Salary
Base salary range $95,361 - $102,302 + 17% super (HEW Level 6)
Role Overview
The Assistant Finance Partner plays an important role in providing professional financial advice and project accounting support to senior project leaders and client business units across the university. Working within a collaborative finance environment, the role supports 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 to support the effective management and utilisation of project and grant funding.
* Support budgeting, forecasting, expenditure reporting, variance analysis, and financial planning activities, ensuring compliance with relevant funding rules, policies, and procedures.
* Review, process, and monitor financial transactions to ensure operational accounting activities are completed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance 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.
Qualifications and Experience
* Degree qualifications in accounting, business, commerce or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and professional training.
* Experience providing accounting, project accounting, management accounting, or financial advisory services within a complex organisational environment.
* Ability to apply strong analytical and problem‐solving skills to financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, variance management, and the interpretation of policy or funding requirements.
* Demonstrated ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, providing trusted financial advice and support to achieve positive outcomes.
* Experience supporting financial planning, expenditure reporting, and financial management activities across operational and/or project‐based environments.
* Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, work to deadlines, and deliver accurate outcomes within agreed service standards.
* Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financial information clearly to both finance and non‐finance stakeholders.
* Progress towards or membership of a professional accounting body such as CPA or CA would be 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
* Discounted Study for Staff program
* On‐campus childcare, affordable parking, salary packaging, cultural leave
Equal Opportunity Statement
The University of Queensland considers that the filling of this position is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 105 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) and section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). The position is therefore only open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. The successful candidate will be required to provide evidence to confirm that they are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person.
Other Information
* Pre‐employment checks may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, and criminal history checks. This may also include checks relating to gender‐based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.
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