Finance Business Partner - Freight

Job Description

• Challenge yourself to drive positive commercial outcomes and tailored reporting for Qantas Freight
• Lead, support and advise key senior Finance and Commercial stakeholders across the business
• Up to 12 month fixed-term position based at Mascot HQ (Job Grade 5L)

At Qantas, we represent Australia to the world. Our strong beliefs guide the way we work, ensuring everything we do stays true to our customers, and this iconic brand. We believe that every employee deserves respect, trust and good leadership. We take a commercial mindset to all we do, ensuring we make strategic decisions that live up to member expectations. This is your opportunity to develop, demonstrate and be exposed to great leadership, as well as contribute to a diverse culture of ownership, trust and collaboration.

As a Finance Business Partner for Qantas Freight, you will have a commercially focused role in helping to develop and deliver Qantas Freight’s strategy. With a particular focus on Qantas Freight’s flying business and fleet you will provide effective planning, analysis and finance support to the business. You will also be responsible for financial control as well as, general ledger and financial/management reporting requirements.

With a commercial leadership focus this role will ensure the appropriate structures, initiatives and processes are in place to meet Qantas Freight targets.

• Partnering with the business and the Freight Leadership Team, providing key financial support
• Financial modelling for key customers, suppliers and strategic projects
• Full P&L responsibility across revenue and cost as well as management of Freight’s CAPEX pipeline
• Development and management of the budget/forecast including reporting against actuals and identifying and tracking risks and opportunities
• Long term strategic forecasting
• Performance reporting, linking financial and non-financial key performance indicators and communicating results to key stakeholders to inform strategic priorities
• Identifying and developing initiatives to enhance process efficiency, performance and value
• Partnering with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure needs are understood and incorporated into finance planning

• A Graduate degree in a relevant discipline and professional accounting qualification (CPA/CA)
• Demonstrated Business Partnering experience within a large corporate organisation, coupled with extensive financial knowledge.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to deliver clear financial analysis and advice to non-finance management teams
• A focus on process improvement with the ability to adapt and commit to continuous improvement activities
• Strong commercial acumen with an ability to manage customer expectations
• The ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management both verbally and in writing
• A self-starter mindset and the ability to work under time pressure with limited supervision
• Proven ability to manage and influence priorities across a broad stakeholder group

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally r development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on-the-job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities.

While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel:
  Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options:
  Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus…