Finance Business Partner

**Full Time Permanent Term Position**

**Salary Range $96,640 - $108,020 per annum + 10.5% Super + RDO**

**About Melton City Council**

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality—one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

**The Opportunity**

Reporting to the Lead Finance Transformation, the successful applicant will play a key role as the conduit between the Finance and the wider operations of the organisation delivering a range of high-quality financial analysis, advice and support to assist management decision making. A key priority is to add value and insight through business partnering with Managers and budget owners across the business.

This critical position will ensure delivery of accurate and timely financial information, budget preparation, monitoring and reporting, contributes to business planning and ensures Business Units have the necessary support and information to enable effective and best practice financial management. This is an exciting time of significant growth and opportunity at Melton City Council and you will play a key role in this transition process.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop a strong knowledge of stakeholders and anticipate and respond to their needs.
- Provide support, advice and training relating to the various accounting, finance and reporting systems as well as contribute to improvement that enhances the functionality of the system.
- Prepare and co-ordinate the timely and accurate information for the preparation of the annual budget, long term financial plan, quarterly and monthly financial management reports, capital works reports, Key Performance Indicators and other regulatory reporting requirements.
- Development of financial management systems that enhance the quality and timeliness of all management and budgetary performance monitoring information.

**About you**
- Tertiary qualification in accounting, commerce or related discipline with membership of CPA or CA or recognized professional accounting body such as the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and financial reporting with the ability to exemplify financial management best practice.
- Proven skills and experience in developing and maintaining effective partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication (written and oral) skills, particularly in the provision of professional financial advice and support to Managers and staff with limited financial training.

**Culture and Values**

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:

- 19 Day Month
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact Natalie Marino, Manager Finance on 9747 7299.

To view the Position Description, click here.

Applications **must** include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role.

We encourage you to use the STAR approach when writing your responses to the selection criteria.
- Situation (Task) - provide a brief outline of the situation or task?_
- Action - what did you do in response to the situation or task?_
- Result - what was the result of your action?_

To address the Key Selection Criteria you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.
- Successful applicants must comply with COVID-19 Pu