Finance Analyst (Business Controlling & FP&A)

Key Areas of Responsibility

Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support the annual budgeting process and periodic forecasting exercises across childcare centres and regional entities.

• Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports and forecasts.

• Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast, prior year, and operational targets.

• Maintain financial planning models and forecasting assumptions.

Business Performance & Financial Profitability Management

• Monitor key operational and financial KPIs across childcare centres.

• Analyse performance metrics with key internal stakeholders.

• Prepare business performance reports, with financial and operational data to identify performance drivers and emerging trends.

• Identify performance gaps, trends, risks, and opportunities for management review to support data-driven decision-making through meaningful analysis and insights.

Business Partnering & Decision Support

• Support in the partner with Operations, HR, Marketing, and Senior Management to understand business performance and operational challenges.

• Support to provide financial insights to support operational decision-making and performance improvement initiatives with key internal departmental heads.

• Translate financial and operational data into actionable business recommendations.

• Support management reviews and business performance discussions.

• Participate in centre performance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.

Scenario Modelling & Business Cases

• Develop financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning.

• Support financial scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for key operational and strategic initiatives.

• Support the preparation of ROI analyses and business cases for new centre developments, capital expenditure, renovations, and other strategic investment initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Business Analytics, or a related discipline.

• Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply.

• Candidates with 1–2 years of experience in FP&A, Business Controlling, Audit, Business Analytics, and/or Corporate Finance are welcome.

• Internship experience in finance, audit, consulting, business analysis, or accounting will be advantageous.

• Experience within education, childcare, healthcare, hospitality, retail, or multi-site service industries will be an advantage.

Other Skills/Competencies

• Team-player with a positive attitude, self-driven with the ability to work independently and responses well to new challenges

• Strategic, analytical thinkers and a keen interest in analysis coupled with a strong commercial acumen

• Strong written presentation and communication skills to work with a wide range of stakeholders

• Ability to challenge assumptions constructively and influence decision-making.

• Results-oriented with strong accountability.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Solution-focused mindset with a continuous improvement approach.