Principal Financial Planning Analyst
Australia, Western Australia, Kwinana
Fulltime: 38 hrs a week
Experience: Not applicable
Mining
We are currently partnering with a leading mining and processing business to recruit two contract opportunities within their Financial Planning & Analysis team:
- Principal FP&A
- FP&A Analyst
These roles will support a high-performing finance function in delivering accurate reporting, budgeting, forecasting and business performance insights across a complex operational environment.
Job Descriptions
This is an excellent opportunity for finance professionals who enjoy working closely with stakeholders, analysing performance drivers, and contributing to better commercial decision-making in an industrial or resources setting.
About the roles
Working as part of the FP&A team, you will provide analytical and reporting support across budgeting, forecasting, cost control and month-end processes. You will help ensure timely and accurate financial information is available to support operational and strategic decision-making.
Depending on your level, responsibilities may include:
- Preparing cost centre spending reports and analysis
- Monitoring open purchase orders and future cost obligations
- Tracking GRNI / GRIR and parked invoices to support accurate accruals and reporting
- Maintaining sales analysis reports and supporting revenue variance analysis
- Assisting with short-term cash flow forecasting
- Preparing and maintaining forecast data across production, non-production and overhead cost areas
- Supporting budget and forecast cycles through consolidation of business unit inputs
- Coordinating monthly variance reporting and analysis for internal stakeholders
- Preparing and uploading month-end non-inventory journals
- Supporting system reconciliations related to cost centres and project codes
- Assisting with audit queries and maintaining FP&A documentation and checklists
- Partnering with procurement, accounts payable, operations and finance stakeholders to ensure completeness and accuracy of data
Job Requirements
- A degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related discipline
- Progress toward CPA or CA qualifications will be viewed favourably
- At least 3 years' experience in finance, management accounting or FP&A support
- Experience within a complex operating environment, ideally mining, resources, manufacturing or project-based industries
- Strong Excel capability and basic financial modelling skills
- Working knowledge of ERP systems, ideally SAP
- Exposure to planning and reporting tools such as Power BI, Adaptive Planning or similar
- Demonstrated experience in financial reporting, variance analysis, forecasting and budgeting support
- Strong attention to detail, commercial acumen and the ability to work across multiple data sources
Key capabilities
We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:
- Strong understanding of financial data flows and chart of accounts
- Ability to reconcile transactions and investigate variances
- Confidence working with budget holders and internal stakeholders
- A proactive approach to following up outstanding inputs and resolving issues early
- Accountability for recurring reporting, journals, trackers and deliverables
- An interest in analysing cost drivers within an operational environment