Financial Planning Analyst

• Partner with leaders to influence business performance and outcomes.
• Deliver insights that drive smarter planning, forecasting and decisions.
• Access flexible and hybrid work arrangements that support work-life balance.

About the role:Are you passionate about helping a business make smarter decisions through financial insights and analysis? As a Financial Planning Analyst, you'll play a key role in shaping financial performance across Unitywater by delivering meaningful reporting, forecasting and analysis that supports informed decision-making.

Partnering closely with leaders and stakeholders across the business, you'll help uncover the drivers behind financial results, identify opportunities for improvement and contribute to planning for the future. Joining a collaborative and high-performing team, you'll have the opportunity to influence outcomes, strengthen financial processes and support the delivery of essential services to our communities.

Whether you're an experienced Financial Planning Analyst or a management accountant looking to deepen your business partnering and commercial skills, this role offers the opportunity to influence outcomes and make a measurable impact.

In this role, you'll:

• Deliver trusted financial insights and reporting, providing accurate budgets, forecasts and analysis that support business performance and strategic decision-making.
• Partner with stakeholders across the organisation, helping leaders understand financial drivers, opportunities and risks to make informed decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance financial processes, systems, reporting and forecasting capabilities.
• Provide meaningful analysis and performance commentary, translating complex financial information into clear and actionable insights.
• Support strong financial governance and planning, ensuring reporting, budgeting and forecasting activities are delivered accurately and on time.

About you:Our One Unitywater behaviours - Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It – define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role:

Must have

• Relevant qualifications in Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline, with CA/CPA qualification (or working towards).
• Experience delivering financial analysis, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting that supports business decision-making.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret financial and operational data and translate insights into meaningful recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across the business.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes within reporting timeframes.
• Experience using financial systems, ERP platforms and Microsoft Excel to analyse data and produce management reporting.

Nice to have

• Experience in a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), management accounting or business partnering environment.
• Experience supporting operating and capital expenditure budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Exposure to financial modelling, costing methodologies or business case development.
• Experience identifying and implementing process, system or reporting improvements.
• Experience working within a complex, operational or infrastructure-focused organisation.

Working at Unitywater:

• Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays. Tell us what this looks like for you!
• Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
• Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, and access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
• Diversity: We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage, Disability and Accessibility.

About us:Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.

We think a pretty good job starts here.

How to apply:

Apply online following the links, and make sure to upload your up-to-date CV.

We strive to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role. Please feel free to share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you’re successful we will need you to undergo a few checks…. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of criminal history, drivers licence and driving history, alcohol and other drug screening.

Applications close: COB Wednesday 26th August 2026

For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team at *******@unitywater.com

If you would like to speak to a team member about our commitment to diversity and inclusion, please contact our Inclusion Specialist **********@unitywater.com

Unitywater respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in which we live, work and operate, the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal peoples. We honour their enduring connection to these places and their deep cultural, spiritual and environmental knowledge and stewardship over the waterways that sustain us all. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, who hold the wisdom, traditions and stories of their people.