About the RoleThe Strategic Finance Analyst is a hybrid FP&A; and corporate finance role, roughly two-thirds financial planning and analysis, one-third strategy.
The analyst builds and owns the financial models that drive Linkly's forecasting, pricing and planning, and turns them into transparent insight for the executive and Board.
Alongside this, the role brings a corporate finance lens to pricing, M&A; and market assessment, and champions the use of AI to make the finance team faster and sharper.Based in Melbourne, the role reports to the Financial Controller in Sydney and works closely with the Head of Strategy and the CFO, and with the Commercial team on pricing and revenue forecasting.Key ResponsibilitiesFinancial modelling & analysis (core)Build, own and continuously raise the quality bar on Linkly's financial models.
Ensure every model used for forecasting,
pricing or planning is structured, assumption-documented, version-controlled and capable of withstanding independent review.Produce financial analysis by segment - CP, CNP and consolidated, explaining trends, drivers and variances.Run month-end analytical output such as P&L;, segment cuts and KPIs and write the explanations behind the numbers.Surface risks, cost-out opportunities and performance gaps early, bringing a point of view rather than waiting to be asked.Budget, forecast & planning (core)Run the monthly forecasting process end-to-end, delivering a reliable rolling reforecast each month.Own the annual budget and 3-year plan end-to-end.Target forecast variance vs actuals of