Senior Finance Business Partner

Senior Finance Business Partner

Overview

• Senior Finance Business Partner to work closely with Workers Compensation senior leaders to drive the management reporting, forecasting & budgeting across the portfolio
• Permanent opportunity
• Hybrid working environment - 3 days in our Kent Street office

About the Role

You will be responsible for driving the management reporting, forecasting and budgeting, expense management, and benefit realisation across the Workers Compensation schemes to protect and enhance the schemes financial position. Partnering with the schemes Group Executive and their leadership teams to provide strategic recommendations and expert advice.

Benefits

• A corporate wellbeing program with subsidised gym membership, free flu vaccinations and health check programs
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Comprehensive learning and development support aligned to icare's Core Capabilities.
• Our People Awards - On-the-spot Recognition, Quarterly Values Awards & Our People Annual Awards
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program

Key responsibilities:

• Provide the Group Executive and their Leadership Teams with timely and accurate management reporting, analysis and advice relating to scheme results

• Ensure that material variances and key trends against budgets are identified, understood, explained and addressed.

• Proactively identify and explain emerging trends, ensuring financial issues are understood and mitigated early.
• Understand and further develop the benefit realisation reporting.

• Provide advice on the management of FTE and expenses.

• Develop strong and productive partnerships with key stakeholders to enhance collaboration and information flow:

• Deliver strategic recommendations that are aligned with the scheme's goals.
• Foster collaboration with key internal stakeholders, including actuarial and financial accounting teams, and maintain productive external stakeholder relationships.

• Co-ordinate and deliver overall scheme reporting:

• Work closely with the GM of FP&A to plan and coordinate deliverables, incorporating inputs from the FP&A leadership team, key stakeholders, and relevant external guidelines.

• Lead the schemes forecast and budget process to ensure that the outputs are robust and accurate, ensuring alignment to scheme objectives and strategies.
• Ensure that internal and external stakeholders are updated in a timely manner on key trends, predicted future impacts, key risks and that deadlines are met.

• Complete reports to the icare Board and provide inputs into other icare Board reports, as required.

• Apply agreed controls and ensure that all reporting and ad hoc information provided reconciles with the general ledger.

• Demonstrate leadership within FP&A and finance, fostering trust, team focus, and a positive, high-performance work environment.
• Managing performance and development of team members. Additionally, coordinating finance analyst support and assignments across the Financial Performance and Analysis team as many processes are shared across multiple schemes.

Skills & Experience

• Management accounting experience, with a focus on cost & FTE management.
• Financial leadership experience.
• Relationship management skills and experience ideally at C-Suite level
• Management accounting experience within the insurance industry
• Financial leadership experience.
• Qualified Chartered Accountant, Certified Practising Accountant or actuarial background

Culture

We know our strength comes from the diversity of our people and would encourage people with different experiences and backgrounds to apply. We are committed to our people's development so the people of NSW can thrive.

About the Company

We care for the people of NSW, building confidence and trust so our communities can thrive. We make the complex simple, so our schemes deliver better outcomes for people and communities. Whether a person is severely injured in the workplace or on our roads, icare supports their long-term care needs to improve quality of life, including helping people return to work.

• For more information about icare visit our website
• icare operates a direct sourcing model so no agency introductions will be accepted
• We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant
• A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process.

If you are an employee of icare please apply via Hugo to submit your application. We want to support you with the next step in your career.

Please note that you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia, New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport or have unrestricted working rights to apply for this role.