Grow your career. Flex to get more out of life. Care for your wellbeing. You can at Leidos.

At Leidos, we do work that really matters. We’re a leader in providing government, science and technology solutions. Through our four lines of business – IT Projects, Intelligence, Defence Mission Systems and IT Services we solve complex challenges across government, defence, intelligence, border protection and health. Our customer’s love us for how we build, develop and support military solutions, secure technology at scale and speed, and rapidly transform vast and varied data into actionable intelligence. As a business we’re robust and ambitious, and we empower our people to do their best work. They feel inspired by what they can achieve and are supported to live their best Leidos Life as part of an inclusive and flexible culture that genuinely cares for their wellbeing. Together, we can be the difference.

About the opportunity

As the Head of FP&A and Transformation, you will be an integral part of the senior leadership team reporting to the VP Finance Australia. In this high visibility role, you will work closely with stakeholders across Australia and provide timely and accurate performance reporting at various levels. The FP&A function is responsible for annual planning, continuous forecasting and monthly reporting. Leidos Australia has seen significant growth YoY both organically and through M&A opportunities. This role will also be responsible for identifying and leading transformational projects to help create a scalable function.

Qualifications

What you will enjoy doing

There is never a dull moment – The business is complex and diverse the culture is amazing and the uniqueness of what we do makes it a challenging and rewarding place to be.It is an autonomous role with strong exposure to senior leadership. You can add immense value to the organisation by ensuring timely and accurate delivery key financial data combined with insights and interpretations

• Lead and manage the annual budgeting, forecasting and business reporting processes in collaboration with finance partners and functional leads.
• Ensure timeliness, accuracy and integrity of financial outputs at all times
• Partner with the Finance Leadership team to drive efficiencies and improvements to the FP&A Process and reduce days to report
• Be a Australian representative for US lead projects and initiatives
• Responsible for the pricing rates update annually.
• Lead, manage and mentor the FP&A team

Who you will work with 

You will report to the VP Finance and enjoy working within a large team of finance professionals. You will enjoy the fast paced, customer focused culture of Leidos. You’ll be working with a leader who has an empowering, thought provoking leadership style and is all about collaboration.

What you’ll bring

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills for a trusting and collaborative work environment.
• An analytical thinker with the ability to translate financial information into meaningful insights.
• Resilient; has a strong capacity for responding to challenges and resolving problems
• Sets a high standard of performance and strives for continuous improvement
• Active contributor to the broader senior leadership team, proactively collaborating with the project/ BD teams.

What you’ll love

• Flex for Balance, for Life Events and to Give Back. Our Flex menu of options for when, where and how you work aims to give you more balance
• Take a Life Day to enjoy some extra time to take a break (accrue up to 12 extra days off annually)
• When you grow, we grow. Be it through our exciting pipeline line of projects or by partnering with a People Leader who will guide, mentor and support you
• Everyone deserves a great leader. That’s why we have introduced the People Leader Code to give leaders the confidence to better support, engage and develop their team

Here’s why our work really matters

• We’ve been keeping Australia safer, healthier and more efficient for 25 years, here’s just three ways how:
• We’re responsible for the ongoing support and uplift of the Australian Defence Force’s two largest classified networks
• We support key networks for the Australian Cyber Security Centre
• We work with the Australian Department of Defence to design and operate the cyber security tools used across the Army, Navy and Airforce

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Applications end  Close of business Feb 13th