Financial Management - Business Partner

About Snowy:

Snowy Hydro is a dynamic, integrated energy business that has been providing on-demand, reliable energy to Australia for generations. Snowy Hydro owns and operates a powerful combination of generation assets, including the mighty Snowy Mountains Scheme, gas and diesel plants, and contracted wind and solar energy. We also provide electricity and gas to over 1.5 million retail customers through our retail brands Red Energy and Lumo Energy. Snowy 2.0 is Australia's largest committed renewable energy project. This nation-building project will provide on-demand energy and large-scale storage for many generations to come.

About the position:

The Financial Management Business Partner is key to Snowy’s ongoing success. Partnering with stakeholders at all levels to identify savings and driving opportunities, this position will see you work across a wide portfolio and provide high quality oversight, insight and foresight into business expenditure.

Working in a superb team environment, Snowy is experiencing significant growth, led by our future-focused dynamic and great reputation as Australia’s core renewable energy provider.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering with stakeholders ranging from cost centre owners to senior execs

• Ongoing maintenance and review of finance structures, systems, processes and cost controls

• Providing financial advice and guidance to a host of leaders through education on the budget system, processes and associated obligations

• Ensuring high quality of governance in forecasting, reporting and analysis of key operating expenditure variables

• Proactively manage and seek to develop/mentor other team members such that their valuable contribution to the team is optimised

• Monitor operating expenditure accounting activities to ensure they comply with relevant AASB standards

• Coordinating, facilitating, interrogating, analysing, challenging and uploading operating expenditure budgets and forecasts

• Recommending changes & improvements to process and practices particularly in relation to General Ledger use

About the location:

Ideally based in Sydney, we will also consider candidates from Melbourne

About you:

• You’ll bring experience as a senior member of a finance team

• You’ll be CPA/CA qualified

• You’ll have a demonstrated ability to liaise and direct a wide range of stakeholders at all levels and tailor your approach accordingly

• Familiarity with Electricity Generation & Markets, while not essential, will be beneficial.

• A demonstrated understanding & experience with cost management and analysis software such as CPM

• Big 4 exposure/history will be viewed favourably

• You have significant knowledge of category management techniques

• You have the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions/recommendations based on accurate & timely analysis

• You bring a desire to share knowledge and expertise with members of your team and the greater Finance team

About our workforce:

Snowy Hydro has a culture of decency and inclusion, with a commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people and a supportive environment to ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can succeed. At Snowy Hydro, we recognise that we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each individual brings, and we believe in providing an environment that allows that uniqueness to thrive.

Snowy Hydro is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for a role with Snowy Hydro and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to the Snowy Hydro recruitment team at recruitment@snowyhydro.com.au

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