Finance Business Partner, UNSW Canberra

at  University of New South Wales

WHO YOU ARE (SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE):

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, CA or CPA qualification (or equivalent) and extensive relevant professional sector experience.
• Significant expertise in core and complex financial management and financial control processes, commercial management, insight driven analysis and modelling, and providing actionable commercial and strategic advice in a complex organisation and at a senior level.
• Advanced audience-appropriate communication, interpersonal, and senior stakeholder management skills and demonstrated ability to inform, persuade and negotiate successfully with a wide range of senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Significant leadership experience with demonstrated capability to identify and establish priorities and mentor, develop, and motivate the team to deliver value to senior stakeholders and customers.
• Proven capability to improve performance and streamline and simplify processes within a large and complex organisation

WHY YOUR ROLE MATTERS

The Finance Business Partnering team is accountable for providing end-to-end finance services to UNSW Canberra, including financial planning, forecasting and reporting, financial analysis and decision support, general accounting and transactional services across all funding sources. The role of the Finance Business Partner provides senior level financial advice and support to enhance business performance, aid decision making and support the achievement of operational and strategic objectives. You will lead the Finance Analyst team and Accounts Processing teams as well as acting as a financial and strategic advisor to the Rector, Faculty Executive Director, Heads of School and Centre Directors amongst others.

UNSW is committed to helping staff balance work-life responsibilities, by providing access to high-quality services, facilities, and flexible work and leave arrangements.

• Flexible working options (work from home, flexible hours etc)
• Additional three days leave during December festive period
• Career development opportunities
• Up to 50% discount on UNSW courses
• Flexible 17% superannuation contributions, additional leave-loading payments and salary sacrifice
• Free gym access
• UNSW-wide strategy to focus on Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Healthy Places and Healthy Culture