Finance Business Partner - Healthcare

DMC Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 171,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working – Tue–Thu on site

Job summary

DMC Recruitment supports a large health group seeking a Finance Business Partner to influence operational leaders and turn numbers into decisions. This hands-on role is key in budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis across the network.

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, you will develop business cases, drive improvements, and partner with leaders to align financial plans with strategic priorities. Flexibility with on-site Tuesday to Thursday is available.

Qualifications

• CA, CPA or equivalent qualification recognised in Australia.
• Proven experience in commercial finance and business partnering within a large, complex organisation.
• Advanced financial modelling skills, including business cases, investment evaluation and resource planning.
• Strong grasp of accounting principles, financial governance and controls.
• Proven ability to influence senior operational stakeholders and present clear recommendations to leaders.
• Experience contributing to or leading process improvement, systems or change initiatives.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, plus experience with enterprise ERP, planning and reporting systems.
• Healthcare or complex service-environment experience is highly regarded but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business unit leaders to understand drivers, priorities and strategic direction.
• Lead budgets, rolling forecasts and long-term financial plans, linking activity, workforce, opex and capital to business priorities.
• Prepare month-end analysis and insights, including KPI performance, risks, opportunities and actions for management.
• Build business cases, service-line evaluations, scenario models and commercial assessments for new initiatives.
• Act as the main contact for operational stakeholders on complex finance issues and escalations.
• Drive continuous improvement in finance, data and systems, working with Group Finance and IT/BI teams.
• Support month-end close and group consolidation with Financial Control and FP&A.
• Coach and support colleagues across the finance team.

Skills

Commercial finance

Business partnering

Financial modelling

Stakeholder influence

Process improvement

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

ERP software

Planning systems

Reporting systems

Job description

About the organisation

Our client is a large, well-established health group. It runs a major private hospital, a network of clinics, and research and development activities. The business has moved from break-even to a sustained profitable growth outlook and is investing in a dedicated finance function to support its next phase.

The role

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, you’ll be a Finance Business Partner to operational leaders across the group. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with real influence. You’ll be the trusted commercial adviser who turns the numbers into decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with business unit leaders to understand their drivers, priorities and strategic direction
• Lead budgets, rolling forecasts and long-term financial plans, linking activity, workforce, opex and capital to business priorities
• Prepare month-end analysis and insights, including KPI performance, risks, opportunities and actions for management
• Build business cases, service-line evaluations, scenario models and commercial assessments for new initiatives
• Act as the main contact for operational stakeholders on complex finance issues and escalations
• Drive continuous improvement in finance, data and systems, working with Group Finance and IT/BI teams
• Support month-end close and group consolidation with Financial Control and FP&A
• Coach and support colleagues across the finance team

About you

• CA, CPA or equivalent qualification recognised in Australia
• Proven experience in commercial finance and business partnering within a large, complex organisation
• Advanced financial modelling skills, including business cases, investment evaluation and resource planning
• Strong grasp of accounting principles, financial governance and controls
• Proven ability to influence senior operational stakeholders and present clear recommendations to leaders
• Experience contributing to or leading process improvement, systems or change initiatives
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, plus experience with enterprise ERP, planning and reporting systems
• Healthcare or complex service-environment experience is highly regarded but not essential

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Additional information

• Circa $190,000 package
• CA/CPA or Equivalent
• Flexible Working - Tuesday to Thursday on site