Job Description

As a Senior Financial Planning & Forecasting qualified, you will play a key role in coordinating and delivering forecasting and planning activities across the organisation.

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Working within the central Finance team, this role acts as a key planning and forecasting coordination point, bringing together inputs from multiple business areas to ensure forecasts are robust, consistent and aligned to the broader organisational outlook.

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You will be responsible for

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- Coordinating end-to-end forecasting and planning cycles across Finance
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- Managing planning timelines, deliverables, dependencies and key milestones
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- Consolidating and reviewing forecast inputs from multiple business areas
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- Challenging forecast assumptions, scenarios and inconsistencies to ensure a coherent organisation-wide view
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- Supporting the production and quality assurance of executive forecasting and planning packs
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- Managing scenario and version control across recurring planning cycles
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- Partnering with Finance Business Partners and other Finance teams to improve the quality of forecasting inputs
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- Identifying risks, opportunities and issues and ensuring these are appropriately escalated
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- Improving planning processes, controls and ways of working, including opportunities for simplification and automation
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- Supporting the delivery of accurate, controlled and timely planning submissions
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The Role

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As a Senior Financial Planning & Forecasting professional, you will play a key role in coordinating and delivering forecasting and planning activities across the organisation.

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Working within the central Finance team, this role acts as a key planning and forecasting coordination point, bringing together inputs from multiple business areas to ensure forecasts are robust, consistent and aligned to the broader organisational outlook.

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You will be responsible for

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- Coordinating end-to-end forecasting and planning cycles across Finance
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- Managing planning timelines, deliverables, dependencies and key milestones
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- Consolidating and reviewing forecast inputs from multiple business areas
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- Challenging forecast assumptions, scenarios and inconsistencies to ensure a coherent organisation-wide view
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- Supporting the production and quality assurance of executive forecasting and planning packs
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- Managing scenario and version control across recurring planning cycles
n
- Partnering with Finance Business Partners and other Finance teams to improve the quality of forecasting inputs
n
- Identifying risks, opportunities and issues and ensuring these are appropriately escalated
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- Improving planning processes, controls and ways of working, including opportunities for simplification and automation
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- Supporting the delivery of accurate, controlled and timely planning submissions
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This is a broad Group Finance opportunity offering exposure across multiple business areas and would suit someone who enjoys bringing structure, discipline and commercial judgement to complex planning and forecasting processes.

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The Candidate

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The ideal candidate will bring

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- Strong experience across FP&A;, financial planning, budgeting and forecasting
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- Experience coordinating complex forecasting or planning cycles across multiple teams or business units
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- Strong understanding of forecast assumptions, scenarios, financial drivers and planning processes
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- Experience producing and/or coordinating senior executive reporting and planning materials
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- An appropriate Finance qualification, ideally CA, CPA or equivalent
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- Financial Services experience essential, ideally within institutional banking
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- Strong analytical skills and the confidence to challenge assumptions and forecast inputs
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- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
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- Experience improving or simplifying planning processes, controls or systems
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- Strong organisation and delivery discipline, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders
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📌 Senior FP&A Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Lanson Partners
📍 New South Wales