Finance Business Partner

**Join one of Victoria's leading not for profits and be a part of something big**

**Competitive Salary + Tax reducing salary package**

**Full time, Ongoing Role**

**About St Vincent de Paul Society**

For more than 170 years we have been providing practical and compassionate support to people across Victoria whose daily struggles can include putting food on the table, paying essential utilities and ensuring their children remain at school to obtain an education.

Under our Good Works umbrella we have many services and programs, including soup vans, education programs, home visitation programs and VincentCare Victoria (VCV), which assists some of Victoria’s most vulnerable communities, such as people experiencing homelessness, the housing crisis and family violence, and the elderly.

**The Role**
- As the Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with the EGM for Housing and Property Strategy and other Senior Managers to provide advice and support across the housing portfolio within VCCH and asset management across the group.

**Key Responsibilities**
- The preparation of the annual operating and capital budgets for the VCCH portfolio
- Monthly reporting and quarterly forecasting with detailed analytics and commentary on the performance of the business with trend analysis to enable management to take decisive steps
- Ongoing evaluation of financial performance in conjunction with EGMs and Managers, being an active and supportive finance partner
- Assist the various stakeholders within the portfolio on day to day queries to enable smooth operations

**About you**
- With your previous experience in the field, you are able to analyse complex financial information and communicate it to a wide variety of audiences. Highly organized and detail orientated, you bring a client-focused approach to your work as you build strong relationships with key stakeholders and deliver excellent customer service.

**More specifically you will have**:

- Proven experience in business partnering, management accounting and reporting preferably in the construction/ social housing or community services sector, including sound knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards and associated legislation and compliance standards
- Exposure to government funding at a Federal, State and Local level
- Exposure to government capital projects
- Proven experience in process improvement and demonstrated change management skills
- Preferred experience in Business Central, Jet Reporting or equivalent and Magiq Software or similar ERP systems
- Tertiary qualifications in finance or accounting
- Professional membership of CPA Australia or Institute of Chartered Accountants to the level of CPA or ACA desirable

**Why work for us? We offer**:

- Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
- We make an incredible difference in the lives of over 300,000 people every year.
- We believe in families, so we like to provide a family-friendly environment in which to work.
- We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #Social Justice.
- We are complex in our design which always makes work interesting.
- Hybrid working model.

**Where good happens # Goodworks**

If this opportunity sounds perfect to you and you meet our essential requirements, we can’t wait to hear from you. Please send us your updated CV and a cover letter that tells us a little more about you and why you would be perfect for the role.

**Applications close: 20**th** May 2025 at 12.00 am.**

**_ Please note: SVDP reserves the right to close the advertisement at any time._**

Prior to any commencement to employment, pre-employment checks must be completed this will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check and a working with children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences.