Senior Financial Analyst

Description:

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

Job Description

• Manage the month-end close process for the ESG & Climate Fund investment portfolio.
• Lead the preparation of monthly cash flow forecasts for the Freight and Corporate portfolios.
• Support the preparation of quarterly Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) calculations.
• Collaborate with Group Finance and Finance Business Partners to develop annual budgets, update monthly forecasts, and provide related reporting.
• Fixed-term, 12-month full-time position based at Qantas Head Office in Mascot.
  
  

Today, we’re busy planning for tomorrow. We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an unpredictable industry. We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.

The global aviation industry is just as much complex as it is exciting. Our finance and strategy team drive competitive advantage through financial services, responding to change and uncertainty to maintain our leadership position. It’s in us to be our best. We see it as our responsibility to take ownership and drive outcomes, ensuring we make a contribution to taking the organisation forward.

The Centre of Financial Excellence (COFE) is a service responsible for ensuring financial processes and reporting are standardised, controlled and efficiently executed across the Group. On a day-to-day basis, our Financial Control Teams, working in a centralised Finance function, support the various Finance Business Partner Teams and the business to drive effective decision-making.

As the Senior Financial Analyst , you will be responsible for month-end close, assisting with forecasting and reporting, analysis and advice on all financial aspects across the ESG & Climate Fund investment portfolio as well as supporting other elements of the Corporate Segment. In this specific role you will be required to co-ordinate, collate and control inputs from multiple business areas, review, consolidate and prepare insightful commentary for relevant stakeholders.

You’ll have –

• Professional accounting qualifications (CA/CPA qualified)
• Experience in a financial accounting role, with 5+ years’ experience
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong attention to detail, working with large volumes of often complex data
• Motivated self-starter with questioning mind/ analytical skills
• Able to provide value-add analysis and advice
• Able to work under time pressure and reprioritise when required
• High level of accountability and resilience
  
  

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and additional purchased leave options.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether its salary packaging for motor vehicles or electronic devices, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
  
  

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. We will then work with you to identify the best way to assist you through the recruitment process.

If you’re ready to step into a culture that will challenge and excite you, submit an application and let’s explore how we go places together.

Applications close : Monday, 24 March 2025