Project Finance Senior Analyst

Primary DetailsTime Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

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• Location: Sydney
• Type: 12-month Fixed Term Contract

The opportunity

We’re seeking an experienced Project Finance Senior Analyst to play a pivotal role in supporting our Value Streams to deliver high-value initiatives. This role offers extensive stakeholder engagement, from senior leadership to project teams, and serves as the key liaison between Finance and Value Stream stakeholders while managing financials and facilitating decision-making in an agile environment.

Your new role

As a Project Finance Analyst, you will be the main liaison between Finance and Value Stream teams, ensuring financial management and decision-making run smoothly. We’re seeking someone with experience in Change and Delivery, who can adapt quickly and contribute to an agile working environment.

• Partner with Release Train Engineers and stakeholders to develop and manage accurate project budgets.

• Monitor actual spend, identifying variances and their drivers.

• Collaborate to address financial issues and optimize resource allocation.

• Develop and update financial forecasts based on project progress and scope changes.

• Identify and communicate potential financial risks and opportunities.

• Provide analysis of cost drivers and opportunities for cost management.

• Prepare and present financial reports on performance, risks, and opportunities.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to provide timely financial data.

• Oversee purchase orders and manage accruals within budget.

• Ensure compliance with financial policies and act as a liaison for finance matters.

About you

• Project Finance professional with (or working towards) CA/CPA qualifications and experience in a PMO or Delivery environment, ideally in Financial Services.

• Strong technical skills in building and maintaining complex financial models with integrity.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, gathering and analysing data to provide quality financial support.

• Proven experience managing multiple stakeholders, with a detail-oriented, proactive, and adaptable approach.

• Experience in Agile environments, with proficiency in Excel and SharePoint; familiarity with Atlassian tools is ideal.

• Background in Change and Delivery, with the ability to adapt quickly and drive success at the project, program, or portfolio level.

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. 

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.

With more than more than 11,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

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Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

• Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• 12 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

• Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network

• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

• Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Platinum Employer since 2022 - the definitive national LGBTIQ+ benchmark for workplace inclusion recognising employers achieving Gold status for 4 or more years

• Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates

• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)

• Family First accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

Click APPLY to submit your application. Successful applicants will need to complete work rights, police and credit checks through our online provider as a condition of employment.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at [email protected]

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Communication, Critical Thinking, Financial Data Reporting, Financial Forecasting, Financial Management, Financial Products, Financial Regulation, High Accuracy, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Process Improvements, Reporting and Analysis, Risk Management, Stakeholder ManagementApplication Close Date: 20/02/2025 11:59 PM

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.