Finance Business Partner

• Full Time, Permanent Role
• Location: Perth, WA with Work from Home Options!
• Salary from $135,000 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging Benefits
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we advocate for a fairer Australia, to meet the growing needs of people across the country. Together we’re building hope and possibility for all.

Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your opportunity

At Mission Australia, every number tells a story, a story of impact, opportunity, and support for people across Australia. As a Finance Business Partner, you will play a meaningful role behind the scenes, helping ensure grant funded services are financially strong, sustainable, and able to continue changing lives. Working closely with a Senior Finance Business Partner, you will support the financial management of block-funded programs, contribute to reporting and forecasting, and collaborate with service leaders to translate financial insights into better outcomes for the communities we serve.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Support month end close activities, ensuring income and expense results are accurate for allocated service streams and functions.
• Analyse financial variances and provide clear explanations linked to operational drivers.
• Identify trends, risks, and one-off transactions, escalating insights to support decision making.
• Prepare and summarise monthly and year to date performance against budgets and forecasts.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support KPI tracking and reporting.
• Partner with Program Managers and stakeholders to review financial performance and discuss improvement initiatives.
• Assist with acquittal reporting to ensure compliance with funding requirements.
• Support the budget and forecasting process, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and stakeholder engagement.
• Update and maintain driver based financial models for planning cycles.
• Contribute to tender submissions and business cases through financial modelling and analysis.

Requirements for success

• Tertiary qualification in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• CPA qualification or progress toward certification is highly desirable.
• Strong Excel capability with advanced analysis and financial modelling skills.
• Experience using financial systems such as Microsoft Dynamics FinOps365 and Workday Adaptive Planning is advantageous.
• Approximately 10 years’ experience in finance, ideally supporting grant funded services, research grants, or employment services.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders, building trust and maintaining clear communication.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.

Your benefits

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered, and celebrated, we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• Rewarding work – every day you know you’re making a real difference
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
• Volunteering opportunities 
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave 
• Extra leave including: Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off

Our culture  

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.  

We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email [email protected] or visit our Careers page for additional contact details.

We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. For culturally safe support or assistance with your application, please contact us at [email protected]  

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia. 

How to apply

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Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you