Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

MARS Recruitment

Join a leading ASX listed organisation with a strong global presence and a reputation for developing high performing finance professionals. This is a highly visible role reporting to the Head of FP&A, offering the chance to translate financial results into actionable insights, influence strategic decisions, and partner across the business to drive performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning, forecasting, and reporting cycle, partnering with senior leadership to deliver commercial insights and support strategic decision-making across the business.
  • Translate financial results into clear and compelling narratives for Executive Leadership and Global Head Office, highlighting key trends, risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
  • Consolidate insights across multiple business units to provide an enterprise-wide view of business performance and support longer-term strategic planning.
  • Deliver high-quality management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, board reporting, and ad hoc analysis to support both operational and strategic outcomes.
  • Partner closely with commercial finance and operational stakeholders to challenge assumptions, identify opportunities, and influence business performance.
  • Support strategic initiatives including profitability analysis, cost optimisation, investment evaluation, and scenario modelling.
  • Act as a key liaison with Systems and Data teams to drive reporting enhancements, automation, process improvement, and reporting standardisation initiatives.
  • Mentor and support offshore team members, helping drive collaboration, accountability, and high-quality outputs across the wider finance function.

About You

  • CA/CPA qualified with 5-10 years' experience in a finance function.
  • Experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or finance business partnering from a large and complex organisation (essential).
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate numbers into business stories.
  • Experience producing and presenting business packs to executives.
  • Collaborative, confident, and capable of influencing senior stakeholders.
  • Highly organised with strong analytical, communication, and project management skills.
  • Experience with large planning/reporting tools advantageous.

Why you'll love it

  • Work for a large, progressive business offering genuine career development opportunities.
  • Join a vibrant, fast-paced finance team where your insights have real impact across the organisation.
  • Hybrid model - 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.

To Note

  • Commercial experience in a large and complex organisation is essential.
  • Must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or long-term visa holder.
  • First movers from Audit/Business services aren't being considered.

If you're interested in this opportunity, please apply to the role directly. Alternatively, you can send your CV over to ***email_hidden***

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates.