Are you ready to be a trusted advisor and make a real impact? In this dynamic role, you’ll partner closely with key internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality, accurate management reporting that drives informed decision-making across the business.

What’s on offer:

• Salary $115,162 - $139,851 + Superannuation
• Fulltime, Fixed term 2 year contract
• Flexible work options & generous leave provisions, including a monthly ADO
• High visibility role with meaningful impact on business performance
• Collaborative and forward-thinking finance leadership team

Key Responsibilities:

As our Senior Finance Business Partner, you’ll be accountable for:

• Build strong relationships with budget managers, executives, operational teams, and stakeholders to ensure effective communication and information exchange
• Deliver timely and accurate financial analysis to aid informed decision-making.
• Collect, analyse, monitor, interpret data and information, and make recommendations to ensure key financial outcomes are achieved.
• Prepare formal documentation to a high standard for submission and/or presentation to Stakeholders, Funding Bodies, Senior Management and Executive Management..
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the implementation of best practices.

About you:

Strong working knowledge and experience in financial management together with qualifications acquired through:

• A tertiary degree in Accounting or equivalent.
• CPA or CA qualification or equivalent experience (preferable but not essential).
• Proven experience in finance business partnering or senior management accounting role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A valid and current Australian workers’ rights.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and Power BI skills with the ability to use complex formulas.

Sound like you? We’d love to hear from you.

Learn more in the position description

Salary:

The salary and conditions for this position will be as per the Coliban Water Enterprise Agreement 2021 Band 5 $115,162 - $139,851 + superannuation salary range will be offered to the successful candidate commensurate with their skills and experience.

Enquiries

For further information please contact Jessica Dore on 0427 980 661 or via email at [email protected]

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter by COB 26/5/25

Why join us?

At Coliban Water our people are on a mission to create a better life for our customers and communities – now and tomorrow.

We love what we do and our location in the centre of a region that takes in 49 towns from Trentham to Echuca.

Our commitment to inclusion means you’ll feel at home here no matter who you are, who you love, or what you stand for. As part of the team you receive a monthly accrued day off, time off over Christmas, the flexibility to shape your work to suit your lifestyle, and generous parental, carer and workplace study leave policies.

At Coliban Water we balance a small team rhythm with the reach and resources of one of the largest Victorian regional urban water corporations.

What are you waiting for? We’d love you to join us.

Applicants will need to successfully complete all core training requirements in the expected timeframes and may be required to undertake a Police Check, Working with Children Check, Pre-Employment Medicals or Psychometric testing where applicable. Applicants may also be required to produce evidence of their Right to Work in Australia.

We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact Jessica Dore, Talent Acquisition Advisor on [email protected] or 0427980661.

Please note that applicants may be contacted prior to the closing date of this advertisement