Senior Analyst, Consumer Finance & Digital

How will I help?

This role supports both the Consumer Finance & Digital and Brand & Marketing businesses. These businesses are responsible for Westpac's digital strategy & capabilities, brand presence and credit card & personal loan product offerings across the origination, payments and servicing journeys.

Within the Consumer Finance & Digital and Brand & Marketing finance team, the Senior Analyst role will have a diverse range of responsibilities, including the provision of analysis and advice to senior management relating to revenue, margin, expense & productivity management and balance sheet performance. The finance team works closely with business partners across a variety of activities, including forecasting and target setting, financial modelling, results analysis, commentary, and decision support. As a key member of the team, the Senior Analyst will be heavily involved in these activities and will have regular exposure to business partners and key stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Production of insights and analysis across all indicators of financial performance, focused on identification of business opportunities and actionable advice.
• Analyse performance against targets and forecast, incorporating key business drivers of results and highlighting performance risks and opportunities to assist decision making.
• Prepare ad hoc analysis and other requests (including ASX reporting) and present these to business partners and other key stakeholders
• Adherence to the Group's risk, financial control and accounting policy frameworks.
• Development and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reporting processes, while maintaining quality and reducing risk.
• Embrace and foster a team culture focused on continuous learning, knowledge sharing and driving efficiencies in activities.
• Work in collaboration with business partners and key stakeholders to gain insights on performance, prepare targets/forecasts and drive business outcomes.
• Build strong working relationships across the business and wider finance team to become a key contact for financial performance analysis and insights.
• Provide regular financial updates to business partners and key stakeholders, including senior management.

You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

What do I need?

• Relevant tertiary and/or professional qualifications - CA, CPA, or equivalent (Qualified or in progress).
• Knowledge of reporting & operational processes, including sound understanding of reporting tools (Excel, TM1 etc).
• Knowledge of accounting practices within the finance industry (including Australian Accounting Standards).
• Ability to translate analysis into insights and commentary.
• 2 years' experience across finance and accounting.

We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth and insurance benefits in the market.

We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email ***************@westpac.com.au.

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email ***************@westpac.com.au