The Role
Defence is seeking outstanding leaders to undertake Finance Business Partnering Roles to deliver and drive financial outcomes across Defence. Your role is to undertake financial analysis in support of finance business partnering for various Finance Branch’s, which sit within the Financial Performance and Management (FP&M) Division of Defence Finance Group (DFG).As an EL 1 FBP you will combine your passion for finance in conjunction with your stakeholder engagement skills. You will have an ability to analyse and interpret complex financial information, providing clear and concise guidance to your team and possess the ability to explain your findings and associated strategic recommendations to those with a non-financial background.
You will work with others across the Group to understand strategic issues, analyse financial results and communicate your findings to Senior Leadership (through finance reports, written analysis and recommendations) to support enterprise wide decision making. Your ability to lead by example, develop and sustain a high performing team, whilst ensuring you create a positive team culture is key and this includes the ability to delegate responsibility and empower staff.
About our Team
FP&M Division consists of over 400 staff working in seven branches (including a Capability Costing branch), each managing around $6 billion per year, with embedded finance staff across the country working closely with business areas. Principally, the Division is responsible for delivering financial management information and advice to ensure Defence leaders can make well informed decisions. Think big numbers, many complex projects running in parallel, and close public scrutiny requiring carefully managed finances.
We are seeking to fill various vacancies within FP&M Division, to support the following Branches:
* Navy Finance Branch: Is a small and dynamic team working collaboratively with clients within Navy, the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), and the Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group (NSSG). The Navy Finance teams are geographically dispersed around Australia, supporting internal and external clients across the organisation, and dedicated to the provision of high quality financial services.
* Capability Advice and Analytics Branch: The team operates in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. The team support Defence and Government making critical financial decisions on the future of Defence capability investment by providing Defence senior leadership with trusted independent financial advice and assurance on the Integrated Investment Program.
* Finance Air Force Branch: Finance Air Force Branch is responsible for providing finance support to Air Force. This includes providing budget management support and advice to business areas within the Air Force.
* Finance Army Branch: Finance Army Branch is responsible for providing finance support to Army and the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group.
* Finance Enabling Groups Branch: Finance Enabling Groups Branch is responsible for providing corporate finance support to the Associate Secretary Organisation. This includes Defence People, Security and Estate, Defence Digital Group and Associate Secretary Group (including enabling services such as data, business transformation, legal and audit).
* Finance Specialist Groups Branch: The Assistant Secretary Finance Specialist Groups Branch is responsible for providing finance support to the following groups:
o Defence Intelligence Group
o Strategic Policy and Industry Group
o Defence Science and Technology Group
o Joint Operations Command
o Joint Capabilities Group
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will have commenced a career in accounting/finance in the private or public sectors with a range of skills transferable to Defence, including the ability to operate independently to perform complex financial management activities and strategic thinking, whilst ensuring your team are supported. You will have strong communication skills and stakeholder engagement capabilities, and are naturally suited to explaining financial information to a broad range of stakeholders. You enjoy learning about the people and business areas you support, like to help your clients solve problems and have a positive “can-do” attitude.
Other competencies we are targeting include:
* Strong people management skills, both in leading a team and in liaising strategically with stakeholders.
* Ability to operate and produce high quality outcomes in a fast paced environment with competing priorities (i.e. reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis).
* Exceptional results orientation, resilience and a positive approach to issues resolution.
* Ability to build trusted relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including the ability to influence through strong strategic written and verbal communication (i.e. by developing finance reports and providing written analysis and recommendations).
* Excellent interpersonal, strategic thinking and, analytical skills.
* Strong initiative and sound judgement with a commitment to ongoing process improvement.
Application Closing Date: Sunday 10 May 2026
For further information please review the job information pack, reference DFG/02198/26 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=A85EA36E-B2AD-8782-8ADD-ECD916C7AA08