Senior Finance Analyst

Employment Type
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Closing Date
19 Aug 2022 11:59pm

Job Title
Senior Finance Analyst

Job Description

Our Strategy & Finance (S&F) Financial Management Chapter Area (FMCA)

The teams across the S&F Financial Management Chapter Area provide a wide range of financial management services that guide and empower our business. We have several key relationships supporting Telstra business operations to corporate leadership, our customers, our people and shareholders.

Your role in the Financial Management Chapter Area

In your role as a Senior Finance Analyst , you will deliver financial management expertise and analysis to support the Telstra's financial strategic direction and enable the monitoring, tracking, and reporting on financial performance (including profitability, expense and cash) of Telstra and its functional units.

Specifically, for the Group Restructure Mission

Due to the Telstra Group Restructure, a need has arisen for a Senior Finance Analyst in a 12 month contract to support the development, implementation and operationalisation of the new structure with a focus on Telstra Group Ltd (new parent entity) and Telstra Ltd (aka ServeCo). The successful candidate will help cut through the complexity helping to coordinate and execute key components of the group restructure. Further details are as follows:

• Development of the Group Restructure
• Change Management
• Financial Reporting
• Post Restructure
• Commercial and Operational (focus on ServeCo Business Partnering):
• Implementation of Group Restructure
• Balance Sheet
• Budget/Forecast
• Financial Planning and Analysis:
• Cashflow Forecast

A successful candidate will be able to:

• Drive enterprise-wide compliance with accounting policies and standards to deliver best practice maintenance of financial accounts and timely and accurate reporting to enable Telstra to successfully fulfil financial reporting obligations
• Interpret accounting analyses, and generate insights from financial statements and reports to recommend improvements and guide strategic business decisions to improve financial and operational performance

• Synthesise market intelligence to effectively communicate the key factors and trends impacting financial and operational performance and support your portfolio to make sound decisions based on potential to generate growth that considers short- and long-term commercial trade-offs
• Support the coordination, development and maintenance of budgeting and forecasting systems, including the identification of interdependencies across business functions to drive effective investment and financing decisions
• Identify and address the root cause of data and reporting quality issues to drive improvements in the identification and delivery of financial information across Telstra
• Translate highly technical or specialised financial information into useful insights in a succinct written report format for senior stakeholders, including the Board and Executives, to ensure the content meets the intended purpose and needs of the audience
• Leverage your strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain long-lasting relationships with key stakeholders to provide valuable advice and collaborate to create strategies that achieve shared financial goals and resolve problems or escalated issues within your portfolio
• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans to support the Corporate Accounting team to manage and maintain key relationships, and create unbeatable experiences for stakeholders to gain their support and deliver exceptional outcomes

To be successful in the role, you should have:

• CA or CPA qualification
• Demonstrated experience in Finance management
• Extensive experience in Commercial Accounting and Forecasting with proven expertise in Technical and Statutory accounting
• Strong leadership skills with a genuine commitment to building capabilities
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills with high attention to details
• Proven demonstration of a growth mindset with tenacity for problem solving and willingness to seek information and appropriately challenge status quo
• Passion for numbers and improving financial performance

We fully support flexibility and choice at Telstra and what we offer is as unique as you. Will you choose to work from home, in a Telstra workspace, or on the go? A regional location or the CBD? We want you to work where, when, and how you are most engaged, safe, and productive - wherever in Australia that may be. #WFH #Remote #Flexibility

If this opportunity sounds like a perfect fit for you, we'd encourage you to apply!

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce in all its forms. We encourage applicants from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and applicants who may be living with a disability. We also offer flexibility in all our roles, to ensure everyone can participate.

To learn more about how we support our people, including accessibility adjustments we can provide you through the recruitment process, visit tel.st/thrive.

Skills

Business Partnering, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Communicating with Influence, Critical Thinking, Data gathering, analysis, and reporting, Decision Making, Financial Management, Knowledge of billing and financial systems, Leveraging and driving system capabilities, Planning and prioritisation, Problem Solving, Stakeholder Management, Technical Accounting Knowledge, Translating data into insights