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**About GMW**:
Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW) is Australia’s largest rural water corporation responsible for storing, managing and delivering water across most of northern Victoria. GMW provides more than 39,000 services to approximately 25,000 customers in its operating region.

**About the role**:
Based in Tatura, regional Victoria, you’ll join the Finance team located in the Business and Finance Division. Reporting to the Management Accounting Manager, this role is responsible for the financial support of each business area in the future forecasting of key activities including maintenance, capital planning and key operating cost drivers. This will include adding value to the financial interpretation and reporting of results, it will ensure the business-partnering model supports the business with financial analysis in key areas. As part of the wider Business Partner team the Finance Business Analyst will help the finance team to deliver the following:

- Month end financial capital reporting
- Identify data trends and improvement opportunities
- Development of various modelling to enable the business to enhance decision making ability and will feed into budgeting and forecasting
- Provide detailed financial analysis that will assist with the development of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts including five year Corporate Plan financial forecasts and Price Submission financial forecasts
- Financial support and advice to customer groups, supporting them to understand their financial results, budgets and forecasts

If you have sound technical accounting knowledge and great customer service skills this is an opportunity to be visible and support a diverse group of customers.

**What do you need?**:

- Mandatory - Bachelor in Accounting or other relevant Business or Commerce degree
- Desired - Relevant experience in related roles
- Desired - Full CA / CPA / ACCA / CIMA status, with post qualification experience
- Experience in financial and general business analysis
- Demonstrated experience collaborating across various groups and functions
- Demonstrated experience interpreting, explaining and driving finance performance
- Experience providing management reporting to support the operational performance and strategic decisions by providing evidence-based data
- Excellent communication skills
- Sense of urgency and accountability to meet all reporting and compliance deadlines
- Adaptable and flexible

**Benefits**:

- Agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our organisation where people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers.
- GMW are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.
- GMW offer flexible working and are always open to discussing your individual needs so that you get to create your own experience with us.
- Great time to make the move to regional Victoria for a different lifestyle, career opportunities and challenge.

For more information, view the position description below.
- GMW is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. GMW encourages people with diverse backgrounds, experience and perspectives to apply._