Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

About Emesent

Emesent is a world-leading drone autonomy, LiDAR mapping, and data analytics company, born out of deep robotics research ties to CSIRO. Our flagship Hovermap and GX1 platforms let customers in mining, infrastructure, survey, and mapping capture and understand data in environments that are hazardous, GPS-denied, or otherwise inaccessible — from underground mines to disaster sites. We've grown from a handful of founders into a global team of roboticists, engineers, and commercial specialists, and we're now navigating an exciting transition from hardware-led sales toward recurring platform and subscription revenue.

The Opportunity

We're looking for an FP&A Manager to become the financial planning and analytical engine of the Emesent finance function. Working alongside the Group Accounting Manager and in close partnership with the Revenue Operations Manager, you'll own the consolidated financial plan, the five-year strategic model, and the analytical frameworks behind our most important decisions.

This is a senior individual contributor role with real growth potential. You'll start by building world-class FP&A capability as a standalone practitioner, with a clear path to grow into a commercial finance leadership role — taking on a broader team and cross-functional commercial remit as the company scales.

You'll report directly to the CFO and play a central part in board and investor reporting, business case governance, and strategic planning — bringing deep Excel-based modelling skill, sharp commercial judgment, and the ability to turn data from across the business into clear, decision-ready analysis.

What You'll Do

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Own and run the annual budget process, consolidating input from every function into one integrated plan.
• Maintain and refresh the five-year strategic model, covering revenue, cost structure, capital needs, and business model transition.
• Run a structured 90-day reforecast cycle each year (Forecast 1, 2, and 3), incorporating actuals and updated assumptions from across the business.
• Keep version control and a clear audit trail across all budgets and forecasts.

Long-Term Cash Flow & Going Concern Modelling

• Own the long-term cash flow model, integrating the rolling 12-week operational cash forecast into a clear view of runway and going concern position.
• Keep the runway model current as headcount, capex, contract wins, and strategic decisions evolve.
• Model FX impacts on cash, revenue, and costs across our dual-entity global structure.

Strategic Modelling & Scenario Analysis

• Build and maintain scenario and sensitivity models to evaluate pricing changes, market expansion, product investment, and other strategic moves.
• Apply probability-weighted, risk-adjusted frameworks to move decision-making beyond binary options.
• Model the economics of our shift from hardware-transactional revenue to recurring platform and subscription revenue, including unit economics, LTV, and HaaS cash flow effects.
• Provide analytical support for board papers and investor communications, owning the underlying financial narrative and KPI summaries.

Business Case Development

• Own the financial modelling for major business cases — capex, manufacturing expansion, product investment, market entry, and key partnerships.
• Set the standard for financial rigour and decision criteria across all investment proposals.
• Partner with product, operations, manufacturing, and commercial leaders to build financially grounded investment cases, including NPV/IRR, payback, and sensitivity analysis.
• Provide independent challenge on business case assumptions and track approved initiatives against projected returns.

KPI Tracking & Financial Analysis

• Own the consolidated KPI framework, bringing together financial and commercial data into one coherent view of business health.
• Design and maintain the monthly management reporting suite for the CFO and leadership team.
• Develop metrics for our evolving model — SaaS unit economics, hardware margin, HaaS returns, and government contract performance.
• Provide ad hoc, rapid-turn analysis for time-sensitive decisions, with growing ownership of investor KPI reporting.

Business Partnering

• Act as the primary financial partner to product, operations, manufacturing, and commercial teams.
• Build a deep understanding of the commercial drivers feeding the financial plan, working closely with Revenue Operations and Group Accounting.
• Bring financial discipline to cross-functional strategic projects as the CFO's analytical representative.

What You'll Bring

• CA or CPA qualified, with strong foundations in financial modelling, management accounting, and corporate finance.
• 7+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, including strategic modelling and business case analysis.
• Advanced Excel-based financial modelling skill — able to build and stress-test complex integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow models without relying on dedicated FP&A platforms.
• A track record of translating complex business dynamics into clear financial frameworks: scenario analysis, sensitivity testing, NPV/IRR, unit economics, and probability-weighted decision modelling.
• Strong commercial acumen and comfort operating in ambiguity, calibrating materiality, and reaching sound conclusions under pressure.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present complex analysis clearly to executive, board, and investor audiences.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a technology company navigating a shift from hardware or services toward software subscriptions or platform economics.
• Exposure to dual-entity or multi-currency structures and FX impacts on consolidated reporting.
• Experience building business cases for manufacturing, capital expansion, or supply chain investment.
• Familiarity with SaaS/recurring revenue metrics (ARR, NRR, CAC, LTV, churn).
• Experience contributing to board packs, investor materials, or going concern assessments in a high-growth or capital-constrained environment.
• Exposure to RevOps, commercial operations, or GTM financial analysis, with an appetite to grow into commercial finance leadership.

The Perks 

• 9-day fortnight — every second Friday off. 

• Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP) — share in Emesent's success. 

• Genuine learning and development opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning. 

• Flexible working arrangements and a casual dress code. 

• Employee Assistance Program and Qoctor online telehealth. 

• A full day of leave each year for your work anniversary. 

Who we are 

Emesent builds LiDAR mapping and autonomy technology for the world's most challenging environments. Founded in 2018 from Australia's CSIRO, our products — Hovermap, GX1, and the Aura software platform — capture spatial data in hazardous, GPS-denied, and hard-to-reach places for mining, survey, and infrastructure customers worldwide. With multiple product lines spanning hardware, desktop, and cloud, we're at an inflection point — and this role sits at the technical heart of it.