Finance Business Partner

Job title : Finance Business Partner
Location : Melbourne
Job type : Contract or Temp
Salary : $70 to $75 Per Hour Plus Superannuation
Contact name : Jonathon Prince
Contact email : jpriince@sharpandcarter.com.au
Job reference : 1665240
The Role
Reporting directly to Head of FP&A, you will be responsible for providing strategic and operational advice to enable informed business decision making and help drive improvement in financial performance. This will include partnering with commercial stakeholders across the business providing key financial insights and working together with stakeholders to identify and understand opportunities for improvement.
  
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders as the main contact for finance services, ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
  • Prepare and present insightful financial reports to management, highlighting key trends and performance against objectives.
  • Lead senior leadership groups within the portfolio to meet internal reporting requirements.
  • Analyse financial data, develop models, and conduct scenario planning to support decision-making and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Provide financial analysis and advice to support business cases, investments, and strategic initiatives.
  • Contribute to executive discussions on medium- and long-term strategic planning, with a focus on financial sustainability.
  • Deliver financial education and coaching to strengthen commercial capability across the organisation.
  • Partner with leaders to understand business goals and embed financial efficiencies into budgets and forecasts.
  • Offer meaningful insights on performance management and support decision-making with robust financial analysis.
  • Ad hoc analysis and projects as they arise
  
The Candidate
Ideally CA or CPA qualified, this role demands excellent communication skills, proven stakeholder management experience and a desire to improve existing analysis tools and reporting. The successful candidate will have proven Business Analysis or Management Accounting experience gained in a medium to large corporate ideally within a fast-paced environment. Candidates with a background in business partnering roles from engineering, construction, infrastructure or project focused organisation will be advantageous.

The Client
Our client is an employer of choice that has a positive, collaborative culture in the finance function and true focus on work/life balance, flexible working arrangements and employee well-being.  They offer great employee benefits, flexible work arrangements and support for continuous development and learning.
  
To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Jonathon Prince.