Finance Partner

The Finance team, led by the Chief Financial Officer, exists to support the strategic and financial aims of the Institute through the regular planning, controlling and reporting of the financial operations including the Garvan Research Foundation (GRF) and Australian Bioresources (ABR). The short-term focus is on enhancing systems reporting and developing business intelligence metrics to provide key insights which will inform decision-making.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The purpose of the Finance Partner is to engage with the Scientific Platforms, Australian Bioresources and Scientific Labs teams, with planning and analysis capability. Through this relationship you will assist to establish accurate budgets and forecasts and find opportunities to enhance financial decision-making.

The Finance Partner will support the Financial Controller in developing Institute-wide models and support planning and analysis, as well as providing input into key finance policies and processes.

Salary: Up to $115,000 + 11.5% super + salary packaging (depending on experience)

Employment Type: Full time permanent

SNAPSHOT OF BENEFITS- Generous salary packaging to save you income tax on your wages thereby boosting your monthly take home pay (max. $15,900 general expenses + $2,650 meals/accom)- Ample opportunities for on-going training and development- Stimulating, diverse and highly international research environment- Flexible work arrangements e.g. start / finish times- 18 weeks paid parental leave for both parents including paid superannuation- A range of additional leave types to meet your personal needs including cultural leave, conference leave, community service and study leave- Discounted Health Insurance- Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO- Partner with cost centre managers and provide financial information and analysis to support decision-making- Maintain financial integrity in compliance with Garvan policies, and ensure strong financial controls- Oversee and measure cost centre performance against KPIs- Support the Financial Controller and CFO with preparing information for budgets and forecasts- Prepare financial models and provide analysis as required- Input into the design of cost-centre dashboards and reports and engage with working groups to enhance systems and processes- Provide support to non-financial internal customers on finance processes- Prepare submissions and financial reports for State Government, funding bodies (NHMRC, CINSW, NBCF CCNSW etc.) and other stakeholders- Provide assistance on all internal and external audits as required

ABOUT YOU- At least 3 years’ business partnering experience- Ability to model complex business cases- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite - particularly Excel- CA / CPA qualified- Experience in the not-for-profit sector and/or medical research industry would be advantageous- Experience using Workday financials and Adaptive Insights (desirable)- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to engage with internal stakeholders, we like team members who pick up the phone or go and have a chat- Attention to detail- Judgement / problem solving- Ability to work autonomously showing high level initiative

ABOUT GARVAN

Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.

We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.
- Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively._

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