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About the Role

The Finance Partner is a highly interactive and visible role that partners with Deputy Directors and their reports to support the achievement of the Institute's strategic and operational goals, by providing financial stewardship and advisory support to an assigned portfolio of scientific centres and laboratories. The Finance Partner leads budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes within their portfolio, while maintaining strong oversight of financial performance, resource allocation, funding sources and utilisation, and risk exposure. The role translates complex financial information into clear insights that enable confident, evidence-based decision-making and longterm sustainability of research activity. The role also leads the development of robust cost models and scenario analysis to inform new initiatives, funding proposals, and evolving resource requirements. Through effective partnerships, the Finance Partner strengthens financial capability across their portfolio, contributing to sound governance and alignment with the Institute’s strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Leads budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes within their portfolio.
• Maintains strong oversight of financial performance, resource allocation, funding sources and utilisation, and risk exposure.
• Translates complex financial information into clear insights that enable confident, evidence-based decision-making and long-term sustainability of research activity.
• Leads the development of robust cost models and scenario analysis to inform new initiatives, funding proposals, and evolving resource requirements.
• Strengthens financial capability across their portfolio through effective partnerships, contributing to sound governance and alignment with the Institute’s strategic objectives.

Requirements

• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and proven experience in a similar commercial role.
• Ability to operate autonomously and exercise sound professional judgement.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trusted relationships.
• Excellent communicator in both written and verbal form with the ability to simplify and present complex information to support informed decision-making.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.
• Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality outcomes within tight timeframes.
• Collaborative, solutions-focused and growth mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement, operational efficiencies and organisational outcomes.
• Proactive can-do attitude with a high level of initiative.
• Demonstrate discretion when managing sensitive or confidential information.
• Extensive senior-level finance experience (typically 8+ years), ideally within a commercial environment or in a strong commercial role in medical research, higher education, health, or other complex grant-funded environments.
• Advanced analytical capability and high attention to detail, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and operate effectively in complex and fast-paced environments.
• Strong financial modelling capability, including development of cost models and scenario analysis.
• Experience operating within an FP&A or business partnering function.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills including strong data visualisation and financial storytelling capability, with experience presenting complex analysis to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage a complex portfolio with multiple cost centres and funding streams.
• Knowledge of major Australian research funding bodies such as NHMRC, ARC, and MRFF will be reviewed favourably.
• Experience in modern ERP system and financial planning tools such as Workday and Workday Adaptive Planning will be reviewed favourably.

Skills

• Business acumen
• Financial stewardship
• Financial advisory support
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Long-term planning
• Financial performance oversight
• Resource allocation
• Funding source and utilisation oversight
• Risk exposure management
• Financial data translation
• Cost model development
• Scenario analysis
• Financial capability strengthening
• Governance
• Strategic objective alignment
• CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent)
• Analytical capability
• Attention to detail
• Financial modelling
• FP&A
• Business partnering
• Stakeholder engagement
• Influencing skills
• Data visualisation
• Financial storytelling
• ERP system knowledge
• Financial planning tools knowledge

Location

• Australia

Work Type

• Full time
• Ongoing role

Experience Level

• Senior-level finance experience (typically 8+ years)

Education Level

• CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent)

Salary/Compensations

• $121,642 - $131,663

Benefits

• Attractive salary packaging options for general living expenses, meal entertainment, novated leasing and more.
• 12% superannuation payable.
• Up to a further 5% after the first 6 months of service via matching superannuation scheme.

About the Company

• WEHI is transforming how our professional services empower and enable scientists to deliver world‑leading medical research now and into the future.
• Following a holistic review and redesign across our professional services portfolios, WEHI is now focused on strengthening its critical capabilities, aligning its structures and systems with strategic priorities, and empowering its people to do what they do best.
• WEHI is Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical research institute.

Equal Opportunity

• WEHI strives to foster a flexible working environment that encourages individual differences and promotes collaboration and creativity.
• WEHI’s ability to shape contemporary scientific thinking and deliver leading professional services relies on a diversity of thought within our organisation.
• WEHI’s commitment to promoting gender equality has been recognised with an Athena SWAN Bronze Award from Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) and offers a range of support for women researchers.
• Commitment to celebrating diversity and addressing inequities is further demonstrated through its Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, Gender Action Plan, Reconciliation Action Plan and WE-Pride network for LGBTQIA+ staff and students.
• Actively encourage applications from people with a disability, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people and people with diverse genders and sexualities.
• WEHI is working to create a future where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be engaged at the scientific frontier, making exciting discoveries and decisions about the future of health in this country, and part of a leading professional services workforce supporting the realisation of these discoveries.
• Committed to creating a culturally safe workplace and offering career development and leadership opportunities to First Nations staff and students.
• Strongly encourage any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.