Downer

Finance Analyst

Downer  •  Maryborough, AU (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Downer Rail & Transit Systems is seeking a commercially astute and inquisitively minded Finance Analyst to join our Contract & Operations team. This is a high-impact role supporting overhead budget management, forecasting, and analysis to drive growth and commercial success across our national rail portfolio.

About the Role
Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager – Business Performance, you’ll play a pivotal role in enabling strategic decision-making through robust financial analysis and stakeholder collaboration. You’ll partner with stakeholders across a range of overhead functions as well as special projects to ensure financial rigour across the core units of our business.

Key Responsibilities

  • Budget Management: Develop and maintain detailed budgets, monitor variances, and ensure alignment with financial reporting standards.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal teams to gather inputs and present insights to senior leaders.
  • Continuous Improvement: Enhance financial tools and processes and drive best practices in modelling and analysis.



What You’ll Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or related discipline
  • CA / CPA or CFA similar qualification is advantageous
  • 3–5 years’ experience in commercial finance, business partnering, or consulting
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and work with advanced Excel financial models.
  • An inquisitive and meticulous nature

Why Downer RTS?
Join a team that’s shaping the future of rail in Australia. At Downer, we value innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You’ll work in a dynamic environment with opportunities to contribute to major infrastructure projects and strategic growth initiatives.

Ready to drive commercial success in a high-performing team? Apply now and be part of Downer’s journey in delivering smarter, safer, and more sustainable rail solutions.


For more details about this position contact Sarah Clark - Talent & Sourcing Business Partner, at sarah.clark@Downergroup.com

Please note applications will not be accepted via email, please apply via the link.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to help you put your best foot forward.


At Downer we plan, create and sustain. Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure, and facilities.

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About Downer

Enabling communities to thrive.

It’s what we’ve done for more than 150 years. Solving problems. Making the extraordinary run smoothly every day. We’re keeping the lights on and the water flowing. Running the hospitals that take care of us. Delivering the transport that takes us from A to B. Maintaining communication networks that keep people connected. Helping our Government and Defence customers keep them protected. Delivering train fleets. Building bridges, roads and streets. Now we’re building momentum too. Moving forward even faster.

Across Australia and New Zealand, we’re transforming the way we work. Unlocking our potential to lead by example. Using our passion and expertise to deliver complex projects and turn fresh ideas into solutions that make society a better place. Creating opportunities for our people, growth and value for our shareholders, and world-class solutions for our customers. Imagining. Innovating. Engineering. Enabling.

Industry
Construction & Skilled Trades
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
North Ryde, AU
Year Founded
1933
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