Financial Planning

About the Company

Symal is a diversified Australian infrastructure and services group delivering end-to-end solutions across civil construction, materials, and environmental management. Founded in Victoria and now operating nationally, the Group has evolved from a traditional contractor into a vertically integrated enterprise encompassing infrastructure delivery, plant and equipment hire, materials supply, and recycling operations. Guided by its purpose of "Building. Better. Together.", Symal partners with clients to deliver projects that strengthen industries, communities, and the environment. The Group emphasises a self-performing model, ensuring control, efficiency, and quality across all stages of project delivery. Symal's commitment to sustainable growth and innovation underpins its reputation as a trusted partner in Australia's critical infrastructure and renewables sectors.

About the Role

This is a newly created opportunity for an ambitious Financial Planning and Analytics Lead to join the team. Reporting to the Group Manager – Corporate Finance, and working closely with senior stakeholders, this role will drive continuous improvement in Workday Adaptive Planning, optimising the platform and embedding best practice across the business. The initial mandate of the role will focus on establishing and embedding Adaptive Planning within the organisation. The successful candidate will bring the function in-house from a third party provider, acting as the internal subject matter expert and building capability across the finance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the enterprise planning platform (Workday Adaptive) to enhance;

• use across the business,

• develop longer term planning horizons to capture both short term Operational
• Planning/ Reporting and longer-term Strategic Planning (3-5 years),
• improvements to the data flow and modelling, and;

• skills of the user base to provide stronger insights.

• Partner with business leaders to provide financial insights, performance analysis, and decision support.

• Support the long-range planning process, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and external market expectations.
• Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate strategic initiatives, investments, and growth opportunities.
• Support the annual budgeting process, ensuring timelines, accuracy, and stakeholder engagement are achieved.
• Oversee rolling forecasts, incorporating business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare and deliver accurate, timely, and insightful board and management reports.
• Translate complex financial information into clear commentary on performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Collaborate with Investor Relations and senior finance to ensure external messaging is aligned with internal forecasts and strategy.

About You

• CA or CPA qualified with proven post-qualification experience in FP&A, ideally within a listen environment.
• Extensive experience with Workday Adaptive Planning essential – both building and operating models within the system.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning cycles.
• Concise communication skills essential, with experience preparing board-level materials.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with a proven ability to influence senior executives.
• Experience in the construction / infrastructure / capital intense industry highly regarded.
• Advanced MS Excel skills essential.

Please note that Workday Adaptive experience is essential for success in this role. 

Next steps

Please apply by submitting your resume through the link provided or call Dale Amond on to arrange a confidential discussion.