Finance Business Partner - Nudgee

About the role

Mercy Community Services are on the search for 2x Finance Business Partner to join our team on a Permanent Full-Time basis. This role will be based at our Nudgee corporate office.

The primary purpose of this role is to provide strategic financial management and operational decision support. This includes delivering accurate and insightful management accounts, budgeting and forecasting, performing detailed variance analysis to guide strategic planning, enhancing and streamlining financial accounting processes, supporting the planning and implementation of financial systems, and leading process improvements to optimise business outcomes and ensure compliance with statutory obligations.

Salary commensurate with experience plus superannuation plus generous salary packaging available

This role entails but not limited to -

• Deliver monthly management reports. Monitor business performance against KPI’s and providing guidance and support to key stakeholders on focus areas to improve performance.
• Assisting with the preparation of the monthly Board Report.
• Partnering with key stakeholders within finance and operations to obtain insights for variance analysis and reforecasting.
• Leading the annual budget process in collaboration with the other Finance Business Partners and relevant stakeholders.
• Completion of key Balance Sheet reconciliations adhering to the Finance team month end timetable.
• Support year-end audit procedures and address auditor queries.
• Maintain accurate accounting documentation to meet audit requirements.
• Ad hoc analysis and support to key stakeholders to assist with making business decisions.
• Preparation and submission of quarterly and annual financial reporting and grant acquittals (such as the Annual/Quarterly Financial Report for Residential aged care service providers).
• Assistance with ad hoc audits and reviews (such as prudential audits).
• Prepare benchmark and KPI reporting. Assist with scoping/ maintaining Power BI Dashboards for self-service.
• Participate in the continuous improvement in finance processes.
• Ad hoc tasks as required by the Finance Manager or Head of Finance. About You
  

  As the successful applicant, you will possess:

  Essential

  • CPA or CA qualification.
  • A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
  • A minimum of three years' demonstrated experience in an accounting or finance role.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships.
  • A proactive, collaborative approach and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

  Desirable

  • Experience in the not-for-profit sector, particularly within community aged care (Home Care Packages, Support at Home, CHSP) and/or residential aged care.
  • Experience preparing and acquitting grant funding.
  • Experience working with Business Intelligence and reporting systems.
  • Experience using TechnologyOne CiA.
  • Experience using Epicor ERP.
  • A commitment to continuous improvement and identifying opportunities to enhance financial processes and reporting.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a passion for our mission, a positive and empathetic approach, and a strong commitment to ethical practice and cultural inclusion. They will possess excellent communication skills, a commercial mindset, and the ability to think strategically while influencing, collaborating, and building effective relationships. They will also demonstrate strong analytical and critical thinking skills, a commitment to continuous learning, and the adaptability and agility to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families and young people, people living with a disability and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
• Employee referral bonus incentive
• Cash out or purchase annual leave and to take advantage of extra leave entitlements

Please note we will review applications as they are received and we may interview and appoint prior to closing date, do not delay in applying.

For any queries, please contact ***************@mercycs.org.au. We do not accept applications via email so please ensure you apply online.

Mercy Community Services is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.