Finance Business Partner

For a winning team that is evolving.
Forward with Cuscal.

At Cuscal, you'll find a strong, successful company that's reimagining the future. And our team is right there at the heart of it all. Here, you'll deliver or support interesting, ground-breaking projects that have real impact - on Australia's financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves. You'll innovate alongside skilled, smart, connected teams. And you'll build an impressive, fulfilling career that continues to grow. As the largest independent payment solution providers, we've set the standard for over 50 years. Now, we're preparing to pioneer the next 50.

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join us on a 9 Month Contract to support the Finance Manager that partners with our Technology teams as well as Investment projects. The role will support technology stakeholders by providing high-quality and strategic financial advice, modelling, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and other financial functions.

The responsibilities in this role include:

Monthly Reporting:

• Review and analyse monthly financial activities for the BU, including detailed assessments of month-to-date (MTD) and year-to-date (YTD) performance.
• Prepare and present monthly performance dashboards, highlighting key metrics, trends, and variances. Ensure reports are clear, accurate, and provide actionable insights.
• Provide meaningful insights and recommendations based on financial analysis to drive better business performance.
• Reconciliation of project related general ledger accounts and assisting the Fixed Assets Accountant with capitalisation of project assets

Decision Support:

• Partner with the relevant Technology leadership team and stakeholders with financial decision-making by providing relevant data, analysis, and recommendations.
• Build and maintain Technology focused financial models to support product scenario and sensitivity analysis, vendor, and other ad-hoc financial analytical activities as required.
• Support both the Business Unit Finance Team and Enterprise Technology stakeholders with continuous improvement initiatives. Focused on enhancing productivity,
• Support with continuous improvement initiatives, focusing on enhancing productivity, efficiency, and the overall effectiveness of financial processes.

Forecasting & Budgeting

• Review budget/forecast models for the BU, ensuring they reflect all financial aspects including revenue, expenses, and capital expenditures.
• Ensure driver-based assumptions are signed-off by the BU, and offer insights into the status of budget submissions, highlighting areas of opportunities and risks.
• Provide the BU with reporting on forecast submissions, including status against target. Offer analysis and insight to support the forecast, helping stakeholders understand the implications of forecasted results.

About You

This is a highly visible role within Cuscal where you will get the opportunity to partner with and present to key stakeholders.

• A relevant university degree (and CA/CPA qualified) with proven commercial application and experience
• 3+ years experience within a management accounting or FP&A team
• Advanced analytical skills, including the ability to identify when data and analysis is materially incorrect, and obtain solutions.
• Proven and effective business partnering abilities
• Experience in delivery of continuous improvement initiatives or financial process change initiatives.

Desirable

• Experience within retail banking or payments

Why Cuscal?

We are in the rapidly evolving world of payments, and we are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where the very best talent in Australia chooses to work. We support our colleagues with flexible work arrangements through our hybrid model whilst also offering a wide range of educational, financial, lifestyle, health & wellbeing benefits.

Next Step

If you think this role is the right fit for you, we invite you to apply. Let's explore who you are and what drives you. We'd love to share our vision for the future of payments sector. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert.

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