Junior Finance Business Partner

• Full Time, Permanent Role
• Location: Sydney, NSW with Work from Home Options!
• Great Salary Starting at $80,000 to $90,000 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we stand together with anyone who needs us, for as long as they need us. Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Finance Business Partner to join our dedicated finance team. In this role, you will support the Senior Finance Business Partner in providing essential financial support for grant-funded services. As you gain experience and expertise, you will gradually take on more complex financial responsibilities.

This position involves managing financial processes related to block grants and acquittal management, ensuring a thorough understanding of business drivers. By closely collaborating with the finance team, you will help maintain consistency in service delivery and offer high-level support for both service delivery functions and enabling services when needed. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their career in finance within a supportive and fast-paced environment.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Month end close: Ensure Income and Expenditure (I&E) results for the allocated states or service streams or corporate services are complete and accurate. Act on corrections required, liaising with central functions as required.
• Month End reporting duties including analysing and explaining variances at the appropriate level of detail, identifying key trends and one off transactions, summarising of monthly and YTD performance against budget & forecast.
• Meet with relevant stakeholders including Program Managers, as requested by the Senior Finance Business Partner, on a regular basis and to discuss results, including analysis of movements from prior periods and initiatives to achieve future outcomes.
• Assist with tender bids and financial analysis and modelling within the required timeframes.
• Use appropriate decision support tools to assist in appraising new initiatives, ensuring all financial impacts are understood and agreed.
• Manage the budget and forecast process in line with guidance from the Senior Finance Business Partner. Analyse for completeness and accuracy and seek resolution to identified issues.
• Ensure stakeholders are fully engaged in the process and the required signoff is documented.

Requirements for Success

• Tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Finance, Accounting or business-related field.
• CPA or other recognised finance or business qualification or progress towards it is highly desirable.
• Excellent Excel, analysis and modelling skills.
• Use of Microsoft Dynamics Fin OPS365 (financial system) and Workday Adaptive Planning (Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting system) are desirable.
• 3 to 5 years financial experience managing grant funded services and or research grants or employment services.
• Demonstrated experience working and collaborating effectively with others, ensuring key stakeholders are involved, sharing information and ensuring people are kept informed of progress, changes and issues.
• High attention to detail with a results driven mindset and excellent time management skills.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks.

Our Culture

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.

We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Junior Finance Business Partner enquiry via EthicalJobs or visit our Careers page for additional contact details.

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia.

Your Benefits

• Rewarding work – every day you know you’re making a real difference.
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay).
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support.
• Volunteering opportunities.
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extra leave including; Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off.

How to Apply

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Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you.