At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That’s why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow and deliver better outcomes for members. We are dedicated to building a high-performance environment underpinned by a strong risk culture, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our members.
Your New Role
Reporting to the Head of Finance, Performance & Business Partnering, the Head of Finance Data & Analytics is responsible for defining and delivering the enterprise Finance data and analytics strategy. The role exists to lift the speed, quality, consistency, and usefulness of financial data and insights across the organisation, enabling stronger decision‑making and more effective performance management.
The role brings coherence to Finance data, analytics, and reporting by establishing clear standards, scalable solutions, and fit‑for‑purpose insights, reducing fragmentation, duplication, and manual effort across Finance teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and own the enterprise‑wide Finance data, analytics, and AI strategy, aligned to performance, regulatory, and decision‑making needs.
Define the future‑state Finance data and analytics architecture, including reporting, dashboards, metrics, and advanced analytics use cases.
Act as the Finance Data, Analytics, and AI Centre of Excellence, setting direction for tools, analytical approaches, and capability across the Finance domain.
Provide expert guidance and thought leadership on complex or material initiatives, with direct involvement in higher‑impact projects where needed, while progressively lifting capability across
Operates as an enabling role, setting direction, standards, and capability, rather than owning all analysis centrally
Establish clear principles for how Finance data is structured, governed, and consumed across the organisation.
Partner closely with the Technology, Digital and Data Domain, and broader enterprise teams to ensure Finance data capabilities support current and future decision‑making needs
Works closely with Heads of Finance across business units to understand performance and analytics needs.
People and Fund Leadership
Act as the enterprise subject‑matter expert for Finance data and analytics.
Provide clear guidance, tools, and capability uplift to Finance teams, without centralising day‑to‑day business‑unit analytics delivery.
What You’ll Need
Significant experience in finance data, analytics, performance reporting, financial systems, or data governance within a complex, regulated organisation.
Strong understanding of end‑to‑end Finance processes (e.g. performance management, reporting, forecasting, financial control) and how data underpins decision‑making and assurance.
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise‑level data, analytics, or reporting strategies that deliver practical business outcomes.
Experience operating within robust governance and control environments, with a sound understanding of regulatory, audit, and risk expectations relating to finance data.
Exposure to large‑scale finance transformation initiatives and the data implications of major system or operating model change.
Familiarity with modern analytics, data platforms, and emerging AI use cases as applied pragmatically within Finance (depth over hype).
Life at AustralianSuper
AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our people with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we’re happy to discuss what this looks like for you.
We cultivate a workplace that champions safety, respect, inclusiveness and diversity. We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know.
What’s Next
Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results.
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Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.
Agencies please note: this vacancy is being managed directly by AustralianSuper’s Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional support. Thank you.
Skills Required
- Significant experience in finance data, analytics, performance reporting, financial systems, or data governance within a complex, regulated organisation
- Strong understanding of end-to-end Finance processes (performance management, reporting, forecasting, financial control)
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise-level data, analytics, or reporting strategies that deliver practical business outcomes
- Experience operating within robust governance and control environments with understanding of regulatory, audit, and risk expectations relating to finance data
- Exposure to large-scale finance transformation initiatives and understanding of data implications of major system or operating model change
- Familiarity with modern analytics, data platforms, and emerging AI use cases applied pragmatically within Finance
- Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status
What We Do
AustralianSuper is for everyday Australians and businesses; we help invest members’ money to create the best possible retirement outcomes for members. More than 3 million members and 440,000 businesses trust us to invest more than AU$270 billion on their behalf. One in 8 working Australians are a member of AustralianSuper, the nation’s largest superannuation fund. Our size has given us the ability to leverage significant investment opportunities for long term performance and low fees that are passed on to our members. With services and advice that simplify super for business including a free clearing house, secure online transactions, dedicated relationship managers, education and help. It’s easy to see why we’ve been a top performing fund. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AustralianSuper is not responsible for other user's comments. We reserve the right to delete any comments that are not in line with our community standards. By participating in the AustralianSuper’s LinkedIn community, you agree to adhere to our House Rules: ausup.me/HouseRules ______________________________________________________________________________________ Investment returns are not guaranteed. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns. Reference to any awards and ratings are only one factor to be taken into account when choosing a super fund. The information posted by AustralianSuper may be general financial advice which doesn’t take into account your personal objectives, situation or needs. Before making a decision about AustralianSuper, you should think about your financial requirements and refer to the relevant Product Disclosure Statement, available at australiansuper.com/pds or by calling 1300 300 273. AustralianSuper Pty Ltd ABN 94 006 457 987, AFSL 233788, Trustee of AustralianSuper ABN 65 714 394 898.
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