Commonwealth Bank

Finance Analyst

To empower our people and the communities in which we work and making sustainable, transparent and balanced business decisions.

  • Finance and Accounting

  • Full-time

  • Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Mid Level · A role for someone with some well-developed knowledge and skills they can bring to the role and team. Typically within 2-5 years of experience.

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Why Commonwealth Bank

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We really love working here, and we think you will too. Diversity, flexibility and innovation are just some of the reasons why our people come to work every day.

Our team includes around 45,000 people from all walks of life, with different goals, experiences, and perspectives. At CommBank we’ll encourage and support you to be yourself. This is a place where you can feel confident expressing who you really are; where you belong because of your uniqueness.

About the role

The activities of the role include:

  • Business partnering
  • Monthly performance reporting
  • Budgeting & forecasting
  • Consolidation & management reporting
  • Deep-dives and ad-hoc analytics
  • Financial and non-financial risk control oversight Do work that matters Key areas of impact & contribution include;
  • Management of month end reporting cycle, half and full year end reporting
  • Consolidation of the EBB monthly result and month-end flash to the EBB LT
  • Everyday Business Banking finance budget processes
  • Partnering with and supporting the business with ad-hoc financial analysis and decision support and providing commercial advice and input
  • Focus on risk and controls in relation to the financial management of the business
  • Uplifting financial controls environment with both financial and non-financial risk control oversight to ensure a proactive and transparent approach to risk
  • Engagement with BB finance to ensure a proactive and transparent approach to risk
  • Working with BB finance BI platform focused on identifying areas of commercial value
  • Compliance with group wide policies and delivery protocols
  • Ensure integrity and timeliness of financial data, including reconciliation to underlying Product Systems
  • Facilitate process improvement initiatives to the reporting, planning and analysis processes
  • Participate in strategic projects and business case development as required We’re interested in hearing from people who have
  • Degree qualified (business, finance, IT, risk) with post graduate qualification highly desirable
  • CA/CPA/CFA qualification
  • Excellent commercial acumen
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent Financial Control experience
  • High degree of problem solving and analytical ability with a close attention to detail
  • Self-motivated with an ability to work to deadlines and without supervision
  • SQL, Alteryx and Tableau (BI/MI tools) experience an advantage
  • Risk Mindset – All CommBank employees are expected to proactively identify and understand, openly discuss and act on current and future risks.

What you'll be responsible for

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    Development of Finance Strategy

    Recommend improvements to optimize and improve financial performance and development of strategic long-term plans

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    Operational and Financial Reporting

    Analyze financial data to prepare timely reports to support business decisions

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    Financial Modeling

    Analyze data to create financial models that support planning and projections

Skills you'll need

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    Collaboration

    Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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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

Meet the team

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Finance

Commonwealth Bank

Responsible for a variety of tasks – including accounting, recordkeeping, administrative work, and cash flow. A finance team is also in charge of all duties related to your organization's capital funds, including acquiring and managing these funds.