Financial Analyst

Who are we?    

Humanforce’s vision is to make work easier and life better for frontline and flexible workforces.  

Humanforce provides the market leading, best-in-one human capital management (HCM) suite for frontline and flexible workforces - without compromise. Our employee centred, intelligent and compliant HCM suite is highly integrated and composable, and consists of Workforce Management (WFM), HR, Payroll, and Wellbeing.   

Humanforce has built strong foundations since its founding in 2002. We help over 2300 customers and almost 1 million employees under management in 30+ countries, across a wide range of industries, including aged, child and health care; education; hospitality; retail; local government and more. Today, we have offices across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, North America and the Philippines.  

Customers choose Humanforce because we enable them to deliver an exceptional employee experience, build a compelling employee value proposition, and connect the flow of the world’s talent with the growth, productivity and efficiency objectives of frontline and flexible workforces.  

Who you are   

We are looking for a detail-oriented and motivated Financial Analyst to join our finance team. You are passionate about supporting the FP&A team in various financial planning, analysis, and reporting activities. You have strong analytical skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to work collaboratively across departments. You’ll have a FP&A team to support you in this role, plus partner and work closely with the rest of the broader business.    

What you will do 

Month-End Activities:  

• Bookings: Manage and validate bookings for software services. 

• Management Accounting: Perform allocations in FP&A tool and ensure accuracy in financial reporting.  

• Systems Tie-Out and maintenance: Maintain and reconcile data in Cube (FP&A software)  

• Variance Analysis: Perform variance analysis on actuals vs forecast and actuals vs budget.   

• Support: Supporting all other month-end activities as required.  

Financial Analysis, Forecasting & Reporting:  

• Marketing spend analysis: Track and report on marketing spend, including by channel and vendor.  

• Software spend analysis: Monitor and analyse software spend by cost driver and vendor. 

• Forecasting: Support the development and maintenance of financial forecasting models to project future financial performance.  

• Assist with ad-hoc preparation of financial reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights to management.  

Commission and Incentives:  

• Prepare calculation and reporting of Commission on monthly basis and Customer Experience (CX) incentives on a quarterly basis.  

Ad-Hoc Projects:  

• Project Support: Participate in various ad-hoc projects as needed, providing analytical support and insights. 

What you’ll need   

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.  

• Minimum of 2 year of experience working with Microsoft Excel, including proficiency in data analysis and formula creation  

• Strong proficiency in other financial analysis tools.  

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.  

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in work.  

• Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal.  

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.  

• Strong eagerness to learn and develop within the finance function. 

• Ability to analyse data and provide actionable insights.  

• High level of accuracy and precision in financial reporting and analysis.  

• Strong team player who works well with others and fosters a collaborative work environment.  

• Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal. 

• Proactive approach to identifying issues and opportunities and driving solutions. 

Some ‘nice to have’s:    

• Experience with financial software and ERP systems is a plus.  

• Prior work experience in a FP&A role is desirable. 

Our values   

• We are bold   

• We are all in   

• We are customer obsessed   

• We do what we say   

• We are good humans   

Our approach to flexibility   

We are passionate about people making their own decisions about where and when they work. Our aim is to facilitate hybrid working (mix of in the office and from home) where possible to support our people to be effective, empowered, and productive to achieve both their career and personal goals. Because we recognise that working flexibly means different things to different people, flexible working exists in many forms.  

Benefits   

• A flexible working environment   

• The opportunity to be part of a fast-growing tech company    

• A focus on development with access to Go1 learning    

• Paid parental leave and Quarterly Wellbeing Days    

• Employee talent referral scheme (know great people, be rewarded)    

• A fun and friendly culture working with passionate and talented people    

• A work environment where you can genuinely improve the world of work!  

We are a diverse and dispersed organisation and are actively looking to grow our team with individuals from all diverse backgrounds. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, ages, genders, neurodiversity, religions, sexual orientations, and experiences to apply.   

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.  

Last updated on Aug 16, 2024