Senior Finance Analyst

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More than one million Australians trust HESTA with their money. HESTA is a top-performing industry super fund working for real-world impact. We use our expertise and influence to deliver strong long-term returns while accelerating our contribution to a more sustainable world.
HESTA is also an inspiring and rewarding place to work. That’s because what we do makes a difference to the lives of our members. The people who work at HESTA are not only exceptional at what they do, they’re focused on living and creating a strong organisational culture. We’re an industry super fund dedicated to the people who keep our communities going. People who provide some of the best health, education and community services in the world are HESTA members – and we are proud to serve them.

The opportunity – ‘Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life’ #careerswithimpact 

Looking for an exciting new challenge where your financial skills can really make a difference? 

Our Commercial and People team is excited to be seeking a talented Senior Finance Analyst who loves turning numbers into insights and initiatives into member value.

You’ll be part of a highly skilled, well-regarded Finance Team that supports critical initiatives and regulatory requirements. Day to day, you’ll be the go to person for financial modelling, analysis, monitoring, reporting, and benefits realisation.

You will maintain a close working relationship with project managers, sponsors and other business stakeholders including Senior Leadership. It’s a role where you can truly shape how projects are assessed, run, and measured — and ensure value is delivered to our members.

You’ll touch work like:

• Modelling and analysis to support regulatory and risk management compliance
• Business partnering support to project and initiative stakeholders
• Income projections, product cost allocation and industry benchmarking analysis
• Value-to-member benefits realisation analysis

About you:

You’ll have significant experience in financial modelling and project accounting in financial services, superannuation or a similar highly regulated environment.  This is a critical role within our organisation so naturally your functional expertise is supported by outstanding communication and relationship building skills and an ability to provide timely, accurate, value add advice to a wide variety of stakeholders to support sound decision making.

You will have:

• Intermediate to advanced Excel and financial modelling expertise.
• Proven experience uplifting and maturing cross functional processes and procedures.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex modelling and data analysis to diverse stakeholders, including the Executive Team.
• Exceptional analytical and problem solving ability — turning complexity into clear decisions.
• Ability to translate technical information for non technical audiences.

In addition, the following will be highly regarded:

• Membership of CPA, CA ANZ, or a similar professional body.
• Finance ERP experience (TechnologyOne is advantageous).

Apply now and join a team where your financial expertise directly contributes to delivering value for our members. Expect collaboration, continuous improvement, and strategic thinking — with plenty of opportunities to shape how projects are assessed, managed, and measured.

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees

• Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few!).
• Your Professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.
• Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.
• Your financial wellbeing matters, 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity. We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team careers@hesta.com.au and we’ll call you to discuss. 

We’ll close applications when we find the right person, so get in quick before you miss this opportunity.

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position 

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