Finance Business Partner

**Job no**: 497164

**Work type**: Permanent

**Location**: Newstead

**Categories**: Finance, Accounting

**About the role**

Mater Health has an exciting opportunity for a **Finance Business Partner** to join the Business Advisory team. This is a **permanent full-time** role based in our purpose-built offices in Newstead.

The Business Advisory team reports to the Director, Business Advisory and supports the organisation as the primary interface between the Business and Finance. This role will help create value by providing finance information and insights to the business. This role works closely with other teams in Group Finance and Procurement to be a key point of contact for the business operational teams.

**Salary: Commensurate with experience plus superannuation and salary packaging**

**What you’ll be doing**

As the Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for:

- Act as the corporate interface for their portfolio to triage business requests, leveraging financial, clinical and / or commercial understanding
- Understand key drivers of the business and how they relate to the financial performance of the business including revenue, volume and cost drivers of the business (patient / product profitability)
- Use tools available (Clinical costing / Power BI etc) to analyse trends and advise business of associated financial impact / opportunity
- Liaise with senior business leaders to review and analyse financial performance and provide financial input to development of interventions related to business performance
- Identify and communicate trends and opportunities for improvement and identify financial risk to the business
- Attend Branch/Area Leadership Meetings to provide insight and analysis of the financial situation and identify key opportunities for improvement in collaboration with the business managers
- Work with the business to develop business cases, complete financial modelling and conduct planning activities
- Analyse financial and non-financial information to provide insight into the performance of the departments and facilities to enhance decision making
- Support business development activity including the development of new opportunities leading to new growth opportunities/business cases
- Support the development and implementation of finance best practices and work with the business to build financial literacy
- Development of the annual budget with senior leaders in the portfolio. Challenge status quo and providing feedback to Director of Business Advisory on risks and challenges
- Escalate issues and risks to Senior Finance Business Partner / Director Business Advisory as required
- Support management and development of Assistant Finance Business Partners

**About you**
- Relevant tertiary and/or postgraduate qualifications in accountancy, economics, commerce, finance or a related discipline
- Professional standing for current membership or eligibility for membership of a recognised Australian accounting body, either the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants or Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, or similar membership
- Other postgraduate qualifications (desirable)
- Extensive experience in business partnering in a large size complex business
- Proven ability to contribute to strategic decision making and identify strategic and operational opportunities for improved financial outcomes
- Highly developed interpersonal skills including consultation, facilitation, conflict resolution and negotiation skills
- Presentation and report writing skills with the ability to clearly explain complex issues in lay terms
- Proven ability to meet deadlines and commitments and the ability to anticipate problems and identify solutions
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience leveraging ERP (preferably TM1 and/or Microsoft Dynamics 365)
- Proven ability to use reporting tools draw insights and drive decisions

**Why join us?**

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people.
- Via salary packaging arrangements allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increasing take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses
- Access to leading education via Mater Education
- Flexible working arrangements, including work from home options where suitable
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business and venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation and Other
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
- Access to gym, pool and end of trip facilities within our new purpose-built corporate office in Newstead

It is now a mandatory requirement of employ