Title:  Senior Finance Analyst

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. 

We've always known at its heart infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work.

That's our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the project

John Holland is proud to be a key delivery partner on the Cross Yarra Partnership (CYP), responsible for the Operations & Maintenance of the transformative Metro Tunnel Project.

As part of this iconic infrastructure initiative, we’re seeking passionate professionals to help operate and maintain five world-class underground stations and associated tunnel systems.

This is your opportunity to work on cutting-edge transport infrastructure, ensuring safety, reliability, and performance for generations to come. Be part of a team that’s shaping the future of Melbourne’s rail network—above and below ground.

About the role

Working for John Holland as part of the Cross Yarra Partnership Maintenance team (CYP team), the Senior Finance Analyst will prepare statements and reports to ensure accuracy and conformance to reporting, procedural standards and statutory compliance.

The role will prepare, examine and analyse financial and accounting information. The role will also assist in providing accurate, pragmatic advice to the business focussed on adding value whilst maintaining an acceptable level of risk

Responsibilities of the role include

• Manage month-end processes including accounting journal entries, account reconciliations and preparation of monthly project financial reports.
• Analyse monthly financial performance against budget and prepare management reports that highlight key variances, identify trends, and provide recommendations for effective management of revenue and expenditure against budget.   
• Lead the coordination and consolidation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Manage revenue processes, including preparation of client payment claims and monitoring of compliance with head contract terms to identify and raise variations as needed.
• Act as a finance business partner to operational managers, supporting budget tracking and decision making.
• Analyse and report on performance, compliance, defects and non-conformance.
• Ensure contractual and commercial awareness in Head Contract and subcontract agreements.
• Demonstrate initiative in the conduct of assignments.
• Coordinate accounting data with other departments, locations and divisions as required.
• Apply understanding of national and state regulatory frameworks and systems.
• Review and verify the accuracy of accounting entries in recorded systems.
• Build strong internal and external stakeholder management through positive, proactive and professional communication to keep key people informed.
• Assist in internal and external audit programs.
• Identify and recognise risks prior to work commencing and communicate to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure all activities comply with legal, professional and ethical standards.

What we are looking for

Qualifications 

• Tertiary qualifications in discipline relevant to function area, e.g. accounting 

Experience

• 5-10 years accounting experience
• Demonstrated experience in financial and management accounting
• Experience with Microsoft Office products.
• Computer proficiency in relevant software, e.g. asset management software (MRI) and financial management, budgeting and reporting software (Adaptive and Workday)
  

What's in it for you when you join John Holland?

We're about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work.

From industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

What we offer

• Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.
• Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.
• Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you'll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.
• Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.
• Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.
• Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether its flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.