Finance Business Partner

Description:

At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we’ve built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit apply – we’d love to meet you!

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.
In this role, you will facilitate the introduction and development of financial skills and processes that will assist business units in developing continued financial sustainability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Undertake a partnering approach to providing financial planning and analysis advice to Directors, Managers and their teams.
• Undertake and support financial planning, budgeting and forecasting for the directorate and organisation. Including monitoring key internal and external drivers of performance and analysing the financial impact of emerging priorities, key risks and opportunities.
• Providing financial advice and decision analysis support for initiatives including structure and service reviews, process improvements, cost management initiatives and business cases. This will include monitoring and reporting on the achievement of benefits from organisational initiatives.
• Providing financial training including induction of finance systems, awareness and understanding of management accounting principles and processes.