MARS are proudly partnering an established and growing financial services company to appoint a newly created position as a Senior Financial Modelling Manager. This person will take ownership of some of the organisation's most critical financial models and analytics.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of FP&A, this is a hands-on modelling role for someone who enjoys getting into the detail, understanding what drives a business and turning complex financial information into insights that influence senior decision-making.

You'll sit at the intersection of Finance, Treasury, FP&A and data, with the opportunity to shape how the business plans, forecasts, reports and makes commercial decisions.

The Responsibilities:

You'll take ownership of a broad range of financial modelling and commercial analysis across the business, including:

• Net Interest Margin (NIM) modelling - build, maintain and enhance sophisticated NIM models, analysing the key drivers of margin and funding costs
• Profitability modelling - develop detailed analysis to understand profitability and performance across products and the broader business
• Pricing & risk-based modelling - support pricing decisions through financial and risk-based analysis, assessing the impact of pricing, funding and portfolio assumptions
• Budget & forecasting modelling - own and enhance budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting models to support financial planning and decision-making
• 3-way financial modelling - develop and maintain integrated P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow models, with experience in this area highly regarded
• Build complex financial models from scratch, applying best-practice modelling principles and robust model architecture
• Provide detailed product-level analysis across NIM, profitability and NPAT to support strategic decision-making
• Work closely with Finance, Treasury, Data and senior stakeholders to translate financial data into meaningful commercial insights
• Enhance reporting, dashboards and business intelligence capabilities, identifying opportunities to automate and improve existing processes
• Prepare and oversee key monthly reporting, variance analysis and Finance Board reporting
• Provide ad hoc financial modelling, analysis and decision support to senior management

The Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years' experience in a similar function
• Proven track record of building and running sophisticated financial models from scratch within a financial services organisation (essential)
• Must have experience in building models across NIM, profitability, pricing and budgeting
• Advanced reporting, Excel and financial modelling capability, with experience using AI tools
• Strong experience across budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and financial analysis
• The ability to translate complex data into clear, commercially relevant insights
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• CA/CPA/CFA qualification is desirable but not essential
• Experience with Snowflake, Macros & VBA is beneficial

To Note:

• Only candidates from a financial services background are being considered for this role
• They operate a hybrid working model of 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
• Must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or have long-term working rights

Why Join?

This isn't a role where you'll simply inherit a model and keep it ticking over. You'll have the opportunity to build, improve and influence the financial modelling infrastructure of a growing financial services business, working closely with senior Finance and Treasury stakeholders.

It's an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys a combination of technical modelling, commercial analysis and strategic decision support, and wants to have a genuine impact on how a business understands and manages its performance.

If you're an experienced financial modeller from a financial services environment, who enjoys solving complex problems and wants a role with real ownership and visibility, I'd love to hear from you!

If you're interested in this opportunity, please apply to the role directly. Alternatively, you can send your CV over to Tara.Magwenzi@marsrecruitment.com.au

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates.