Job no: 530523
Work type: Full Time
Location: Sydney, NSW

Categories: Finance

• Employment Type: Full-time, fixed term contract until March 2026
• Remuneration: $123k - $138k (depending on experience) + 17% super + leave loading
• Location: Kensington, NSW (Hybrid Working available)

Skills and Experience: You’ll hold substantial professional sector experience coupled with relevant qualifications (CA or CPA qualification or equivalent) alongside:

• Strong experience in core and complex financial management and financial control processes, insight driven analysis and modelling, providing accurate operational advice, and delivering financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to take a client-focused approach when analysing, interpreting and integrating large sets of data.
• Highly developed audience appropriate communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Extensive working knowledge of analytical tools, in particular, a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and its application in financial modelling and analysis

This role sits within the Finance Business Partnering function at UNSW. The team is dedicated to delivering end-to-end finance services to our Faculties and Divisions and operates as central and trusted source for financial guidance and services.
We’re seeking a Finance Business Analyst to join the FBP team supporting the financial activities for the UNSW Business School. Working as a trusted advisor, you’ll bring a practiced understanding of financial management to support your client group in making forward thinking and sound business decisions across financial processes, risks, and opportunities. Offering dedicated guidance and support to stakeholders, you will ensure financial processes and responsibilities are understood.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Delivery of financial management activities:

• • planning
• forecasting
• reporting
• analysis activities
• Development of financial modelling and scenario analysis and advice.
• Working collaboratively with your business area to create financial plans, report financial performance and monitor expenditure.
• Investigating of variances to budget and forecasts.
• Identifying, reporting and managing financial risks and opportunities
• Cost benefit analysis activities in the development of business cases.
• Providing guidance and support to stakeholders across financial processes and responsibilities
  The Finance Business Analyst position reports to the Finance Manager for the client group and has no direct reports.

Skills and Experience: You’ll hold substantial professional sector experience coupled with relevant qualifications (CA or CPA qualification or equivalent) alongside:

• Strong experience in core and complex financial management and financial control processes, insight driven analysis and modelling, providing accurate operational advice, and delivering financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to take a client-focused approach when analysing, interpreting and integrating large sets of data.
• Highly developed audience appropriate communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Extensive working knowledge of analytical tools, in particular, a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and its application in financial modelling and analysis.

For further details on role responsibilities and skills & experience required, refer to the Position Description - Finance Business Analyst
How to Apply: If providing leadership and financial guidance across UNSW is of interest to you, please submit your CV, and Cover Letter via the APPLY button before Thursday 27 February by 11:55pm.
Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.

UNSW Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:

• Flexible Working Options (work from home, flexible hours etc)
• Career development opportunities
• 17% Superannuation contributions, additional leave-loading payments and salary sacrifice.
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness passport )

Job queries contact: Katherine Molloy, Talent Acquistion Consultant
katherine.molloy@unsw.edu.au
(applications to the address cannot be accepted, please apply online)
UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
Position Description
Advertised: 13 Feb 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 27 Feb 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time