Your new company

Hays is working with a Melbourne University to find an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner for a 12-month fixed term maternity leave cover contract.

Your new role

The Senior Finance Business Partner reports to the Finance Business Partnering Manager and oversees a team of two staff members. The role works as a key member of the Finance Services team and is primarily responsible for working closely with stakeholders as trusted business partner and providing strategic and routine support while playing a key role in budgeting, planning, forecasting, analysis and reporting. Working with a team of service-oriented finance staff, you will provide tailored financial services designed to improve financial capability, implement and maintain financial controls, address financial management issues and support the achievement of the business' goals.

What you'll need to succeed

• A relevant post-graduate qualification or progress towards post-graduate qualifications with current CA/CPA accreditation
• Demonstrated staff management and development experience
• Demonstrated capabilities in strategic budget & forecast development and reporting, process improvement, contract management, project costing, quality control, 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
• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to work autonomously and cooperatively in a team
• Exemplary planning and organising skills with a demonstrated ability to manage and deliver multiple priorities
• Proven ability to apply accounting standards and financial policies in a complex organisation

What you need to do now

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