Finance Business Partner

• Permanent, full-time opportunity  
• St Kilda location, flexible & hybrid working available  
• Internationally recognised, membership-based specialist medical college  

About us:  

The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) incorporating the Faculty of Pain Medicine, is an internationally recognised specialist medical education institution responsible for the training, examinations, specialist qualification, and continuing professional development of all anaesthetists and pain medicine specialists in Australia and New Zealand.  

The college's purpose is to serve our communities by leading high quality patient care in anaesthesia, perioperative and pain medicine, optimizing health and reducing the burden of pain.  

About the opportunity:  

As a Finance Business Partner, you will provide end-to-end financial and business support to key internal stakeholders across multiple corporate and operational business units. You will contribute to financial planning, analysis, and reporting, while ensuring compliance with governance and regulatory requirements. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Delivering accurate financial analysis, modelling, and reporting to support and influence decision-making. 
• Leading initiatives to enhance finance systems and processes. 
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting, and audit activities. 
• Acting as a trusted advisor to business units and fostering strong stakeholder relationships. 

This is an internally focused role, maintaining a continuous improvement approach and providing expertise in the development and implementation of key projects as required.  This position reports to the General Manager – Finance & Governance.  

About the team:  

The Finance team is a supportive, engaged and collaborative team. We are detail orientated, process driven and focused on looking after our stakeholders by providing timely, high-quality deliverables.  

Keys to your success:  

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for finance and business partnering? Join ANZCA's Finance & Services team and play a key role in driving financial performance and supporting critical business units. 

Specifically, you will have:  

Essential:  

• A tertiary qualification in business or finance and professional membership of a recognized accounting body e.g. CPA Australia or Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. 
• Strong experience in a similar role including: 
• Successful track record as a finance partner to business stakeholders 
• Proven understanding of financial management and accounting concepts and processes, financial modelling and analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting 
• Project Accounting experience 
• Strong analytical skills 
• Well-developed verbal communication skills; the ability to present and explain complex financial concepts in easy-to-understand language. 
• Excellent written communication skills with demonstrated ability to write reports, policies and procedures.  
• Planning and organising skills, the ability to establish and maintain systems and procedures to ensure that work is completed to the required standards within set timelines. 
• Strong initiative; self-starter with ability to operate autonomously. 
• Good interpersonal skills, the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with all key stakeholders 
• Strong team orientation, the ability to work collaboratively as a part of an inter-professional team 
• Strong customer service orientation 
• Strong IT skills: 

1. Experienced in the use of accounting/business systems and software, with the aptitude to learn new systems 
2. Advanced level: MS Excel, MS Word & PowerPoint & Outlook 

What we can offer you:  

• We offer employment benefits and a working environment that contribute to our people's health, safety and wellbeing, personal and professional development and supports an inclusive, equitable, and respectful college culture.  
• Join a purpose driven organisation with a team of individuals passionate about improving educational opportunities for health professionals  
• A new role – an opportunity for you to make it your own  
• A competitive remuneration package including full FBT exempt salary packaging Opportunity to grow in the position with genuine career pathways  
• Excellent staff benefits – additional leave over the Christmas period, additional personal leave, health and wellbeing offerings, market leading parental leave, staff recognition program, member advantage program with access to discounted lifestyle benefits and leisure activities  
• Flexible, hybrid working options  
• Free confidential counselling service to support our staff and their close family through life's challenges via our Employee Assistance Program  

ANZCA is an equal opportunity employer and our commitment to creating and supporting an inclusive culture is reflected in our diverse mix of talented people passionate about delivering their best. We embrace and value the diverse society we live within and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or age. We strongly encourage Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori applicants to apply for any of our current opportunities.  

Next steps  

Apply now and take the next step towards a rewarding and long-term career within a progressive environment. Our application process will require you to submit your current resume. We will progress suitable candidates through the hiring process as soon as we can.  

If selected, we will contact you to discuss your application on the phone, you will be invited to meet with us at the college and from there, complete a few background checks. We will help you through this process.  

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace, so please let us know what you need. If we identify potential candidates prior to the advertised closing date, we may close the advertisement sooner than the closing date. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly if you are interested.   

For more information about ANZCA or for a copy of the position description, please email Nuzee