Scentre Group (Owner of Westfield destinations in Aus and NZ)

Senior Finance Analyst - Overheads and Planning

Scentre Group (Owner of Westfield destinations in Aus and NZ)  •  Sydney, AU (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

As a Senior Finance Analyst within Group Planning, you'll play a key role in helping the business make informed commercial decisions through insightful analysis, reporting and financial planning. Partnering closely with senior stakeholders across the business, you'll provide meaningful financial insights that influence strategy, drive performance and support the achievement of business objectives.

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

  • Partnering with stakeholders across the business to provide financial insight and support key strategic initiatives.
  • Delivering accurate and timely reporting, forecasting, budgeting and month-end analysis.
  • Providing commercial analysis and decision support to Directors and General Managers.
  • Identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve business performance and drive cost efficiencies.
  • Supporting continuous improvement initiatives, helping to streamline processes and enhance reporting capabilities.
  • Building strong relationships across the business to ensure stakeholder needs are understood and supported.

What sets you apart?

You're a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with the business, challenging the status quo and turning data into meaningful insights. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, build strong relationships with stakeholders, and are motivated by influencing business performance through analysis and strategic thinking.

You'll stand out if you have:

  • 5+ years' experience in FP&A, commercial finance or a similar analytical finance role.
  • Advanced Excel and financial modelling capabilities.
  • Experience with FP&A systems and data visualisation tools such as TM1, Power BI or Tableau.
  • Strong commercial acumen and a solid understanding of accounting standards and financial principles.
  • CPA, CA or CFA qualification (or equivalent).
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
  • A proactive mindset and a passion for continuous improvement and driving efficiencies.
  • The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes to tight deadlines.
  • Previous experience mentoring or guiding team members will be highly regarded.

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

To find out more please reach out to Kristy Araipu, karaipu@scentregroup.com

Applications close: 14th July 2026

Scentre Group (Owner of Westfield destinations in Aus and NZ)

About Scentre Group (Owner of Westfield destinations in Aus and NZ)

Scentre Group exclusively recruits for roles based in Australia and New Zealand. If you are contacted regarding employment opportunities with Scentre Group based in any other country, we encourage you not to disclose any personal information. Any email communication regarding an employment opportunity with us will come from a scentregroup.com email address. If you receive any suspicious emails regarding employment with Scentre Group, please forward them to: scentregroupcareers@scentregroup.com.

Scentre Group owns and operates a leading platform of 42 Westfield destinations with 37 located in Australia and 5 in New Zealand.

We are focused on long-term growth, leveraging the strength of our core business by becoming essential to people, their communities and the businesses that interact with them.

More than 20million people live within close proximity to a Westfield destination. Our centres are hubs of local economic activity contributing to local employment and support a network of local businesses and suppliers.

Our operating platform is unique because we have a vertically integrated business model and a team of people with capabilities that can design, construct, operate, manage and market our assets. Our sustainable business framework is balanced across four key areas - people, community, environment and economic performance.

In striving to achieve Our Purpose, creating extraordinary places, connecting and enriching communities, we are guided by our values (our DNA) which underpin the standards we expect of ourselves and of others. Our DNA is a central part of our approach to business integrity and our Code of Conduct. It is how we put our culture into action.

Scentre Group acknowledges the Traditional Owners and communities of the lands on which our business operates.

We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to their Elders past and present. We recognise the unique role of Māori as Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Industry
Real Estate & Property
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Sydney, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
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