CEO. You'll also support organisational projects and help drive process improvements through system and reporting enhancements.

This is 12 month fix-term opportunity/maternity leave cover.

What you'll be doing:

• Deliver accurate financial analysis, insights, and performance reporting to support strategic decisions, including regulatory submissions (ABS, ACCC).
• Build and maintain financial models, conduct deep-dive investigations, and support both cyclical and ad hoc reporting needs.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning through consolidation and reporting of AOP, quarterly, and rolling forecasts.
• Develop scenario-based financial models and assist in executive reporting, collaborating with Finance & Commercial teams to meet deadlines.
• Support with preparing financial presentations
• Champion continuous improvement in FP&A processes, financial systems, dashboards and reporting frameworks.

What makes you perfect for the role?

• 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis, commercial finance, or FP\&A, ideally within the telecommunications sector.
• Strong commercial acumen with deep analytical skills, financial modelling expertise, and proficiency in Excel, TM1, SAP, and MS Office.
• Solid understanding of telco financial drivers (e.g. ARPU, churn, subscriber metrics) and the regulatory environment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex financial issues clearly and logically to stakeholders.
• Proactive, adaptable, and detail-oriented with strong problem-solving, prioritisation, and continuous improvement mindset.

Perks we love at Optus

• Competitive remuneration and employee discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on-site childcare centre.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected' days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever's important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U's industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Build meaningful connections through employee-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.

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At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying 'yes' to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

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