What is this role about?

This role supports the Finance Business Manager by providing quality financial advice, modelling, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and other financial functions to support all key strategic projects across Cuscal.
  
The responsibilities in this role include but are not limited to the following:

Monthly Reporting:

• Responsible for full end to end (E2E) accounting for all strategic projects.
• Steering committee reporting packs for all strategic projects.
• Presentation of project financial reporting to steering committee members as required.
• Benefit realisation reporting for all strategic projects on a monthly basis.
• Preparing and posting project journals as required.

Forecasting & Budgeting:

• Prepare and maintain project budget / forecast models as required
• Analysis of inputs, particularly transaction drivers (or similar)
• Prepare reporting on budget / forecast submissions, including performance against target and variance analysis
• Monthly reforecasting for strategic projects, both cost and benefits.

Decision Support:

• Assistance with preparation of Project Evaluation Models, Project Business Cases and other governance artefacts as required for strategic projects and other projects as required.
• Build and maintain financial models.
• Analysis and review of project forecasts and assisting Project Managers with financial analysis of projects.
• Benefit and contract review for application of accounting standards.
• Other ad-hoc financial analytical activities as required.
• Assisting Project Managers and other Project community members with preparation of financial summaries for inclusion in business cases and other project documentation as required.

• Full-time ongoing position, within a diverse and supportive team environment
• Based at our Head Office in Ringwood, with flexible working conditions available
• Increase your take-home pay with Salary Packaging benefits of up to $18,550

Are you passionate about developing bespoke solutions to enhance finance processes?
Do you love data wrangling and solving complex problems?

Then we have an exciting opportunity for you!  The finance team is seeking a finance system analyst that can leverage technology to enhance operational efficiency.  In collaboration with the Finance Business Partner and Finance Accounting teams, you will drive continuous improvement in finance processes in a diverse and changing environment.

As a finance data specialist, you will have the opportunity to focus on designing, building, and validating system solutions to optimise our Finance processes. This will include analysing and maintaining the accuracy of data, producing reports and dashboards, and overseeing our finance systems (NAV, ExpenseMe) and finance datamarts (Jedox), ensuring their continuous enhancement, availability, and accurate master data maintenance. 

To view a copy of the full Position Description, click here. Alternatively, for more information please contact Sophie Pearce - Manager - Financial Insights at [email protected]
Please note: We will not be accepting recruitment agency candidates at this point in time.

About you
Our ideal candidate will have extensive demonstrated technical experience combined with broad finance experience in finance processes, financial structures and reports for both internal and external stakeholders.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Sharp attention to detail as well as strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently to identify and solve system and data issues to achieve finance outcomes.
• Data cleansing and wrangling skills including knowledge and understanding of database structures, relationships/joins and queries including exposure to ETL tools.
• Solid understanding of the relationships between operational systems and the finance system.
• Provide technical support to finance staff.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and projects (Finance, IT, HR etc).
• Experience in creation of complex budget and forecast models.
• Understanding and experience in SQL and other scripting is highly desirable.
• Experience in implementation of finance systems is desirable.
• Knowledge of OLAP tools (Jedox, TM1 etc), MS Nav and ExpenseMe Pro is desirable.

The Finance team at Lendi Group comprises Financial Reporting and Operations, Corporate Development, and Business Partnering professionals with a common mission to build the leading modern finance team. We go beyond spreadsheets and PowerPoint by leveraging best-in-class technology to deliver fact-based insights and decision support to influence business strategy. 

What you will do:

• Monitor business and cost trends, and provide insightful financial and commercial insights to enable strategic and operational decisions 
• Be the subject matter expert and go-to Finance contact across functional areas 
• Coordination and delivery of the annual Budget, periodic forecasts, input into Board reporting and Investor presentations 
• Develop modelling capability within Anaplan and support further business adoption 
• Preparation of ad hoc business case financials, to test commercial viability of business decisions 
• Responsible for monthly results including analytical commentary to discuss with senior leaders of the business. 
• Identify opportunities focused on process improvement, leveraging technology to improve reporting and forecasting. 
• Lead by example and influence as a key member of the Business Partnering team, having 1 direct report
• Partner with the financial reporting and operations team and contribute to overall financial control effectiveness. 
• Role model best practices in risk culture in all our processes 

Are you a skilled finance professional looking to make a significant impact? Join our distinguished property as a Finance Officer, where you’ll manage both payroll and accounts payable functions. We’re offering a full-time position, but experienced candidates seeking part-time hours are also encouraged to apply.

In this pivotal role, you’ll be the driving force behind our payroll operations, ensuring precision and efficiency in every transaction. You’ll handle all payroll-related queries, manage employee status changes, and uphold compliance with Awards and regulations. Additionally, you’ll play a key role in exciting payroll projects that contribute to our overall success.

Your responsibilities will extend to overseeing accounts payable, where you'll verify invoice accuracy, ensure proper authorization, and maintain up-to-date vendor information. You’ll also code invoices, reconcile ledgers, prepare payment runs, manage supplier statements, and handle accruals with meticulous attention to detail.