Finance Business Partnering Analyst

The Financial Services division, led by the Group CFO,partners with all areas oftheCommonwealth Bank to provide financial control and specialist advice on financial management and strategy. This covers finance, audit, treasury, investor relations, security and property.

Within Financial Services, Technology & Operations (Tech & Ops) Finance is responsible for the provision of financial control and management services to both the Technology Division and the Chief Operations Office.

The Technology division delivers the Group’s information technology capability with a strong focus on technology innovation. Operations delivers banking operations functions to ensure the highest levels of customer service through world-class process excellence.

We work closely with our stakeholders to help them understand their technology and operations costs and deliver current and future strategic and financial plans.

Tech & Ops Finance’s mission is to “influence strategic outcomes through transparent insights and passionate people”.

See yourself in our team

Your team forms part of the wider Tech & Ops Finance Team of approximately 90 people and provides management information & financial reporting to the Tech & Ops CFO, CBA CIO & Leadership Team and Group Finance.

As a Business Partner supporting the Corporate Services & Operations Technology team within Technology, you will be contributing to the business priorities by providing insight and supporting stakeholders with financial outcomes.

Your team’s primary role is to:

• Support the Corporate Services & Ops Technology opex (Run the Bank) cost base and investment portfolios
• Provide insights, analysis and advice in relation to past and future financial performance
• Provide robust financial control and effective management reporting
• Provide decision support and reporting for the investment portfolio
• Develop and deliver meaningful insights to drive better business outcomes and provide commercial support, including cost optimisation and simplification
• Provide guidance and advice to the business leaders on the financial performance of the business, the financial plans and forecasts and the financial impacts of change initiatives

Key duties will include:

This role is responsible for assisting the Senior Manager to provide financial support to key stakeholders, including:

• Preparation of monthly financial reporting for opex and investment spend
• Financial Control responsibilities including journal preparation, variance analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, and FTE reporting
• Assisting in the delivery of the annual budgeting and monthly/quarterly forecast processes
• Ad hoc reporting and analytics to facilitate decision making
• Review, analyse and constructively challenge the monthly investment spend with a view to understanding the status of each project, including milestones, risks, issues, financial status, and progress made each month
• Engage in continuous improvement activities to streamline, simplify & automate processes, and assist in the implementation of new reporting tools

We're interested in hearing from people who have

• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills;
• Strong Excel skills;
• Project Accounting exposure;
• Part or fully CA/CPA/CFA qualified with 3+ years relevant experience;
• Business Partnering experience;
• Prior experience supporting a Technology stakeholder is desirable

You Development

In Financial Services we take a proactive approach to your career development. Your ongoing development would be part of an integrated development plan. If you live the values and demonstrate the people capabilities we can offer great opportunities.

Whether you want to move across the organisation or up into a leadership role, the way you live the values and demonstrate the people capabilities are key. Use the capabilities required for this role as a guide to the critical skills and behaviours you need for your next move.

If you would like to hear more about this role please Apply.

The health and safety of our people, customers and communities is our number one priority.This means that we require all of our employeesto be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please speak to us if you have any questions about this based on your individual circumstances.

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Advertising End Date: 09/08/2022

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