Title: Assistant, Finance Partner – Finance Professional Services (FPS)
Employment type: Full-time, permanent
Compensation: Base salary $95,361 – $102,302 + 17% super (HEW Level 6)
Location: St Lucia campus
Open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates only
Overview
Provides professional financial advice and project accounting support to senior project leaders and client business units across the University. Works within a collaborative finance environment to support effective financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for operational and grant‐funded projects while ensuring compliance with relevant policies, procedures, and funding requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide professional project accounting advice and financial support to Project Managers, Grant Holders, Chief Investigators, and other stakeholders.
* Support budgeting, forecasting, expenditure reporting, variance analysis, and financial planning activities, ensuring compliance with funding rules, policies, and procedures.
* Review, process, and monitor financial transactions to ensure accurate and efficient operational accounting activities in line with established controls and service standards.
* Build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across client business units, acting as a trusted financial partner and delivering high‐quality financial advice and support.
About You
By law the position is a special / equal opportunity measure under section 105 of the Anti‐Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) and section8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act1975 (Cth). The role is therefore only open to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants who can provide evidence of such status.
Qualifications and Experience
* Degree in accounting, business, commerce or a related field, or equivalent combination of experience and professional training.
* Experience in accounting, project accounting, management accounting, or financial advisory services within a complex organisational environment.
* Strong analytical and problem‐solving skills applied to budgeting, forecasting, variance management, and interpretation of policy or funding requirements.
* Demonstrated ability to build productive relationships with diverse stakeholders and deliver trusted financial advice.
* Experience supporting financial planning, expenditure reporting, and financial management across operational and/or project‐based environments.
* Excellent organisational skills, managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines within agreed service standards.
* Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financial information clearly to finance and non‐finance stakeholders.
* Progress towards or membership of a professional accounting body such as CPA or CA highly regarded.
Benefits
* Up to 26 weeks paid parental and primary care leave.
* 17% superannuation.
* 17.5% leave loading.
* Flexible and hybrid working options.
* Health and wellbeing programs.
* On‐campus childcare.
* Affordable parking.
* Salary packaging.
* Cultural leave.
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