Senior Finance Business Partner

• Provide leadership and direction to Finance Business Partners and Assistant Finance Business Partners
• Mentor and develop the team to maintain high technical expertise and business partnering skills
• Coordinate the preparation of accurate and timely divisional performance reports on a monthly basis
• Lead the facilities budget preparation tasks within activity-based funding constraints
• Prepare accurate and insightful facility/corporate/Ministry performance reports on a monthly basis
• Lead or participate actively in performance review meetings with facilities and cost centre management, provide valuable insights and recommendations for financial improvement
• Coordinate facilities budget cycle tasks, including completing cost centre budgets and maintaining budget working papers and reports
• Prepare regular facilities full-year forecasts, identify potential differences compared to annual budget targets, and develop recommendations to enhance financial performance
• Maintain oversight of facilities funding arrangements
• Ensure sustainable resource allocation planning at the facilities cost centre levels
• Provide high-level business partner support to the Facilities Executive, including General Manager and Finance and Operations Manager
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Lead and support business case development relevant to your portfolio
• Coordinate facilities capital investment planning tasks, including registering of requests, approved items and completing tracking of expenditure to approved budgets and reporting
• Support the review of contractual agreements and grant proposals
• Ensure that contracts and grant proposals align with organisational objectives, financial policies, and regulatory guidelines
• Identify and communicate potential financial risks, opportunities, and requirements associated with contracts and grants to relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate with procurement, project managers, and program coordinators to negotiate favourable terms and conditions
• Proactively identify system and process improvements
• Develop and deliver continued professional development programs for cost centre managers in financial management functions, enhancing technical expertise and business partnering skills within the Finance Business Partnering team

• Effective coordination and leadership of management accounting services within a large public or private health organisation
• Development, leadership, and mentorship of high-performing teams in line with contemporary human resource management practices
• Excellent communication, negotiation, consultation, and change management skills
• Provision of effective advice and recommendations on financial matters within a large health organisation
• Strategic thinking, analytical skills, and innovation in complex service planning and clinical activity management
• Experience in business partnering in a large organisation
• Proven ability to contribute to strategic decision making and identifying opportunities for improved financial outcomes
• Demonstrated presentation and report writing skills
• Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisation skills
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with key stakeholders through understanding of their needs and objectives, whilst demonstrating/displaying the corporate values
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and commitments and the ability to anticipate problems and identify solutions
• High level of proficiency using the Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience leveraging ERP (preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365)
• Proven ability to use reporting tools such as TM1 and PowerBI to draw insights and drive decisions

• Increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options, including meal and entertainment benefits
• Grow your career with access to industry-leading training and professional development through Mater Education
• Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Access a range of health and wellbeing services with a corporate discount on private health insurance
• Exclusive discounts across dining, retail, travel, accommodation (just to name a few)
• Stay active with unlimited access to discounted gyms via the Fitness Passport program
• Convenient, discounted on-site parking
• Enjoy great food with reduced prices at our campus cafés and coffee spots
• Join Queensland's Largest and Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Healthcare Team.

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