Finance Analyst

Location: MELBOURNE, VIC

Salary: Not Specified

Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position

• To work as part of the Management Accounting team to achieve the completion of an accurate and timely month-end close to assist key stakeholders with decision making.
• To analyse monthly results and partner with various stakeholders across the business to identify favourable and unfavourable variances against forecast and advise stakeholders on areas for improvement.
• Responsible for the preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, including investigation of material reconciling items

Responsibilities

• Prepare and finalise monthly profit and loss (P&L) statements for venues
• Analysis of monthly venue profit and loss statements
• Review and analyse labour costs and operating expense accruals
• Analyse monthly P&L results and explain variances against budget
• Develop strong relationships with business stakeholders
• Communicate financial insights and findings to key stakeholders
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and finance team members
• Review weekly P&L performance against budget and identify variances
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and investigate/reconcile material variances

What we need from you

• Technical or functional expertise including excellent numeracy skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Effective organisation and time management skills.
• Ability and desire to grow with the organisation.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level of drive, motivation, initiative and resilience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Honesty, integrity and trust
• Ability to work in a team

Experience and Background

• Bachelor’s degree majoring in finance
• A minimum of 12 months of practical experience within a large or mid-tier accounting firm or a similar role in industry
• Studying towards CA or CPA preferred