Finance Business Partner

Join the University of Newcastle’s large finance team in 2025. As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll collaborate with assigned business units to guide financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting while delivering insights that drive strategic decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Financial Planning and Analysis: Prepare budgets, forecasts, financial modelling and variance analyses to support decision making and resource allocation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build effective relationships with diverse teams, providing financial advice and building financial literacy among leaders with non-financial backgrounds.
• Business cases and Capital Evaluation: Prepare business cases and evaluations to support effective resource management.
• Month-End and Reporting: Conduct month-end reviews, performance reporting, and provide in-depth analysis and insights.
• System Support and Change Management: Support non-finance users during process improvements, and system rollouts, including Tech One.

This full-time role is based at our Callaghan Campus on Awabakal and Worimi land, with hybrid work opportunities available.

Why this role?

• Attractive Salary: $112,112–$131,171 + 17% superannuation, commensurate with experience.
• Work-Life Balance: Fixed-term contract (6 Jan–31 Dec 2025), 35-hour workweek, with flexible and hybrid options.
• Career Growth: Build relationships across the university, gain experience in a large, complex organisation, and develop professionally.
• Meaningful Work: Contribute to an organisation improving lives through education, research, and community engagement. Drive financial efficiencies and effectiveness that positively impacts our wider community.
• Additional Perks: Extra leave, staff discounts, and more (see our Benefits at a Glance page).

About you

You will bring:

• A degree in accounting/business or equivalent.
• Progress towards postgraduate qualifications or extensive relevant experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience providing strategic financial support in complex organisations.
• A commitment to fostering a safe and respectful workplace.

Desirable:

• CPA/CAANZ membership or progress towards it.
• Technology One experience.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must have the right to work in Australia. Visa sponsorship is unavailable.
• Pre-employment checks, including a criminal history check, may be required.

How to apply

If you are viewing this ad on a job board, please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to the University’s website, where you can review the full Position Description and submit your application. Please include the following:

1. Your resume.
2. A cover letter (no more than 2 pages) outlining your interest in the role and how your skills and experience align with the position’s requirements as detailed in the position description.

Applications close: 2^nd December, 11:59 PM (AEDT).

Contact us

Position enquiries? For specific position enquiries, please contact Michael McKee, Senior Manager, Business Partners on (02) 4055 0678, or via email Michael.Mckee@newcastle.edu.au

Having Difficulties? Please reach out to us: employment@newcastle.edu.au

Alternative pathways? We value diversity and strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are equitable, inclusive, and barrier-free. If you need alternative ways to view the Position Description or submit your application, please don't hesitate to contact us at employment@newcastle.edu.au.  We also seek to provide a fair chance to all applicants by providing reasonable adjustments where required during the assessment and interview phases of the recruitment process.

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