Title:  Finance Business Partner DFN

• Careers with Purpose > Collaborative > Inclusive > Flexible Work Environment
• Embedded Finance BP > provide financial analysis, advise & strategic support
• Advanced understanding of financial management &  accounting principles

When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.
 

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

As Finance Business Partner, you will partner with stakeholders in the Development and Future Networks (DFN) business, providing financial analysis, advice and supporting strategic initiatives.

You will be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate financials for month end, budgeting and forecasting, and the 5 Year Financial Plan.  You will also collaborate with the business and wider Finance team, particularly the Capital Investments team, to understand future projects and ensure consistency between the team’s financials. 

With a Hybrid split (Southbank/WFH), this role is based in Southbank and you will be embedded within the DFN business unit, working within the Finance and Performance team.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• First point of contact for all financial and accounting queries for your embedded portfolio business unit
• Engage and collaborate with the business and wider Finance team to support strategic and operational priorities through financial analysis, advice, and recommendations
• Provide financial support for major capital projects in the delivery and operating phases of the project lifecycle, ensuring knowledge transfer of relevant information in relation to project contracts from the Capital Investments team
• Review OPEX business cases and financial models for new opportunities
• Apply in depth understanding of the drivers of the business to ensure accurate development of financial plans, budgets, forecasts, and scenario analysis
• Lead month end processes down to EBITDA level, ensuring data integrity, providing insightful analysis and recommendations and improving financial performance

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Demonstrated experience as a Finance Business Partner within a similar like role
• Strong commercial acumen, demonstrated ability to understand commercial and operational risks/opportunities and their financial/accounting implications
• Project financial reporting, controlling and governance experience
• Financial modelling skills with the ability to review models and understand strategic direction
• Excellent communication skills to engage with key stakeholders and develop strong relationships across all levels of business
• Proven ability to interpret/report/present complex data for non-financial stakeholders to derive clearly and concisely the “so what” from large volumes of data
• Advanced Excel skills, SAP experience advantageous
• Professional body membership: CA/CPA

A real place to belong. 
We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.  

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead. 

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.