EL2 Director - Finance Business Partner

The Opportunity

Our client is a community focused Federal Government Agency, currently looking to engage with an EL2 Director of Finance Business Partnering, to assist with ensuring the delivery of strategic financial advice and valued financial management services throughout the Agency.

6-month initial contract with the view for further extension, offering a daily rate of $754.20 + superannuation based out of Richmond or Geelong (Victoria) within a hybrid environment.

This position will have 3 direct reports.

Responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with other teams both within and external to the branch to provide technical and general accounting and finance advice.
• Influencing and developing financial strategies, policies, priorities, and operational practices.
• Overseeing and preparing a range of written material including various briefs, reports, discussion papers, and providing significant input to the Agency Financial Strategic Plan.
• Managing highly complex or sensitive finance functions, projects, and work programs, identifying, and seeking clarity on emerging problems and risks.
• Providing a strategic and operational level of financial, technical and policy expertise and advice across one or more of the five core functions.
• Representing FBP portfolio in the context of highly complex or sensitive issues or contentious information with a range of audiences of internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintaining sound knowledge and understanding of the core financial functions to provide high level advice to management, Executive Leadership Team, and the Board.

Key skills required:

• CPA / CA qualification along with relevant tertiary studies.
• Demonstrated experience advising General Manager & C-Suite stakeholders.
• Ability to articulate complex information into simple messaging that can be utilised by key stakeholders with varied levels of data literacy.
• Strong project accounting background.
• Experience across a range of finance functions.
• Prior Federal Government Experience highly advantageous.

Please note that Australian Citizenship is mandatory for this position.

APPLY

Submit your resume, or for further information please contact Liam.Lasslett@talentinternational.com for more information!

Desired Skills and Experience

CPA / CA qualification along with relevant tertiary studies.
Demonstrated experience advising General Manager & C-Suite stakeholders.
Ability to articulate complex information into simple messaging that can be utilised by key stakeholders with varied levels of data literacy.
Strong project accounting background.
Experience across a range of finance functions.
Prior Federal Government Experience highly advantageous.