Senior Finance Business Partner - Community

UnitingSA is one of South Australia's most trusted community organisations, creating opportunities for people to flourish. As a leader in aged care, disability support, mental health services, and social housing, UnitingSA are one of SA's largest non-profit providers, touching thousands of lives daily.

Across Community Services and Community Housing, UnitingSA helps over 13,000 South Australians and has ambitions to amplify impact.

About The Role

Are you ready to help a mission-driven organisation? UnitingSA are seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to deliver key financial information and reporting that supports more informed decision-making.

The Senior Finance Business Partner is responsible for delivering high-quality financial insight, partnering with leaders to drive financial performance, support decision making and deliver outcomes. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the role manages a team and provides a financial business partnering service to the Executive Leadership Team, Senior Management and the organisation.

The Senior Finance Business Partner - Community acts as a trusted advisor to the Community Services and Community Housing portfolios through delivery of sound financial guidance and insight that helps drive business performance and achieve organisational goals.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Develop rapport and relationships with business units to understand priorities, initiatives, and challenges to deliver value-added solutions
• Provide tailored financial analysis and advice to executive and department managers to support and influence strategic decision-making reporting including for tenders or funding acquittals.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of accountants
• Partner across the organisation to enhance financial literacy and performance
• Prepare, analyse and monitor periodic financial reporting
• Identify efficiency opportunities to meet targets and maximise outcomes and impact for community service and housing clients
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• CPA or CA qualification
• Current DHS NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (or willing to obtain)
• Current National Police Clearance (essential)
• Experience in providing advice and solutions on a range of complex financial matters
• Ability to influence and engage stakeholders
• Proven ability to make independent decisions and work under limited direction, having regard to deadlines, organisational policies, guidelines and practices
• Leadership experience preferred
• Highly developed interpersonal, problem solving and IT skills
• Knowledge of Technology One (desirable).

What UnitingSA offer

• Salary Packaging: Boost your take-home pay with up to $15,900 in tax-free earnings per year + access an additional $2,650 tax-free through our Meal & Entertainment Card.
• Leave Loading: 17.5% leave loading to lift your holiday pay.
• Career Development: Mentorship and opportunities for continued learning and growth.
• Paid Parental Leave: Supporting you through significant milestones in life.
• Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance.
• A supportive team culture built on respect and collaboration.

Next Steps

Please apply via the link. Applications will not be considered via email. If you would like more information ahead of applying or would like to have a confidential conversation, please contact Matthew Allen at ***email_hidden***