Director - Finance Business Partnering

World Vision; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

World Vision Australia (WVA) seeks a senior finance leader to drive the enterprise-wide finance business partnering function. You will advise on strategic financial planning, challenge thinking and align budgets with organisational priorities.

You will lead department-level planning, performance analysis and decision support, delivering consistent service standards and transparent, evidence-based guidance to senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Extensive finance leadership experience in a large, complex organisation.
• Experience in enterprise business partnering and multidisciplinary team leadership.
• CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set and deliver an enterprise-wide finance business partnering model for all departments.
• Provide trusted financial and commercial advice to senior leaders and define assumptions transparently.
• Lead budgeting, rolling forecasts and in-year resource decisions across all departments.
• Lead development of standard calendars, templates, and analytics in coordination with Financial Control.
• Provide timely financial insight to monitor delivery, benefits and risks.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Modelling

Strategic Finance

Leadership

Communication

Education

CA/CPA or equivalent

Tertiary qualification in Finance/Accounting/Business

Job description

This key leadership role leads WVA’s enterprise-wide finance business partnering function. You will provide strategic financial and economic advice, challenge thinking, and support leaders to align budgets, forecasts and resources with organisational priorities.

You will provide department‑level business planning support, financial performance analysis and decision support.

Responsibilities:

• Set and deliver a consistent enterprise-wide finance business partnering model that serves all departments and enables WVA’s mission and approved priorities
• Establish clear service expectations, decision rights, analytical standards and engagement rhythms without creating additional approval layers beyond agreed delegations
• Provide trusted financial and commercial advice to the Chief of Enterprise Services and senior leaders, making assumptions, choices and implications transparent
• Lead finance partnering support for annual budgets, rolling forecasts and in-year resource decisions across all departments
• Set consistent assumptions, calendars, templates, quality standards and challenge processes in coordination with Financial Control
• Provide timely financial and economic insight that helps department leaders monitor delivery, validate financial benefits, address risks and adjust plans
• Supply authoritative financial actuals, forecasts, financial definitions, economic analysis and decision support to the enterprise planning, scorecard, Business Performance Review and integrated performance management system owned by Strategy & Enterprise Performance
• Lead continuous improvement of partnering, budgeting, forecasting, modelling, financial and management reporting, benefits validation and finance decision‑support processes
• Simplify tools, reduce duplication and improve finance data integrity, timeliness, automation and usability in partnership with Financial Control, Technology, Strategy & Enterprise
• Performance and domain owners
• Build financial and commercial capability among leaders and non-finance stakeholders through practical guidance, tools and learning

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for someone with substantial finance leadership experience in a large, complex organisation, including enterprise business partnering and multidisciplinary team leadership.

• Demonstrated success leading budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, supporter

economics, resource-allocation advice, financial benefits validation and management reporting

• Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear choices for senior leaders
• Broad knowledge of management accounting, financial control interfaces, financial and management reporting, economic analysis and organisational planning
• Strong understanding of charity, donor and not-for-profit financial obligations, including

relevant ACNC, ACFID, DFAT, fundraising and taxation considerations

• Demonstrated ability to lead process, system, reporting and analytical improvement

across organisational boundaries

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Business or a related
• CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification is strongly preferred.

WorkingforWorld Vision means you aremaking the worldbetter

It’snot every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world.WorkingforWorld Vision means lookingforward to turning up at work because you knowyou’reabout to dosomethingmeaningful.It means working with35,000 staff and3.3 million supporters in 100 countries whowillstop at nothing tohelp children live better lives.Joina teamthat is bold and courageous,andwherejob satisfaction goes beyondfinancial reward.

The SelectionProcess

For your information, the interviews will startimmediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe forchildren.Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check.

We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in theInter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector.

Who we are

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief,developmentand advocacy work. For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website:https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us