- Location
- North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · published
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Finance
- Seniority
- Mid
- Source
- Workable
Description
Come shape the future of education with us.
At Compass, we're on a mission to transform the school day for everyone - from staff and students to families and administrators. We build smart, seamless technology that empowers schools to focus on what really matters: learning, growing and thriving.
That mission has fuelled our growth into a global scale-up, now supporting 5,000+ schools across three countries, backed by a team of 300+ people. Our all-in-one school management platform is redefining how education communities connect, communicate and operate.
We're looking for an FP&A Analyst to play an important role in driving financial performance, reporting and commercial decision-making across Compass. Working closely with the CFO, Head of FP&A and leaders across the business, you'll provide insights that help shape key decisions while supporting the continued growth of our private equity-backed business.
About the role:
Month-end and Board reporting
- Manage the monthly reporting cycle, reconciling actuals to the ledger and payroll and explaining variances against budget and forecast.
- Prepare executive and Board reports with clear commentary on financial performance, key movements and emerging risks or opportunities.
- Track headcount, hiring and people-cost movements, including incentives and commissions.
Business partnering
- Prepare monthly financial performance reports for each function and work with leaders to understand results and key variances.
- Challenge assumptions, provide commercial insights and support ad hoc analysis and business cases.
Forecasting, budgeting and cost savings
- Maintain the rolling full-year forecast and support the annual budgeting process, covering people and operational costs.
- Analyse spending by vendor, spender, cost centre and category to identify savings, duplication and upcoming renewals.
Reporting automation with AI
- Use Claude to build automated dashboards, workbooks and reporting packs that reduce manual processes.
- Develop repeatable prompts and workflows for data extraction, reconciliations and variance analysis.
- Validate AI-generated outputs to ensure reporting is accurate, reliable and easy to audit.