Finance Business Partner

Job No.: 663077

Location: Caulfield campus

Employment Type: Full-time 

Duration: Continuing appointment 

Remuneration: $100,173 - $109,871 pa HEW Level 07 (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
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The Opportunity

The Finance Services group plays a critical role in the effective and sustainable management of the Monash Business School’s financial position, and partners with organisational units within the School to oversee and support the development of strong and consistent financial management capability. The Finance Services group is the key interface and link with the University’s central finance and resource management teams, and includes staff with specialist skills in management accounting, revenue and expenditure reporting, financial modelling and analysis.

The Monash Business School Finance Services team is seeking a high performing and enthusiastic Finance Business Partner to assist with a range of quality financial management services.

In this role, you will have the exciting opportunity to provide best practice services in areas of budget planning, forecasting, financial insights and analysis and reporting. You will work closely with the finance team and client groups and will be a trusted advisor assisting with insights for strategic decision making.

You will ideally have:

• Demonstrated capabilities in strategic budget & forecast development and reporting, process and systems improvement, project costing, financial analysis and monitoring, within a complex environment
• Excellent stakeholder management, business partnering and influencing skills
• Excellent analytical, numerical, research and problem-solving skills to achieve desired outcomes in a timely manner
• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to work autonomously and cooperatively in a team
• Demonstrated experience in interpreting and analysing complex data extracted from financial systems and applications
• Experience in using finance systems and software, ERP systems, business intelligence tools, and advanced Excel; experience in developing and maintaining Power BI reports will be highly regarded

To be successful in this role, you must have a degree qualification in business or accounting, with current CA/CPA accreditation and extensive relevant experience in areas of financial analysis, operational management and extensive experience in financial systems and applications.

If this sounds like a position that suits your current career focus we look forward to hearing from you.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

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Monash avidly supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents .

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Your application must address the selection criteria. Please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs '.

Enquiries

Ms Maithili Parthasarathy, Reporting and Analysis Manager, +61 3 9905 9053

Position Description

 Finance Business Partner

Closing Date

Tuesday 26 March 2024, 11:55pm AEDT

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