Senior Finance Business Partner

Greater Western Water

Senior Finance Business Partner at Greater Western Water providing strategic financial support for infrastructure asset planning. Seeking experienced collaborative professionals in a dynamic role.

Posted 4/23/2026contractFootscray • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSenior💰 A$180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as a trusted advisor across AP&D, providing financial insights across our multi-year capital programs
Lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis for capital projects
Develop financial models, scenario analysis, and commercial evaluations for our infrastructure investments
Assess cost drivers, operational trends, lifecycle costing, and investment prioritisation
Analyse operational cost performance, resource utilisation, workforce planning and service level outcomes
Support operational efficiency initiatives, continuous improvement and service sustainability
Provide insights to drive performance uplift across water supply, wastewater operations and customer service impacts
Review and challenge business cases, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and value-for-money principles
Prepare high-quality reporting and recommendations for senior leadership, governance forums, and investment committees
Champion continuous improvement in financial processes, reporting, and business partnering practices
Build strong relationships across finance, planning, engineering, and delivery teams
Strengthen commercial thinking, cost awareness and financial discipline across the organisation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience as a Finance Business Partner driving strategic outcomes
Tertiary qualification and CPA/CA essential
Experience within utilities, infrastructure, or engineering context would be highly regarded
Strong commercial acumen with expertise in capital analysis
Advanced financial modelling and scenario planning skills
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and guide data-driven decision-making
Excellent communication skills to translate complex financial and technical information into actionable insights
Proficiency in ERP systems, reporting tools, and advanced Excel

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility to WFH & the Footscray office
Free income protection & life insurance
Discounted health insurance
Monthly work life balance days (if full-time)
Free onsite parking (subject to availability)
Gender neutral, 16-week parental leave available from commencement
Wellbeing, prayer, and sensory rooms in the Footscray and Sunbury offices

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial modelingscenario analysiscapital analysisbudgetingforecastingperformance analysiscost analysisresource utilizationlifecycle costinginvestment prioritization

Soft Skills

commercial acumeninfluencingdata-driven decision-makingcommunicationrelationship buildingcontinuous improvementoperational efficiencyperformance upliftstrategic thinkingbusiness partnering

Certifications

CPACA