Financial Analyst

Busy Bees is a leading global early learning provider, offering high-quality education in nurturing, purpose-built centres where educators are supported to grow, lead and make a real difference in children's lives, with over 130 centres across Australia and around 3,000 employees.

Bee Safe: Child safety is at the heart of everything we do and is embedded in our people, places and processes. Help us give every child the Best Start in Life.

We're looking for a driven and analytical Financial Analyst to join our team and play a key role in shaping business decisions. You'll turn financial data into meaningful insights, support strategic initiatives and help drive the continued success of our growing organisation.

What you'll do

Prepare accurate financial reports and analysis, highlighting key trends, variances and business performance insights for stakeholders.

Maintain financial and non-financial data within reporting systems, including Monthly Board Reporting and PBCS, ensuring accuracy and consistency.

Support month-end close activities and the delivery of timely financial reporting.

Assist with annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting and financial modelling by collaborating with stakeholders to gather and validate data.

Prepare statutory and government reporting submissions, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements.

Support capital expenditure forecasting, cash flow reporting and centre incentive calculations.

Develop performance reporting and presentations, providing insights to support leadership decision-making.

Assist the FP&A team with ad hoc analysis, reporting and commercial projects.

What you'll bring

A genuine commitment to child safety and wellbeing, and alignment to our Busy Bees values.

2–3 years' experience in a Financial Analyst or similar corporate finance role.

A bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, Accounting or Finance.

Experience working with enterprise ERP systems, ideally NetSuite or a comparable platform.

Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting, supported by advanced Excel skills.

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the confidence to communicate financial insights to a broad range of stakeholders.

Exposure to reporting and visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms will be highly regarded.

CPA or CA qualification, or progress towards completion is advantageous.

Why Busy Bees?

Because we offer the B.E.E.S. advantage:

Better pay. Everyday balance. Education for growth. Support you can rely on.

We live by our values of Care, Quality, Service and Value to make a real impact on child safety and quality.

Supportive, collaborative finance team working alongside experienced professionals

Convenient Nundah location, close to train, bus and local cafés for an easy commute.

Family-friendly benefits; 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.

Global & national opportunities; connect with leaders across Australia and apply for our Global Talent Exchange Program (UK, Canada and Asia).

Stability with heart; a global organisation with a local feel, where child safety, wellbeing and quality are never compromised.

Supportive leaders & inclusive teams; hands-on leadership, strong tenure and a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration.

Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.

We are proud to be a child safe organisation, putting child safety at the heart of everything we do through our Triple Layer Child Safety Framework: trusted, trained and caring people, safe, supervised and supportive environments, and clear, consistent and transparent processes.

Why Work for Busy Bees?

If you’re passionate about early learning, Busy Bees is the place to be. Although we are part of a global organisation, our company was founded by three families looking for better, more enriching childcare. Three decades later, we still keep the same values at heart.

We know that we couldn’t do what we do without the important people in our teams. We invest in our people and work with them to build career pathways that inspire.