Senior Finance Strategy and Planning Analyst

• Employment Type: Full Time
• Duration: fixed term until May 2026
• Remuneration: Level 9 $148K - $157K + 17% Super and Leave Loading
• Location: Kensington campus in NSW (Hybrid Flexible Working)

About UNSW:

UNSW isn't like other places you've worked. We're a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It's the reason we're one of the top 50 universities in the world and a member of Australia's prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you're in the right place.

Why Your Role Matters:

The Finance Strategy and Planning team provides strategic financial capability to support University strategic planning and resource allocation decisions.

The team provides financial management advice, benchmarks finance measures across Faculties and the overall University, and reviews or provide business case financials. The team has a key role in ensuring business proposals and existing UNSW forward estimates are robust and reflect known, anticipated and emerging fiscal risks. Finance Strategy and Planning is responsible for developing and implementing a financial strategy to support major projects within UNSW and its current ten-year operational strategy.

This function comprises a program management capability and a small team of analysts who provide advisory services to support decision making through financial analysis and modelling.

Who You Are:

As the Senior Finance, Strategy and Planning Analyst you will primarily provide complex financial analysis, including financial modelling and scenario analysis including providing information and high-level advice to stakeholders to support the development of business proposals as well as improve decision-making and the financial performance of programs and initiatives across the University. To be successful you will need:

• Tertiary qualification with CA or CPA qualification (or equivalent), supplemented with demonstrated success in business analysis and managing complex multiple projects in a large and diverse organisation and subsequent relevant experience.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills and demonstrated ability to communicate complexity, inform, persuade and negotiate successfully with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven experience in working autonomously and proactively to identify and deliver innovative insights and models to drive business performance.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, analyse and interpret complex data and data models and provide strategic direction and advice to senior management and to nonfinance managers.  Demonstrated experience in providing clear and relevant analytical insights and financial modelling.
• Capability to challenge the status quo where required and be proactive in developing improvements in finance policies and practices.
• Ability to work independently, taking initiative to identify and overcome barriers with pragmatic workarounds.

Benefits and Culture:

• Flexible Working Options (work from home, flexible hours etc)
• Career development opportunities
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)

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How to Apply:

Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your application CV and Cover letter online before the 14th September at 11:55pm. A copy of the Position Description can be on .

Get in Touch:

Kim Symons

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

Please apply through the application portal and not via the contact above.

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.