Finance Business Partner (Property)

Job Description

Name Finance Business Partner (Property) Site / Location Ref # 12368746 Entity Australia Post Opening Date 06-Mar-2025 Suburb Work Type Permanent Full Time Description & Requirements Australia Post is delivering for Australia. From the vehicles we drive, to the small businesses that make our communities thrive. We’re delivering for the environment, for our communities, for our customers, and for our people. We’re moving forward and we want you to come along for the ride. About the opportunity Australia Post is entering a new era of strategic property portfolio review, ensuring that future strategic development, management and optimisation of the portfolio is aligned with the overall Enterprise roadmap, network plan and business objectives. The purpose of this role is to oversee Group Property Accommodation costs, CAPEX business case review and manage our extensive annual statutory valuations program. Business partnering is the key focus area, ensuring that key stakeholders are fully engaged in monitoring of actuals, forecasts, and annual budget development. Seeing the opportunities, effective communication and building effective relationships across a wide and varied stakeholder group will be critical in your success in this role. What you’ll deliver with us Reporting directly to ‘Finance Manager, Group Property’, you will partner with the Group Property Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and other senior internal stakeholders in the management of Australia Post’s Property portfolio. Your main focus is to support the Group Property function, including overall accommodation costs. You will have advanced commercial acumen, providing input into critical investment decisions and validating assumptions. You’ll also Assist the GM of Group property in CAPEX allocation, and recommendation on investment strategies (buy versus lease options) Provide timely analysis/ advice on business strategies and performance (budget vs. forecast), presentation of monthly results and stakeholders reporting, participation in KPI development and target setting as and when required Work closely with the Group Procurement team on energy procurement initiatives and sourcing strategies Provide regular strategic consulting to a variety of non-financial stakeholders Support Quarterly Forecast & Spend Category Reviews, Budget Planning and any regular updates as required Manage month-end planning and forecasting deliverables as well as a key governance role for projects Support the Retail Modernisation strategy and act as the SME on all Property matters Review, evaluate, and provide advice on business cases and investment proposals Assist the finance manager in reviewing monthly performance results, budgets, estimates, investment proposals, business cases, and initiative targets Work with key stakeholders to drive real savings across the property portfolio Have a great understanding of AP’s Post26 Strategy and how the Property impacts are managed What are we looking for? Bachelor’s degree in finance and/or Accounting Membership of CPA or Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) or equivalent is desirable Minimum of 7 years of financial advisory and/or financial control/accounting experience, preferably with exposure to the property industry Well-developed Business Partnering skills and a proven track record of working with non-financial senior stakeholders delivering outcomes Proven success in finance, planning and analysis roles and/or finance business partnering roles, particularly supporting multiple senior stakeholders Proficiency in financial systems (SAP, TM1, Tableau and Excel) would be a distinct advantage Familiarity with real estate accounting principles (IFRS16) and balance sheet impact assessments would be preferred Proven experience and understanding of real estate transactions or leasing, acquisitions, sales, and sale-and-leaseback strategies, including due diligence processes How we’ll deliver for you Join one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse workforces in Australia, where we’re all ages and genders and come from all walks of life We deliver on our values of Trust, Inclusivity, Empowerment, and Safety every day. They’re the TIES that bind our team together Immerse yourself in the AP Way – where every single team member partakes in a learning module to help understand the vital role, we play in delivering on our strategy and purpose We’re delivering together At Australia Post, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate, live and gather as employees. We believe our business should reflect the diverse communities we operate in and are proud to be an inclusive workplace for people from all walks of life. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, People with Disability, LGBTQIA+ and Refugees. We are one of the largest organisations in Australia to successfully achieve Disability Confident Recruiter status. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and workplace for those living with a disability and are committed to reviewing and removing bias in our processes to create a gender-equitable recruitment experience and workplace. If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact our Diversity & Inclusion team on See and hear more about what it's like to work in business support with us: #J-18808-Ljbffr