Finance Manager - Fleet

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Jetstar is seeking a Finance Manager, Fleet, an FP&A role in Melbourne that partners across Fleet Strategy, Commercial, Operations, Engineering and the Qantas Group to shape fleet planning and major investment decisions. You will translate complex fleet assumptions into clear financial insight, lead NPVs, capex and opex analyses, support 5- and 10-year planning, and coach Senior Finance Analysts. The ideal candidate holds CA or CPA, 7+ years in a corporate environment, strong modelling and commercial acumen, and advanced Excel with TM1 and Oracle exposure. Aviation experience helps but is not essential. To apply, tailor your CV to highlight fleet investments and cross-functional collaboration and submit by 29 July 2026.

Company Description

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!

Job Description

Join Jetstar Airways as our Finance Manager – Fleet, a highly visible role within the Finance – FP&A team based in Melbourne. This role leads finance support for Jetstar’s fleet, aircraft and long-term planning agenda, partnering across Fleet Strategy, Commercial, Operations, Engineering, Network/Scheduling, Qantas Group Fleet and Finance teams to support major fleet investment decisions, long-term modelling and strategic business cases.

As Finance Manager – Fleet, you’ll play a key role in translating complex fleet and aircraft assumptions into clear financial insight for senior leaders. You’ll support fleet rollover and renewal business cases, optimal fleet age analysis, aircraft investment decisions, fleet economics, and the financial impacts of 5-year and 10-year planning. You’ll also provide strategic oversight of fleet and aircraft assumptions, risks and opportunities, while leading and coaching Senior Finance Analysts supporting Fleet, Engineering Projects, Engines and Commercial portfolios.

What you’ll bring

• Professional accounting qualification, such as CA or CPA.
• Minimum seven years’ post-graduate accounting experience, ideally gained in a complex, fast-paced corporate environment.
• Strong financial modelling, problem-solving and commercial acumen, with the ability to simplify complex information for senior stakeholders.
• Experience supporting business cases, investment decisions, budgeting, forecasting and performance insight.
• Advanced capability across Excel, Word and PowerPoint, with TM1 and Oracle Financials exposure highly regarded.
• Aviation experience is preferred, but not essential.
• A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to influence, build trusted relationships and work across multiple stakeholder groups.

What you’ll be doing

• Partner with Fleet Strategy, Commercial, Operations, Engineering and Qantas Group stakeholders to provide finance insight for fleet planning decisions.
• Lead finance support for fleet investment business cases, including NPVs, capex and opex impacts, funding implications, risk assessment and alignment to business plans.
• Support strategic planning for the rollover of narrowbody fleet from A320ceo family to A320neo family aircraft.
• Provide oversight of fleet and aircraft forecast assumptions, risks, opportunities, budget movements and long-term planning impacts.
• Prepare and review executive-level materials for senior leadership forums.
• Lead and coach Senior Finance Analysts, while supporting cross-training and knowledge sharing across the Engineering Finance team.

Why join us?

This is an opportunity to influence some of Jetstar’s most significant fleet and investment decisions, working at the intersection of finance, strategy, operations and long-term planning. You’ll partner with senior stakeholders across Jetstar and Qantas Group, lead a capable analyst team, and help shape the financial thinking behind future fleet strategy.

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.

We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply now.

Applications close Wednesday 29 July 2026.