• Flexible location + hybrid work arrangements
• Full-time and continuing
• HEW 10 $142,074 + 17% Superannuation  

Why work with us?

At Deakin you will have access to benefits such as a variety of leave options including generous parental leave and the ability to purchase additional leave; flexible working arrangements to help manage your work-life balance; ongoing learning and development opportunities to grow your career; an inclusive and supportive culture and environment to work in, both online and on campus.

Who are we?

Deakin is a cutting-edge public university in Victoria, revolutionising education with 61,000 students across seven campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, Deakin University Lancaster University Indonesia (DLI), GIFT City, India and our dynamic online Campus. We're proud to be a progressive and open-minded university, delivering the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world's universities.

As a Senior Finance Partner, you will:

• Implement the vision and strategy for the Finance Partnering teams and assist in developing a strategic framework and disciplined process to successfully implement tailored business service offerings, tools and performance indicators.
• Collaborate proactively with Senior Management and other stakeholders, ensuring strategic objectives are met and exceeded.
• Determine and employ a customer engagement model ensuring excellent customer service and close engagement with the Executive Deans, Deputy Vice-Chancellors and their executive leadership teams, and the Finance and Assurance functional teams through the delivery of exemplary financial partnering and high-quality financial support and services.
• Oversee and guide the timely coordination, preparation and submission of annual budgets, forecast and triennial projections, monitoring financial performance throughout the year. Ensure optimal operational and strategic financial management of Portfolio and Faculty initiatives through interpreting, providing insight and driving finance performance.
• Provide high-level strategic and policy advice on all matters relating to financial and business management.
• Identify current and common finance business management issues and challenges and develop initiatives/process improvements/solutions that will support the University in meeting these. Derive insights through utilisation of both descriptive and predictive analytics to inform business decision making and support.
• Identify emerging finance and commercial needs and challenges for the higher education sector to support the development of innovative and best practice finance strategies, policies and initiatives.
• Lead, participate in and contribute to a range of Finance projects, identifying enhancements to existing processes, and introduce best practice strategies, policies and practices, to improve organisational performance.                                                                                                                                          

To be successful, you’ll have:

• Proven expertise in the management of significant human and material resources
• Postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience in Finance Business Partnering
• Experience providing high level and complex advice and services to senior Managers through the establishment of meaningful relationships
• Experience facilitating clients through robust practices to enable strategic thinking and solutions for the future
• Knowledge of contemporary Partnering practice
• Experience as a partner or consultant providing specialist knowledge to stakeholders within a business
• Experience drafting position papers, reports, briefings, and other documents
• Extensive experience designing effective solutions to complex business and technical problems
• Proven leadership and extensive experience in business operations management, strategy, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Here's how to apply: 

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Bretlyn Bailey, Director, Business Performance Insights, on Bretlyn.bailey@deakin.edu.au

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

PD - Senior Finance Partner.pdf

Applications for this position close on Thursday 12th December at 11.55pm.

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.