Senior Finance Business Partner, Reporting

Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions VIC; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions VIC in Melbourne seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner, Reporting to lead budget strategy, financial modelling and risk management for government programs. The role involves advising senior executives on budget performance and policy implications, and guiding annual planning and mid-year reviews.

The role requires developing financial models, ensuring audit readiness, and providing high-level analysis.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex data and provide insights
• Ability to develop financial models and forecast expenditure
• Experience in budgeting and financial management within a public sector context
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills

Responsibilities

• Lead budget strategy and financial modelling for business groups
• Provide counsel on budget performance and policy financial implications
• Oversee annual budget planning, mid-year reviews and reallocations
• Develop models for forecasting, project feasibility, and long-term planning
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal controls
• Mentor team members and supervise reporting quality and accuracy

Skills

Critical thinking

Data literacy

Innovation

Flexibility

Strategic planning

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner, Reporting

Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions VIC – Melbourne VIC

Senior Finance Business Partner, Reporting

• Ongoing position
• Usual hours of work: Full-time
• Usual work location: 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 (flexibility may be available)

The Role

The Senior Finance Business Partner, Reporting is a high-level specialist and strategic consultant who leads budget strategy, financial modelling, and risk management for business groups and government programs.

This role may involve:

• Providing counsel to senior executives on budget performance, funding submissions, and the financial implications of policy decisions.
• Leading the annual budget planning cycle for branches, including mid-year reviews and identifying opportunities for savings or reallocations.
• Developing financial models to forecast future expenditure, assess project feasibility, and support long-term strategic planning.
• Ensuring compliance with the Financial Management Act 1994 and management of internal controls to meet the requirements of external audits.
• Supervising or mentoring a team, providing quality assurance on their reporting and analysis.
• Prepares technical reports at an advanced professional level.
• Innovative thinking and analysis influences developments within area of responsibility.
• Provides high level expertise dealing with more complex issues in a specialised corporate support function.
• Contributes to strategic business planning Interprets and applies business plans and policies in own area of responsibility and provides advice to others on implementation issues.
• Initiates and maintains relationships with peer and senior internal and external stakeholders.

The Team

The position of Senior Finance Business Partner, Reporting forms part of the / Finance, Investment & Procurement Branch, which sits within Corporate Services Group.

Finance, Investment and Procurement Branch supports best practice resource allocation, budget and financial management and procurement across the department. It does this through the provision of strategic advice to the senior Executive and Ministers and the development and implementation of frameworks, policies, systems and internal controls in accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994, other relevant legislation, accounting standards and Department of Treasury and Finance and Victorian Government Purchasing Board requirements.

The branch includes the Procurement Centre, Partnering and Reporting Team, Budget Strategy and Investment Team, Financial Services Team and the Group Reporting and Operations Team.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have the following main skills and experience:

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Takes into account wider business context within business unit when considering options to resolve issues. Identifies recurring problems and prevents future recurrence by integrating solutions into work process.
• Data Literacy: Considers data volume, variety, velocity, and veracity to establish data collection (e.g. data parameters, data structure) and analysis (e.g. analysis equations, data visualisation) approach.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Reviews and analyses internal and external information to improve effectiveness and quality of work; Creates team environments where innovation and creativity are fostered and rewarded.
• Flexibility and Adaptability: Adapts systems and processes quickly to changed priorities and situations.
• Strategic Planning: Thinks at the whole of system level and undertakes internal and external scanning, considering wide-ranging possibilities in developing a vision for the future.

Further Information

For a confidential discussion, please contact Cindy Wong, Reporting Manager via email ************@ecodev.vic.gov.au

The Department is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with theChild Safe Standards.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. To be eligible for this position you must hold the mandatory qualification as outlined in the position description. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.

For Finance Roles:

The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry, and Regions is an accredited CPA Australia Recognised Employer Partner

Please note: We are committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Talent Acquisition Team on 0472 875 ***, or via email at***********@ecodev.vic.gov.au with the position number in the subject line.

Applications close at 23:59pm on Wednesday, 25 November 2026.