Title:  Finance Business Partner

• Play a key role in collaborating with leaders to deliver financial and commercial guidance
• Be part of a forward-thinking team committed to drive the sustainable improvement in financial performance and ensure sound commercial and risk outcomes.
• Careers with Purpose > Collaborative > Inclusive > Flexible Work Environment 

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.

We are looking for a skilled Finance Business Partner to join our Finance, Strategy and Legal team. This role is key in collaborating with leaders to deliver financial and commercial guidance, provide valuable reporting insights, and uncover opportunities that enhance the business performance of AusNet's Electricity Distribution division.

With a Hybrid split (Office/WFH), this role a permanent position and is based in Southbank, Victoria and is part of the Regulated Finance team.

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

• Collaborate with the business and wider Finance team to support strategic and operational goals through financial analysis, advice, and recommendations, while ensuring adherence to financial and accounting policies and processes.
• Provide financial support for capital projects throughout the delivery and operational phases, ensuring smooth knowledge transfer of relevant project contract information from the Capital Portfolio Governance team.
• Leverage a deep understanding of business drivers to accurately develop financial plans, budgets, forecasts, and conduct scenario analysis.
• Contribute to the preparation of the Annual Regulatory Accounts, applying knowledge of the regulatory framework and environment.
• Lead the month-end processes through to EBITDAaL, ensuring data integrity, and providing insightful analysis and recommendations to optimise financial performance, addressing both risks and opportunities.
• Activity contribute and support the work management and planning function.
   

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

• Expert in financial accounting, including cost allocation, operating/capital expenditure, revenue recognition, and project accounting, as well as financial management principles like planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Strong commercial acumen with a deep understanding of business drivers and operations.
• Proven ability to analyse and interpret both financial and non-financial data to provide insightful reporting that drives business decisions.
• Advanced Excel and modelling skills, along with experience using SAP (BI/BO/BPC) and proficiency with financial systems or Power BI.
• Excellent communication skills to build strong relationships and effectively translate financial and commercial information for diverse stakeholders.
• Experience working closely with senior stakeholders to offer financial and commercial advice and influence positive financial outcomes.
   

Emergency Response: Customers and community are at the heart of everything we do.
 

From time-to-time you may be called upon to support an emergency response (e.g. storms, bushfires, floods) to ensure we continue to safely deliver our customers’ energy needs.
 

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.