Finance Business Partner Lead

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 162,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14 weeks paid parental leave

Salary packaging up to $15,900 for liv

$2,650 for meals and entertainment

Employee assistance program (Sonder) 7

Circle Back Initiative Employer

Job summary

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is seeking a Finance Business Partner Lead to provide strategic financial leadership across a defined portfolio of units and enable functions. You will lead a team of Finance Business Partners and Management Accountants, building commercial capability and strong partnering mindsets.

With significant autonomy, you’ll strengthen governance and financial controls while driving simplification, standardisation and automation across Finance.

Qualifications

• Significant senior experience in finance business partnering within a complex or multi-site organisation.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and performance insights capabilities.
• Proven ability to partner with Executives and senior leaders and influence strategic decision-making.
• Demonstrated governance, controls, compliance and audit experience across a portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance partner to Executives and senior leaders, providing strategic financial insight and evidence-based recommendations.
• Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting and planning across the portfolio.
• Translate performance into forward-looking insights, identify risks and opportunities to improve value for money.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners and Management Accountants.
• Own and embed financial governance across the portfolio with strong controls and accountability.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and contribute financial expertise to transformation programs.
• Champion continuous improvement across financial processes, systems and reporting.

Skills

Executive stakeholder engagement

Financial planning & forecasting

Team leadership

Governance & controls

Commercial acumen

Analytical mindset

Education

CA/CPA or equivalent

Job description

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Company: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

• Partner with Executives and senior leaders to shape decisions, drive financial performance and support strategic priorities
• Lead financial planning, forecasting and performance insights across a complex portfolio, turning data into clear, forward-looking advice
• Build and lead a high-performing, commercially focused finance team while strengthening financial governance and accountability
• Flexible location, permanent opportunity, salary from $180k base plus superannuation

About the role

We're looking for a Finance Business Partner Lead to join our Finance & Corporate team and provide strategic financial leadership across a defined portfolio of operational business units, enabling functions or non-deed activities.

As a senior member of Finance, you'll also lead and develop a team of Finance Business Partners and Management Accountants, building commercial capability and a strong partnering mindset. With significant autonomy across your portfolio, you'll strengthen governance and financial controls while championing opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate how Finance works.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance partner to Executives and senior leaders, providing strategic financial insight, advice and evidence-based recommendations to support decision-making, planning and effective resource allocation.
• Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting and planning across the portfolio, ensuring financial targets and assumptions align with operational priorities and business drivers.
• Translate financial and operational performance into clear, forward-looking insights, identifying risks, opportunities and actions that improve cost efficiency, productivity and value for money.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners and Management Accountants, building capability across business partnering, commercial acumen, analytics and communication.
• Own and embed financial governance across the portfolio, maintaining strong controls, financial integrity and compliance with policies, standards and delegated authorities, while strengthening financial accountability across the business.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, represent Finance in key forums and contribute financial expertise to transformation programs and organisational change.
• Champion continuous improvement across financial processes, systems and reporting through simplification, standardisation and automation.

Sound interesting? Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline, together with a CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Significant senior experience in finance business partnering within a complex or multi-site organisation.
• Strong capability across budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, management reporting and performance insights.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Executives and senior leaders and influencing strategic decision-making.
• The ability to analyse financial performance, identify key drivers, risks and opportunities, and communicate insights clearly to non-finance audiences.
• Proven people leadership experience, with the ability to coach, develop and build the capability of a commercially focused finance team.
• Strong knowledge of financial governance, controls, compliance and audit processes, with experience providing governance oversight across a portfolio.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder influencing skills.

We place our employee's well-being at the forefront and express gratitude and care for one another. As an Australian Workplace Equality Index recognised employer and one ofAustralia’s menopause-friendly organisations, we celebrate diversity and support all our people.

In addition to being a part of an organisation that is the heartbeat of the Nation, you will have access to the following:

• Ability topurchaseadditionalannual leave
• Access to salary packaging withan optionto package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment
• 14 weeks paid parental leave - no waiting period for either parent
• Our dedicated employeeassistanceprogram - Sonder that you can access 24/7 from an app on your phone
• Plus, many more!

We’re proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer for 2026 and commit to respond to every applicant. You’ll hear from us once your application has been reviewed.

This vacancy is being managed directly by Lifeblood’s Talent Acquisition team. We won’t accept candidates from external recruitment agencies on this occasion.