"Finance Manager"

Job Description:

• Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent (35 hours p/week)
• Remuneration: (TRP) Salary commensurate with skills and 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 Partnering team 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. The Finance Manager partners with customers and senior stakeholders to deliver financial management, analysis and decision support and manages the Operational Finance team supporting the Faculties and Divisions. The Finance Manager reports to the Finance Business Partner and manages a team of Finance professionals.

Responsibilities Summary:

• Manage Faculty/Division financial operations including budgets, variance analysis, forecasting, risk management, compliance and reporting.
• Lead financial planning, forecasting and management reporting, providing strategic advice to senior leaders, Deans, MB members, Directors, and budget owners.
• Monitor and report on financial risks, issues and opportunities, ensuring these are effectively managed.
• Provide subject matter expertise on restricted and project/provision funding, ensuring compliance requirements are met across complex operations.
• Deliver complex data analysis and insights (e.g. scenario modelling, ROI, NPV, benchmarking) to support management decision-making.
• Lead and develop a team of finance professionals to deliver accurate, timely services, foster engagement and maintain a culture of continuous improvement.
• Meet customer and Finance needs by undertaking any other duties that are required commensurate with the role and level.

For more information regarding the responsibilities for this role, please refer to the Position Description at JOBS@UNSW.

Skills and Experience Summary:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, CA or CPA qualification (or equivalent) and relevant professional sector experience.
• Extensive experience in core and complex financial management and financial control processes, insight driven analysis and modelling, providing actionable operational advice and delivering financial services in a complex organisation.
• Advanced and 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 leadership experience with demonstrated capability to identify and establish priorities and mentor, develop, and motivate the team to deliver value to stakeholders and customers.
• Demonstrated advanced problem solving and planning and organisational ability to deliver results and enhance the value provided to Faculties and Divisions in delivering their operational and strategic plans.
• Demonstrated IT literacy comprising extensive experience with advanced knowledge of relevant programs (e.g. Microsoft Excel) and experience with enterprise systems.

Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include: Career development opportunities, 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments, Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period, Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness).

How to Apply: Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your CV along with a cover letter that addresses your suitability for the position in relation to the criteria listed under the 'Skills & Experience' section of the PD online via the application portal before 24 September at 11:30pm. A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.