Aon

Senior Finance Analyst FP&A

To protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

  • Finance and accounting

  • Full-time

  • Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.

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We exist to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Our colleagues provide our clients in over 120 countries and sovereignties with advice and solutions that give them the clarity and confidence to make better decisions to protect and grow their business.

About the role

What the day will look like

Whilst you play an integral role to support the FP&A function for Aon AU, primary responsibilities include delivering month end close, monthly forecasting consolidation of Australia financial results and more importantly champion the finance transformation initiatives within AU FP&A team 

You responsibilities include but not limited to:

  • Financial Consolidation: Lead and deliver the consolidation of monthly financial results for Aon AU ensuring accuracy, timeliness and completeness. This includes pre month end flash, month end flash and month end close of ledger alongside FPs and Controllership
  • Forecasting Implementation: Oversee and implement the monthly forecasting process, providing timely and relevant updates to the Finance partners,, CFO AU and APAC Regional finance team.
  • Process Reengineering: Identify opportunities for process improvements and reengineering within the FP&A processes
  • Data Analysis: Provide comprehensive and ad-hoc financial analysis, including drivers of revenue, cost, and headcount, to support decision-making by the CFO AU
  • Reporting: Deliver value-added reporting and insights to the CFO, highlighting key performance measures and trends in collaboration with the AU Finance partners
  • Collaboration: Work closely with Finance partners , controllership, CoE team in India, Regional Finance teams and business stakeholders locally and internationally
  • Strategic Support: Assist in the development and implementation of effective finance transformation strategies, supporting business development and growth.
  • Coaching: Mentor and develop junior and new finance colleagues, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

How this opportunity is different

As an Aon colleague, you will never be limited by your job title. Instead, you will learn and grow alongside some of the most talented people in the business, who genuinely want you to be the best version of yourself. We honestly believe that our culture is different, with authentic and inquisitive individuals who each bring something unique to our team. Be you, be unique with us.

Skills and experience that will lead to success.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
  • Strong people skills, with the ability to engage with colleagues across distinct functions and bring people together to achieve a result
  • Ability to influence, negotiate, lead and coach
  • A curious mind, with strong analytical and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to perform complex financial analyses (including CBAs and investments) and build financial models.
  • Strong financial acumen, and attention to detail
  • CPA/CA/MBA Finance qualifications preferred with at least 3-5 years of consolidation experience in a global company
  • The ability to manage, organise and analyse high volume data
  • The ability to think commercially, understand business drivers, provide insights, and tell the story behind the numbers
  • Ability to shape and inform strategy and decision making and influence stakeholders
  • An eagerness to learn and a passion for improving processes
  • Ability to use financial IT systems to efficiently deliver service
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
  • Proficient in data modelling and visualization tools like power Bi, Tableau etc
  • Experience in TM1, qlikview preferred

What you'll be responsible for

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    Insights Presentation

    Organize and present data to effectively communicate findings

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    Financial Research and Benchmarking

    Conduct research and analyze financial data to identify industry trends and benchmark performance

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    Operational and Financial Reporting

    Analyze financial data to prepare timely reports to support business decisions

Skills you'll need

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    Numerical problem solving

    Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

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    Critical thinking

    Identifies and synthesizes patterns and trends amongst various sources of information to reach a meaningful conclusion, perspective or insight

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    Attention to detail

    Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables

Meet the team

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