Senior Analyst, Finance & Strategy

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 150,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,700 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across more than 37 locations around the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

About the role

This role will be a key member of the AWX Finance team. As a senior analyst in the Finance & Strategy team, you will be responsible for supporting the financial planning and analysis function across AWX globally. You will assist in providing strategic financial insights, analyzing business performance, and contributing to decision-making processes. Reporting to the Finance & Strategy Manager, you will work closely with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders across Finance to ensure accurate financial forecasting, budgeting, and reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Support quarterly and annual budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring accuracy and consistency to achieve Airwallex’s short & long-term goals

• Maintain and update existing reports, models and dashboards for regular financial reporting to stakeholders

• Assist in analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial data, providing insights and reports on areas of concern to business partners. 

• Collaborate with stakeholder and business partners to conduct in-depth financial analysis to manage costs, identify optimisation opportunities and evaluate division profitability

• Support ongoing enhancement of AWX management reporting system

• Collaborate with cross-functional finance teams on finance-wide projects and contribute to process improvements opportunities across Finance

What you will bring:

• 4-5 years of relevant experience, with a Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field. CPA or equivalent advanced finance qualification preferred

• Sound knowledge of financial analysis and planning, especially in budgeting, forecasting, cost allocations, accounting principles and developing financial models

• Prior experience or understanding of financial services and fintech businesses is a plus

• Strong attention to detail, analytical in nature, with ability to synthesize complex financial data into clear insights

• Proficiency with G-Suite, Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet tools. Experience with SQL, data visualisation tools, financial software and management reporting systems will be advantageous

• Foster a culture of high performance, collaboration and continuous improvement within the Finance & Strategy function

• Self-motivated and entrepreneurial mindset, able to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters.  Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s).  Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.