
Strategic Finance Analyst
Bridgit
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sydney • Australia
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About the role
- Provide insights and recommendations that shape commercial and operational strategy.
- Track performance across departments and initiatives, holding stakeholders accountable to business goals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.
- Build and maintain dynamic financial models to guide decision making across the business.
- Analyse customer behaviour, unit economics, and performance drivers to identify trends and opportunities.
- Use data to proactively identify risks and flag emerging issues before they impact results.
- Gain direct exposure to investor and board materials, with rare hands-on experience at analyst level.
- Ensure outputs are concise, credible, and aligned with key business narratives.
- Prepare high-quality analysis and presentations to communicate financial performance and forward-looking insights.
- Simplify and improve reporting processes to enable faster, clearer decisions.
- Support the build-out of finance and strategy capability as Bridgit scales, focusing on scalable models and decision-support tools, and implement best practices to support a growing business.
Requirements
- 2–4 years’ experience in FP&A, corporate finance, CFO advisory, M&A, or similar analytical roles (ideally gained at a top-tier consultancy or Big 4 bank).
- Exposure to lending, credit, banking, or investment banking is an advantage.
- Proven ability to manage time, prioritise effectively, and follow through on commitments to meetings and deliverables.
- Able to distil complex analysis into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.
- Comfortable working with both structured financial models and data-driven analysis; strong skills in Excel; experience with Power BI and SQL highly regarded.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Benefits
- Extra Leave – We offer birthday leave + an additional day of paid leave to be used for life events, celebrations, or just a mental health reset.
- Two Weeks from Anywhere – We encourage employees to work remotely from a location of their choice for two weeks each year.
- Learning and Development – All employees are encouraged and empowered to engage in professional development, including a number of learning initiatives run internally.
- Social Events – We have a jam-packed social scene, with events throughout the year to bring the team together!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingdata analysisbudgetingforecastingperformance analysisunit economicsrisk identificationreporting processesactionable insightstime management
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationprioritizationaccountabilityproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detailanalytical thinkingpresentation skillscommitment
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in FinanceBachelor's degree in AccountingBachelor's degree in Economics