Finance Business Partner

• Full-time

Job Description

• Full-time, Ongoing position at HEW Level 8.
• Hawkesbury and Parramatta South Campus with flexible working arrangements.
• Salary: $116,636 – $129,479 per annum, plus 17 percent Super and Leave Loading.

Partner strategically to positively affect planning, performance, and long-term value.

The Opportunity

As a Finance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in driving the University’s financial performance and strategic decision making. Operating with a high level of autonomy, you will partner with senior stakeholders to provide expert financial insight and guidance that strengthens planning, forecasting, and resource allocation across diverse client areas.

You will contribute to the development of financial frameworks, modelling tools, and reporting solutions that lift capability and embed a culture of evidence-based decision making. Your work will help ensure that financial strategies align to University priorities, enhance operational effectiveness, and enable long-term value creation.

You will also support continuous improvement initiatives, uplift financial literacy among non-finance teams, and contribute to major projects and change activities that shape the University's future financial landscape.

What Success Looks Like

• Deliver forecasting, planning, and analysis that aligns financial performance with institutional priorities.
• Provide strategic advice to senior leaders on financial risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
• Design and maintain financial models and reporting frameworks that improve transparency and insight.
• Strengthen capability across client areas through financial literacy support and effective collaboration.
• Contribute financial leadership to strategic initiatives and organisational change programs.

Please refer to the Position Description for full details.

About You

• Postgraduate qualifications in Accounting, Finance or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in financial planning, analysis, and business partnering in complex environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate financial data into meaningful insights for senior stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in financial systems and tools including TM1, GLW and, or Oracle.
• Strong understanding of Australian Accounting Standards and public sector financial frameworks.

Benefits

We invest in the people who make our mission possible. Beyond a rewarding career, we offer a suite of benefits designed to support your physical, financial, and family wellbeing:

• Fitness Passport: Access hundreds of gyms and pools across the state.
• Onsite Childcare: Convenient facilities with exclusive staff discounts and salary packaging options.
• Financial Benefits: Salary sacrifice options for onsite parking and novated motor vehicle leasing,
• Holistic Support: Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) along with discounted retail and private health cover.

Application Details

• Position Inquiries: Please direct position related questions to Kate New, Director of Financial Planning & Strategy at k.new@westernsydney.edu.au
• Closing Date: 11:59pm, Sunday 15th Februrary 2026.
• Working Rights: You must provide evidence of full-time working rights in Australia at application.
• How to Apply: Please note that only applications submitted via the University’s online recruitment system will be considered.

Belonging at Western

We are committed to substantive equality as outlined in our Equal Opportunity Policy. We actively encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, candidates of all gender identities and expressions, people of all abilities, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

For Reasonable Adjustments during the application process, please contact talent.acquisition@westernsydney.edu.au.

About Western

This is your opportunity to be part of something bigger. By joining Western Sydney University, you become a valued member of our community. As our region changes, so too does our university. Western is boldly different, energetic, global, diverse, dynamic, and youthful.

Our mission is to deliver student success, impactful research, and stronger communities. As part of our team, you will have a stake in shaping the future of education, broadening horizons, and changing lives. Making a difference starts at Western.

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