The Finance team, led by the Chief Financial Officer exists to support the strategic and financial aims of the Institute through the regular planning, controlling and reporting of the financial operations including the Garvan Research Foundation (GRF) and Australian Bioresources (ABR).

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager’s role will be to lead the Financial Planning & Analysis team to provide business support to the whole Institute.

Salary: Up to $150,000 + 12% super + salary packaging (depending on experience)

Employment Type: Permanent full-time

SNAPSHOT OF BENEFITS

Generous salary packaging to save you income tax on your wages thereby boosting your monthly take home pay (max. $15,900 general expenses + $2,650 meals/accom)

Ample opportunities for on-going training and development

Stimulating, diverse and highly international research environment

Flexible work arrangements e.g. start / finish times

18 weeks paid parental leave for both parents including paid superannuation

A range of additional leave types to meet your personal needs including cultural leave, conference leave, community service and study leave

Discounted Health Insurance

Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITES

Key responsibilities include:

Manage a team of three Finance Partners and one Accountant, including performance monitoring

Demonstrate leadership within the Finance team, and across cross functional teams

Provide financial modelling expertise to support Finance Partners with complex financial scenarios and provide training to add capacity to the team

Lead the annual budgeting process, collaborating with Operations Managers, Facility Managers, Program & Platform Leads and other people leaders in support of their budget and forecasts

Encourage driver-based budgeting and forecasting & scenario modelling to align with Garvan's strategic objectives

Identify opportunities to streamline and automate FP&A processes and lead transformation, not just maintain the status quo

Prepare reports and information to analyse business performance and manage costs, including the utilisation of BI and reporting tools

Provide financial advice and guidance while modelling complex financial scenarios through the development of detailed business cases.

Assess commercial contracts and provide advice in relation to financial implications.

Liaise with internal and external auditors

Support the Financial Controller and Chief Financial Officer with ad hoc analysis as required.

ABOUT YOU

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

The key skills and experience include:

CPA or CA qualified

Experience leading a team

At least 8 years’ experience supporting complex financial environments, including business partnering experience

Significant analytical skillset, including the utilisation of BI and reporting tools

Ability to model complex business cases

Advanced financial modelling skills with a proven ability to build robust and flexible models from scratch.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data, identify trends, and draw insightful conclusions.

Proven ability to work collaboratively and build strong relationships across all levels of an organisation.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience within the not-for-profit, research, university, or healthcare sector (desirable)

Experience using Workday Financials and Adaptive Insights (desirable)

ABOUT GARVAN

Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.

We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.

Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this position, please submit your application with a CV and cover letter as one document, stating why you are interested in this role. We are reviewing applications as they are received. If you think you’re the right person for this role, we’d love to hear how your capabilities, achievements and experience set you apart. Only applicants with full working rights in Australia are eligible to apply for this role.