Corporate Finance Analyst

Minimum 3 days a week in the office

Play a key role in shaping major investment decisions and future-proofing one of Australia's most iconic infrastructure assets.

As a Senior Corporate Finance Analyst, you will be joining at an exciting growth phase and will be contributing to future-proofing our business. Using your financial modelling skills and analytical insight, you'll provide information and analysis that are fit for APAC's executive team and board to lean on and make decisions on our existing assets and future investments.

As our Senior Corporate Finance Analyst, you'll contribute to lasting and positive changes that shape the future of our airport and communities. It's meaningful, challenging and exciting work.

About the role:

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Finance, this role works closely with the broader Corporate Finance team to support a range of critical activities, including:

• Corporate valuation
• Long-term business planning
• Airlines agreements negotiation
• Strategic growth capital project assessments
• Integrated capital plan funding
• Business units and corporate value optimisation, etc.

Explore how we are thinking big with exciting projects like the Third Runway, state-of-the-art terminals, and thriving business park developments. You can also learn more about life at Melbourne Airport – our culture, values, and what makes us unique at Join us in shaping the future of aviation as we propel Melbourne Airport towards becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain and refine the Long-Term Corporate Model (LTM), supporting business planning, budgeting, and valuation cycles.
• Support evaluation of business plans, cases, and strategic projects, including modelling for airline agreements and pricing strategies.
• Assist in assessing capital projects by testing assumptions, evaluating risks, and ensuring financial and strategic criteria are met.
• Perform debt and capital structure analysis, valuation sensitivity and scenario modelling to inform decision-making.
• Monitor and report on key financial and business KPIs to track outcomes and provide financial advice across the business.
• Apply modelling best practices to improve model integrity, functionality, and usability.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance decision-making efficiency and consistency.
• Support knowledge sharing and deliver training to build modelling capability across business units.
• Contribute to various projects as required by the Head of Corporate Finance.

The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Commerce, or postgraduate qualification (e.g., MBA, Master in Finance, or similar).
• Professional accreditation such as CFA, CA, or CPA
• Detailed understanding of corporate finance principles, including valuation techniques and capital structures
• Experience with applying accounting theory to financial analysis, including, financial statement relationships & impacts; Depreciation; and Tax, etc
• Ideally trained within Business Modelling / Valuation / Corporate Finance teams in a professional services firm
• Advanced financial modelling skills, experience with development and/or maintenance of 3-way (BS, PL & CFS) long-term corporate models, and familiarity with Excel modelling best practices. Prior experience with VBA coding and macros will be highly favourable.

We understand that not everyone will feel they meet all of these 100%. However, if you feel you have the attitude and aptitude to grow within our team, we invite you to apply and have a conversation with us about this position.

About the Company:

Melbourne Airport (Australia Pacific Airports Corporation) is proud to be one of Australia's premier transport hubs and Victoria's gateway to the world, connecting us to the global marketplace. We are committed to creating connections that matter and enhancing the traveller experience across every aspect of our organisation to deliver our vision of becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination. Currently, in an exciting phase of change, we are delivering rewarding career opportunities, making Melbourne Airport a dynamic and fast-paced place to work for our people.

APAC is a majority Australian-owned private company that also operates Launceston Airport, the tourism gateway to Tasmania and an industry multi-award-winning airport.

Culture and Values:

By joining the team at Melbourne Airport, you will work within a friendly, high-performance culture with a focus on our people and their development.

Our vision is to become Australia's favourite Airport destination and our people are paramount to achieving this success. We provide a supportive environment, with values that encourage all of our employees to Be You, Think Big, Own it and Work Together.

Benefits:

• Free access to Higher State, our state-of-the-art Fitness Club & Wellness Hub at Novotel & ibis Styles Airport hotel.
• Airport car parking 24 hours/365 days a year for both business and personal use
• Hybrid flexible working arrangements
• Airport Holiday, an additional day of leave
• Wellness Day, a further additional day of leave
• Discounted onsite childcare at Creative Garden Early Learning
• Mental health and well-being initiatives, including Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Long-term career and professional development opportunities
• Active social culture and participation in a range of social impact days and activities
• Signature Experiences including an airfield family day, and kids' footy day
• Access to an employee benefits scheme including access to corporate rates and airport retailer discounts (including SkyBus)

APAC is committed to weaving Diversity into our DNA. We believe that Diversity and Inclusion will help us realise our greatest potential as a company, and maximise the potential of all our team members. We strive to create a culture where our team members understand that each individual is unique and that embracing diversity makes us more flexible, productive, and creative.

APAC provides equal opportunity and advancement in employment regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, cultural background, caring responsibilities, disability or socioeconomic background. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds who share our workplace values of Being You, Thinking Big, Owning It and Working Together.