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Qantas airways

Qantas Airways Limited

Corporate & Support Functions / Strategy & Commercial Planning

Act as a key business partner in our Qantas Loyalty Finance team

Deliver Loyalty Group insights to facilitate to the delivery of our FY30 Target

As the Finance Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis, you will lead the financial planning, forecasting and performance insight function across the Qantas Loyalty portfolio. Reporting to the Head of Finance – Planning & Performance, the role is central to delivering disciplined forecasting, high‑quality analysis and clear performance narratives that support effective senior leadership decision‑making in a large, complex and consumer‑centric environment.

The Finance Manager will provide leadership and governance over the monthly forecasting process, ensuring timely, accurate and commercially robust outlooks that reflect underlying business performance and key drivers. Through strong partnership with Finance Business Partner leads and senior stakeholders, the role will challenge assumptions, improve forecast accuracy and strengthen performance accountability across the business, enabling more informed and forward‑looking decisions.

The Finance Manager is pivotal to the effectiveness of Loyalty’s FP&A capability, leading and developing a team responsible for driver‑based financial models supporting monthly forecasting, annual budgeting and longer‑term planning. The role owns the month‑end performance cycle, translating financial results into meaningful commercial insights by linking operational and customer drivers to financial outcomes, and delivering executive‑level commentary that clearly articulates risks, opportunities and performance trends.

Responsibilities or duties

Lead the financial planning, forecasting and performance insight function across the Qantas Loyalty portfolio.

Provide leadership and governance over the monthly forecasting process.

Challenge assumptions, improve forecast accuracy and strengthen performance accountability.

Lead and develop a team responsible for driver‑based financial models supporting monthly forecasting, annual budgeting and longer‑term planning.

Own the month‑end performance cycle, translating financial results into meaningful commercial insights.

Deliver executive‑level commentary that clearly articulates risks, opportunities and performance trends.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Experience needed

7+ Years’ experience in a similar role in a large, complex matrix organisation

Proven people leadership experience within a finance environment

Financial acumen with resource management experience in a project context

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

Tertiary qualification in Commerce, Finance, Business or other relevant discipline CPA/CA equivalent

Strong relationship and stakeholder management with the ability to influence senior leadership decisions

Strong financial modelling, analytical and problem‑solving capability

Good communication and influencing skills to ensure project visibility and support

Intellectual capability to quickly understand and apply new concepts

Strong sense of urgency, focus on outcomes and drive for success

Ability to work in teams and to lead and contribute in a team environment

Sound organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise conflicting tasks in order to meet strict deadlines

Demonstrated analytical, financial and/or problem-solving skills

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully. There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel:

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – apply today!

• Lead the financial planning, forecasting and performance insight function across the Qantas Loyalty portfolio.
• Provide leadership and governance over the monthly forecasting process.
• Challenge assumptions, improve forecast accuracy and strengthen performance accountability.
• Lead and develop a team responsible for driver‑based financial models supporting monthly forecasting, annual budgeting and longer‑term planning.
• Own the month‑end performance cycle, translating financial results into meaningful commercial insights.
• Deliver executive‑level commentary that clearly articulates risks, opportunities and performance trends.

• Strong relationship and stakeholder management
• Strong financial modelling, analytical and problem‑solving capability
• Good communication and influencing skills
• Intellectual capability to quickly understand and apply new concepts
• Strong sense of urgency, focus on outcomes and drive for success
• Ability to work in teams and to lead and contribute in a team environment
• Sound organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise conflicting tasks
• Demonstrated analytical, financial and/or problem-solving skills

• Tertiary qualification in Commerce, Finance, Business or other relevant discipline CPA/CA equivalent