Finance Business Partner

**Role overview**:
Do you love to build genuine connections, nurture belonging and enhance life? At Aveo, you can do just that and more.
Join us and feel confident to embrace new challenges in our supportive culture. Bring your whole-self to work, grow as you learn new things and be rewarded through the joy of helping others. Together let's redefine retirement living for senior Australians.

**The Opportunity**

Reporting directly to the** General Manager - Community Finance BP, **this role will partner with State Managers and Group Community Managers, and act as a trusted advisor to drive Regional Community performance by providing financial analysis to add value in decision making and real time support.

The role will also provide support to the other Financial divisions as required, and be a role model and develop strong relationships with Resident Committees and residents.

**What we offer**
- Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
- 2 additional 'All About Me' leave days per calendar year
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Ability to purchase additional annual leave
- Opportunities for further career development

**You will**
- Responsible for partnering with the State Managers and Group Community Managers to deliver Regional Community performance to plan
- Provide business forecasting and financial modelling to support business plan delivery and strategic initiatives
- Lead the budget process for the group of villages which the Business Partner supports at year end
- Review and support compilation of the Year End financial statements
- Presentation of periodic reporting of business performance to senior management and village committees as appropriate
- Provide stakeholder management support to the Financial Operations team, acting as a conduit between the business and the finance team
- Assist with training and professional growth of staff to develop their full potential consistent with the business' needs and ensuring their career growth
- Foster a work culture that accommodates change, a growth mindset and expansion opportunities
- Partner with the business by creating and presenting relevant financial analysis to support commercial decision making and negotiations and identify opportunities to improve performance
- Provide commercial decision support to the Operations teams as needed
- Actively identify and support opportunities for finance and operational process improvement across the village and corporate operations areas

**What you'll bring**
- Demonstrated experience in finance roles with a minimum of 7 years' experience
- Demonstrated ability to influence decision making across a wide range of stakeholders
- Analytical mindset, able to interpret financial insights rapidly and leverage this to influence a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong understanding of retirement village legislation, business strategy and key value drivers
- Strong business acumen and commercial awareness
- Capable at generating data-driven insights and deploying dashboard reporting
- Ability to build strong business relationships and quickly gain trust
- Superior communication skills, ability to communicate message, understand audience and deliver information in a clear manner
- Ability to influence others who may not report to them and work in a collaborative manner
- Professional Accounting qualifications (CPA/CA) (preferred)
- Tertiary qualifications in Accounting/Finance or relevant field

**Who we are**

As a leader in retirement living, with 30 years' experience, Aveo provides the stability and confidence to try new things and keep innovating. Owned by Brookfield Asset Management, we're on an exciting journey of growth. Our in-house range of services is holistic, supporting our customers in their independence for as long as possible. This helps us deliver seamless experience for our 12,000 residents across 90+ diverse communities nationwide. We're a dedicated group of over 1900 caring, friendly team members; united with our core values; Kindness, Care and Respect. Together we create thriving communities that help retired Australians be their best selves.

**What's next**
- Aveo is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, with a focus on hiring great people regardless of their race, gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, background, religion, age, or sexual orientation._
- We treasure skills, expertise, and commitment. Our goal is to attract, develop, motivate, reward, and retain the best talent in the industry. Diversity is essential to our success; we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where all our people feel comfortable being their authentic selves, and embraced for who they are._

**Job ID**
- 30350

**Closes**
- 12am, 06 Dec 2024

**Location**
- Aveo Melbourne Office, Aveo Brisbane Office

**Type**
- Full Time

**Category**
- Corporate