Finance Business Analyst

Job Description

• Employment Type: Full-time
• Duration: Continuing
• Remuneration: $127,351 - $143,488 +17% super + leave loading (commensurate with experience)
• Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working Opportunities)

About UNSW

UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

Why Your Role Matters

The Finance Business Analyst delivers business partnering and financial management activities, including financial planning, forecasting and reporting across all funding sources, data analysis, financial modelling and ad hoc reporting. The position is part of the Finance Business Partnering team and is accountable for providing end to end finance services to Faculties and Divisions, including financial planning, forecasting and reporting, financial analysis and decision support, general accounting and transactional services across all funding sources.

Responsibilities Summary

• Deliver financial management activities including planning, forecasting, reporting and analysis.
• Develop financial modelling, scenario analysis and cost benefit analysis to support decision making and business cases.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop financial plans, report on performance and monitor expenditure across operational, strategic and external funds.
• Investigate variances to budget and forecast, identifying and managing issues, risks and compliance matters in line with policy and regulations.
• Provide clear financial advice, guidance and support to stakeholders to ensure financial processes and responsibilities are understood.

Skills and Experience Summary

• Relevant tertiary qualification with CA or CPA qualification (essential), and relevant professional sector experience.
• Highly developed audience appropriate communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills and demonstrated ability to inform, persuade and negotiate successfully with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong experience in core and complex financial management and financial control processes, insight driven analysis and modelling, providing accurate operational advice and delivering financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to absorb information and utilise it to analyse, interpret and integrate data.
• Extensive working knowledge of analytical tools, in particular, a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and its application in financial modelling and analysis as well as computer applications, enterprise systems, and the delivery of reports and presentations.
• Highly developed organisational skills, with a demonstrated ability to respond to changing priorities, work independently with effectiveness, manage multiple tasks and meet competing deadlines by using judgement and initiative and resolve complex problems as they arise.