Finance Business Partner Lead

• Partner with Executives and senior leaders to shape decisions, drive financial performance and support strategic priorities
• Lead financial planning, forecasting and performance insights across a complex portfolio, turning data into clear, forward-looking advice
• Build and lead a high-performing, commercially focused finance team while strengthening financial governance and accountability
• Flexible location, permanent opportunity, salary from $180k base plus superannuation

About the role

We're looking for a Finance Business Partner Lead to join our Finance & Corporate team and provide strategic financial leadership across a defined portfolio of operational business units, enabling functions or non-deed activities.

As a senior member of Finance, you'll also lead and develop a team of Finance Business Partners and Management Accountants, building commercial capability and a strong partnering mindset. With significant autonomy across your portfolio, you'll strengthen governance and financial controls while championing opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate how Finance works.

Key responsibilities

Act as the primary finance partner to Executives and senior leaders, providing strategic financial insight, advice and evidence-based recommendations to support decision-making, planning and effective resource allocation.

Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting and planning across the portfolio, ensuring financial targets and assumptions align with operational priorities and business drivers.

Translate financial and operational performance into clear, forward-looking insights, identifying risks, opportunities and actions that improve cost efficiency, productivity and value for money.

Lead and develop a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners and Management Accountants, building capability across business partnering, commercial acumen, analytics and communication.

Own and embed financial governance across the portfolio, maintaining strong controls, financial integrity and compliance with policies, standards and delegated authorities, while strengthening financial accountability across the business.

Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, represent Finance in key forums and contribute financial expertise to transformation programs and organisational change.

Champion continuous improvement across financial processes, systems and reporting through simplification, standardisation and automation.

Sound interesting? Here’s what we’re looking for

• A tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline, together with a CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Significant senior experience in finance business partnering within a complex or multi-site organisation.
• Strong capability across budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, management reporting and performance insights.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Executives and senior leaders and influencing strategic decision-making.
• The ability to analyse financial performance, identify key drivers, risks and opportunities, and communicate insights clearly to non-finance audiences.
• Proven people leadership experience, with the ability to coach, develop and build the capability of a commercially focused finance team.
• Strong knowledge of financial governance, controls, compliance and audit processes, with experience providing governance oversight across a portfolio.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder influencing skills.

Wellbeing & Benefits

We place our employee's well-being at the forefront and express gratitude and care for one another. As an Australian Workplace Equality Index recognised employer and one of Australia’s menopause-friendly organisations, we celebrate diversity and support all our people.

In addition to being a part of an organisation that is the heartbeat of the Nation, you will have access to the following:

Ability to purchase additional annual leave

Access to salary packaging with an option to package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment

14 weeks paid parental leave - no waiting period for either parent

Our dedicated employee assistance program - Sonder that you can access 24/7 from an app on your phone

Plus, many more!

Is Lifeblood your reason? Apply NOW!

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