Finance Business Partner

Tetra Tech, Inc.; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Job summary

Tetra Tech International Development is seeking a capable Finance Business Partner to lead our finance partnering function. You will deliver strategic financial advice across projects and collaborate with project managers, executives and operations to improve financial performance.

Reporting to the OU Controller, you will strengthen reporting, forecasting and profitability analysis while guiding teams and driving continuous improvement across ERP-enabled processes.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualification and accounting credential.
• Experience delivering finance business partnering in project-based environments.
• Strong technical accounting skills including revenue recognition and WIP analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance business partnering function with strategic financial advice.
• Oversee project financial management, revenue recognition, WIP, forecasting and reporting.
• Provide technical accounting guidance on complex project matters.
• Partner with project managers and leaders to strengthen financial performance and planning.
• Support proposals, financial modelling, business cases and audits.
• Drive process improvements, automation and internal controls.

Skills

CA/CPA

Finance partnering

Stakeholder engagement

Financial modelling

Excel proficiency

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle)

Financial reporting tools

Job description

Finance Business Partner | Full-time role

Location: Adelaide or Brisbane

Contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.

Tetra Tech International Development is a leading development consulting firm working with government, businesses, and NGOs to solve complex development challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. For more information please visit our website.

The Opportunity

• Lead the finance business partnering function, providing strategic financial advice and commercial insights to support business performance.
• Drive improvements in financial reporting, project profitability, systems and processes while developing a high-performing finance team.
• Join our collaborative Finance team, with hybrid work arrangements available.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to lead our finance business partnering function and provide high-quality financial and commercial support across Tetra Tech International Development.

Reporting to the OU Controller, you will work closely with project managers, operational leaders and senior executives to strengthen financial performance, improve decision-making and ensure effective project financial management.

This is an opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys building trusted relationships, developing teams and driving continuous improvement. You will play a key role in strengthening financial reporting, supporting complex project delivery and enhancing systems and processes across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the finance business partnering function, providing financial analysis, commercial insights and strategic advice to operational and executive teams.
• Oversee project financial management, including revenue recognition, work in progress (WIP), forecasting, profitability analysis and financial reporting.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and support on complex project-related financial matters.
• Partner with project managers and operational leaders to strengthen financial performance, budgeting, forecasting and commercial decision-making.
• Support commercial proposals, financial modelling, business cases and internal and external audit requirements.
• Drive process improvements, automation, reporting accuracy and stronger financial controls, including effective use of ERP systems.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing finance team, fostering collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Build strong relationships across the business and contribute to broader finance initiatives and business transformation activities.

About You

You are an experienced finance professional with strong commercial acumen, technical accounting expertise and a collaborative leadership style. You enjoy working closely with operational teams, providing practical financial advice and identifying opportunities to improve business performance.

You will bring:

• CA or CPA qualification.
• Significant experience in finance business partnering within a complex, project-based environment.
• Strong technical accounting expertise, including revenue recognition, WIP management, project forecasting and profitability analysis.
• Demonstrated experience leading, coaching and developing finance teams.
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and analytical skills, with advanced Excel proficiency.
• Experience working with ERP systems and financial reporting tools, including driving process improvements and automation.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and provide commercial advice to senior leaders.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach, with strong commercial judgement and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience in professional services, engineering or consulting will be highly regarded.

For a complete position description, please click here.

Apply before 8 November 11:59pm AEDT.

Why Tetra Tech International Development?

We are a values led organisation committed to flexible working, wellbeing, and creating positive impact. Our culture is grounded in collaboration, trust, diversity, and inclusion. Learn more about our purpose and values here.

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes applicants of all cultures, genders, abilities, and experiences. We are committed to child safety, safeguarding, and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.

As a leading development consulting firm, Tetra Tech International Development works with people and communities to solve some of the world's most complex challenges to achieve a positive impact.

Working at Tetra Tech International Development means working within a values led organisation that invests in flexible work environments built on trust, safety and well-being. Through unified systems, flexible and supportive workplaces, we provide the foundations required for our team to enjoy the work they do and deliver value every day. Read more about our culture, purpose and values here.

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal opportunity employer and has a genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion, child safety, safeguarding, and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. We encourage people living with a disability; First Nations Peoples; and people of all cultures, genders, abilities, and experiences to apply.

Should you require additional support with your application, please email [e-mail] or phone [phone].

Tetra Tech has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment ('SEAH'), child abuse and exploitation, modern slavery and safeguarding related retaliation, and this zero-tolerance extends to inaction. Tetra Tech is committed to being a child safe organisation, and to promoting a culture that supports gender equality, and addresses the gendered drivers of violence against women and children. It is committed to fostering a culture where we prevent and respond decisively and appropriately to harm against people, and that all people are treated with dignity and respect, irrespective of country, project, or office where we work. This will require compliance with Tetra Tech's Safeguarding and other Codes of Conduct and our associated safeguarding policies (Child Protection and Child Safety, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) policy and procedure, and Modern Slavery. Any successful applicants will be required to undertake satisfactory referee and criminal record checks prior to being appointed to any position.

Position Type

Headquarter position

Region

Australia and Indo-Pacific Teams and Clients

Sector

Head Office (International Development)