Finance Manager - Frontline Labour

We’re Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we’ve flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often.

Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight.

Our people are the real jet stars!

• Challenge yourself to partner with operational leaders and influence business performance across Jetstar's frontline workforce
• Take an opportunity to grow and diversify your career in a high-profile Finance Business Partnering role
• Full-time permanent position based at our Jetstar Headquarters in Docklands with access to our industry-leading staff travel benefits

At Jetstar, we're always looking for proactive professionals who want to help us work smarter, faster and more efficiently. Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, and you'll be encouraged to challenge the status quo while developing and maintaining best practice across our business.

As the Finance Manager, Frontline Labour you will lead Finance Business Partnering support for our Flight Operations, Cabin Crew, Workforce Planning and Operations Delivery teams. You'll play a critical role in providing financial leadership, commercial insight and strategic support across one of Jetstar's most operationally significant cost bases.

Working closely with senior operational leaders, you'll provide expertise across forecasting, budgeting, workforce cost modelling, business cases, contract reviews and financial performance reporting. You'll also partner with key stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, drive accountability and support the delivery of Jetstar's Cost Transformation Program.

The core responsibilities of this role include:

• Partnering with operational leadership teams to provide commercial insight and drive improved business performance.
• Delivering monthly performance reporting, analysis and commentary.
• Leading budgeting, forecasting and workforce cost planning activities.
• Identifying risks and opportunities and providing recommendations to support decision making.
• Developing business cases, contract evaluations and detailed financial models.
• Supporting cost transformation initiatives and continuous improvement programs.
• Educating and supporting leaders to improve financial capability and accountability.

You'll have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance or Business and CA/CPA qualification.
• Minimum 7 years' post-graduate accounting or finance experience.
• Proven Finance Business Partnering experience within a complex corporate environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, challenge and build credibility with senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and performance reporting.
• Advanced financial modelling and business case development capability.
• Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting financial insights to senior stakeholders.
• Exposure to TM1 and Oracle Financials will be highly regarded.
• Aviation, transport, engineering or other labour-intensive industry experience will be advantageous.

Your Life At Jetstar Is Unlike Any Other.

Put the craft in aircraft: There’s a new fleet of A321LR NEO’s waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our teams get exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters.

Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.

Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar.

There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need. We're Jetstar. Let's take off together.

Applications close: Friday 28th August 2026 (subject to early review and closure).