Financial Analyst

About Us:
 
OSOS Alliance are an established organization working with clients nationally. We take pride in building long term relationships that are sustainable and support our clients across mining and resources, energy, and construction sectors. Located in the Northern suburbs, specifically Joondalup this would suit someone that wants to remain local and work with a small family business as they continue to grow.
 
Finance Analyst
 
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
 

• Perform the role of finance business partner for the identified corporate overhead profit centers.
• Prepare overhead reports for the identified corporate overhead profit centers, ensuring costs are valid, accurately recorded, and within budget/forecast.
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure costs are valid, accurately recorded, and remain within budget/forecast.
• Provide quality insights into factors influencing performance (actual vs. budget/forecast) and present recommendations for performance improvement to support decision-making.
• Process all recharges in a timely manner, ensuring values have been accurately calculated and are in line with budget/forecast where appropriate.
• Review and prepare timely Blackline balance sheet reconciliations to ensure the integrity of the balance sheet.
• Reconcile prepayments, accruals, GRNI, other payables, and receivables balances, ensuring aged items are investigated and cleared promptly.
• Assist with purchase order requests and goods receipting.
• End-to-end preparation and timely delivery of quality budgets and quarterly reforecasting, including appropriate variance analysis, graphs, and commentary.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Relevant degree qualification in Accounting/Finance.
• CA or CPA qualified.
• SAP experience required.
• Sound IT capability; experience using Power BI and BPC is desirable but not essential.
• Strong financial, planning, and analysis knowledge.

 
Systems/Software Experience:

• Previous experience with SAP, BPC, and Power BI is highly desirable.
• Strong financial, planning, and analysis knowledge.
• Understanding of financial accounting knowledge and audit requirements.
• Strong understanding of internal control processes.

Qualifications / Background Checks:

• 3+ years of experience in a similar level role.
• Previous finance experience within a large, complex organization.
• Tertiary-level qualifications.
• CA or CPA.

 
Key Working Relationships:
 
Internal:
 Finance leadership team

• Group Finance & Tax, Treasury, Systems, Shared Services, Sector finance
• Ventia Operations Centre team
• All corporate functions

External:
 

• Auditors (internal and external)
• JV finance teams
• External consultants
• Additional Information:

 

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of financial processes and controls, and the ability to identify improvements and implement efficiencies.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of complex transactions and accounting concepts.
• Identify and deliver process improvements to increase compliance, reduce risk, and eliminate wasteful processes.
• Contribute to the preparation and compliance with company policies.
• Assist in developing reporting processes and documenting procedures to maintain efficient financial process flow.
• Implement Power BI reporting where identified.
• Prepare ad-hoc tasks as required.