Senior Finance Analyst – Development, Design & Construction
Your opportunity
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance professional to join our team. The Senior Finance Analyst – Development will be responsible for all aspects of financial analysis relating to the development functions of the Australian portfolio of properties. Ranging from the consolidation of key financial information for Finance Assumptions, Management Reporting (Blackbook), WIP Management, Due Diligence, Valuations, and modelling for project feasibilities. You will gain broad exposure to our DD&C team and work on our Densification projects.
- Build and maintain detailed development Feasibilities and Financial models from ideation through to completion across your portfolio of assets (Retail / Mixed Use).
- Support Investment Decisions with clear scenario analysis and sensitivity testing.
- Partner with Development, Design, Construction, Asset Management and Finance to assess project impacts and optimise returns.
- Proactively monitor cashflows and facilitate Project WIP reviews, ensuring adequate cashflow management for all projects across your portfolio.
- Accurately forecast, budget & report on Project Income, Capital expenditure and other performance metrics for your portfolio with a high degree of accuracy, and ability to articulate key drivers of performance and variance analysis.
- Present project updates, capturing Risks & Opportunities, ensuring clear communication of financial implications.
- Play a key role in the assessment & completion of Asset Transactions as and when required.
- Support the delivery of a range of key strategic initiatives across finance
This role is permanent, full-time
What sets you apart
We are seeking someone who is curious and likes to collaborate and share ideas and knowledge with others. You will have proven experience in a similar role where you have worked on projects in Design, Development or Construction, perhaps within Property, Consultancy or a large corporate. You are a trusted advisor and strong communicator, able to navigate multiple stakeholder relationships.
You will bring:
- Construction / Property experience (preferred)
- Finance experience across Retail, Residential, Commercial, Mixed Use or Industrial (preferred)
- +5 years’ minimum experience in relevant positions
- Experience in a fast paced, corporate environment
- High attention to detail
- Bachelor’s degree
- CA/CPA qualified or equivalent
- Intermediate / Advanced Microsoft Excel
- JDE Edwards
- TM1
About us
Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.
We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.
With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our
Westfield destinations and platforms.
We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thriving with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.
Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that ‘Everyone Belongs’. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.
We aspire to create a workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or life stage.
We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave for primary carers, with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period, and free parking at your local Westfield destination.
Discover more about working with us.
Applications close: Friday 3rd October (unless filled prior).
Please note: Scentre Group is not partnering with recruitment agencies for this position. We do not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from third parties. All recruitment activity will be managed directly by our internal Talent Team. We kindly ask that agencies refrain from contacting the business or submitting candidates.
