Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
- Sydney office is the next preferred location
- Reporting to the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
- Hybrid working model (2 days working from home & 3 days working in the office)
Join Compass Group’s Finance team and help strengthen the financial sustainability of our organization. Compass Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange (Top 20) and is the global market leader in providing food and a range of support services to customers in the workplace, schools and colleges, hospitals, at leisure and in remote environments. We operate in over 50 countries, employ over 600,000 people, and are a recognized top 10 employer worldwide. In Australia, Compass Group Australia (CGA) generates $2.4Bn revenue per annum, servicing over 350 clients across over 700 sites, with 15,000 employees.
We’re excited to welcome an FP&A Analyst to our dynamic and highly collaborative Financial Planning & Analysis team, based in our Perth Support Office. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys turning data into insight and wants their work to genuinely influence strategic and commercial outcomes.
In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping financial decision‑making through robust modelling, forecasting and reporting. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the business, partnering with teams to support performance, manage risk and help the organisation achieve its goals. If you’re motivated by impact, collaboration and continuous improvement, this is a role where you can truly thrive.
THE ROLE
You’ll develop and manage high‑quality financial models, forecasts and budgets that support strategic decision‑making. By closely monitoring performance against targets, you’ll analyse variances, identify key drivers and help translate numbers into meaningful stories for the business.
Main responsibilities:
- Reporting & Insights: You’ll prepare and deliver clear, insightful financial reports for senior leadership and Group stakeholders. Your ability to communicate trends, risks and opportunities in a confident and accessible way will be central to supporting informed decisions across the organisation.
- CRM Management: You’ll oversee and maintain the CRM system, ensuring data accuracy and integrity. Working closely with sales and marketing teams, you’ll help unlock actionable insights that support customer engagement, retention and growth strategies.
- Cross‑functional Collaboration: Partnership is at the heart of this role. You’ll work alongside teams across the business, providing financial insight and commercial advice that supports planning, operational efficiency and performance improvement.
- Budgeting & Forecasting Support: You’ll contribute to the annual budgeting and forecasting cycles, reviewing assumptions, validating inputs and ensuring alignment with broader organisational objectives.
- Overhead Accounting & Cost Control: You’ll maintain accurate monthly accounts for overhead departments and proactively identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency and financial discipline.
- Process Improvement: You’ll be encouraged to challenge the status quo, driving continuous improvement in financial processes, systems and reporting—particularly through automation and smarter ways of working.
- Compliance & Financial Controls: You’ll help ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies, supporting strong financial controls and the integrity of financial data.
ABOUT YOU
You’re a confident, curious and commercially minded finance professional who enjoys working with others and making a difference. You bring both technical capability and a collaborative mindset, and you’re comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels.
- 3–5 years’ experience in a Finance Analyst or FP&A role
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related discipline, with professional qualifications or postgraduate studies highly regarded
- Advanced Excel skills, with strong reporting and financial analysis capability
- Proven experience in business partnering, stakeholder management and influencing outcomes
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly
- Strong analytical thinking and a natural attention to detail
- Experience working with financial systems and ERP platforms
- Tableau or Power BI experience highly desirable
THE BENEFITS
Working with a large global company means you can be assured that we have an attractive benefits program! This includes comprehensive learning & development offerings, a variety of recognition programs and company discounts, an excellent salary benchmarking matrix and at this management level also includes an incentive bonus scheme! You can read all about these here: Why work at Compass
We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you require adjustments or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, please reach out to us on either 1300TALENT or careers@compass-group.com.au
