Junior Finance Analyst at Private Advertiser

Job Description

Junior Finance Analyst at Private Advertiser

Position Summary
Your main focus will be to support the Senior Finance Analysts on their accounts from a finance point of view, supporting the delivery of their planned financial outcomes each year. This will require you to understand revenue, cost and AOP on the accounts and related balance sheets, ensuring compliance with accounting policies, GAAP, internal audit, and SOX.

This role is suitable for a recent graduate. It is a great opportunity for you to move into the corporate environment and grow your career. You will work with the finance team and learn the skills required to be successful in this role. You MUST be an Australian citizen.

The Key Responsibilities and Areas Of Focus

Performance Management 

• Ensure timely and accurate completion of all month-end close activities in line with the account and DXC reporting calendar.

• Providing financial reports that accurately reflect financial performance of the account.

• Assist in the review of the Contracts/Master Service Agreement in terms of Financial and Pricing clauses (such as COLA, price changes, volume commitments etc.) termination, SLA clauses and benchmarking-related activities.

• Support all the planning cycles (Strategic Planning, Operating plans, forecasts etc.) with high level of accuracy and thorough understanding of the business dynamics in collaboration with the business at the account level.

• Ensure a complete understanding of the cost at the account level, including the basis of labour charges and non-labour charges.

• Provide variance analysis between actuals and forecast/budget including sold and actual margin.

• Contributes to the generation of reporting, commentary, and presentation of analytical outputs in a meaningful way        

• Support the forecast process with the account level and maintain working files and models to support the process including view of backlog & sales pipeline.

• Monitoring Unbilled, deferred and Revenue at Risk related activities.

• Support optimization of cash collection through timely billing at an account level

Control & Compliance 

• Participate in Balance Sheet Reviews, Asset Impairment Reviews, EAC reviews on a monthly and/or quarterly basis

• Support and provide information as necessary to finance support functions such as controllership and SOX compliance teams as and when requested

• Participate and support internal and external audits as necessary

• Maintain a strong control environment for assigned areas

Other expectations 

• Build and maintain productive, beneficial relationships with Account Managers and delivery management.

• Build strong relationships with Finance leadership and other business functions across the organization. Partner with deliver/sell and other stakeholders to resolve various operational/strategic level challenges faced on the ground.

• Participate in the training initiatives.

Your experience/skillset will Include 

• You MUST be an Australian citizen, due to the clients you will be supporting

• Degree qualified in Finance / Accounting

• A good understanding of accounting and financial principles

• High attention to detail and deadline-driven

• Demonstrates understanding and flags where data is contradictory to follow up

• Able to work independently and as a team

• Be proactive and curious

• Team player with a can-do attitude

• Willingness and desire to continually learn new skills,

• You must be able to build strong relationships within the business and help them to achieve their goals.

Stakeholders

Account Executive, Account Delivery, Business Operations, Finance Manager & FP&A, Controllership

DXC Values

Deliver

We do what we say we are going to do.

Collaborate

We work as a team – globally and locally.

Community

We believe in stewardship and building a sustainable company that supports our communities.

Care

We take care of each other and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.

Do the right thing

We act with integrity.