Senior Finance Business Partner - Information Technology

• $180k pckg include 12% super. Flexibility to WFH & the Footscray office
• Free income protection & life insurance, discounted health insurance & monthly work life balance days!
• Partner with a large-scale Information Technology function to drive strategic insights, financial performance, and value creation.

About Greater Western Water

We’re water… and more.

GWW is a Victorian government owned water corporation that provides an essential service to some of the fastest-growing communities in Australia, stretching from Melbourne’s CBD to Lancefield in the north and Bacchus Marsh in the west. Click here to learn more

Benefits

• We embrace flexibility and connection with a balance of on-site and WFH.
• Free onsite parking (subject to availability)
• Gender neutral, 16-week parental leave available from commencement
• Monthly work life balance day off to treat yourself (if full-time)
• Free income protection and salary continuance insurance
• Access to corporate health insurance deals with major providers
• Wellbeing, prayer, and sensory rooms in the Footscray and Sunbury office
• Remuneration package from $180k includes 12% super.

The opportunity

We’re seeking a commercially astute Senior Finance Business Partner (FBP) to provide strategic financial leadership to our Information Technology Division. This role is pivotal in supporting IT leaders to make informed investment decisions across infrastructure, applications, services, and cloud initiatives. As a trusted advisor, you will shape financial outcomes by delivering deep analysis, robust business cases, and actionable insights that enable smarter technology investments, improved vendor management, and greater value from the IT portfolio.

If you are looking for a role that delivers financial insights and analysis to enable profitable growth and strategic decision-making apply today!

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior IT leaders across key categories — hardware, software/applications, services, and cloud — providing financial insight and commercial advice.
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for IT operations (“Run”) and transformation programs (“Change/Transform”).
• Support development and review of business cases for major information technology investments, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and financial governance.
• Advise on capitalisation treatment for technology spend, including SaaS and cloud-based assets, ensuring compliance with AASB and internal policy.
• Analyse IT cost drivers, service catalogues, and project performance to identify efficiency and optimisation opportunities.
• Partner with procurement and IT to drive vendor rationalisation, pricing analysis, and supplier performance management.
• Provide financial insights to support decisions on sourcing, renewals, and supplier ecosystem optimisation.
• Deliver accurate and insightful reporting, highlighting run-rate trends, project spend, and return on investment.
• Support forecasts and monthly performance reviews, ensuring transparency and accountability in IT financials.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification and CPA/CA essential.
• Strong financial partnering experience with Information Technology teams.
• Deep understanding of IT financial categories — hardware, software/applications, services, cloud.
• Sound knowledge of capitalisation principles for technology projects, including SaaS and cloud treatment.
• Proven experience supporting business case development, benefits realisation, and project accounting.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical capability, with the ability to translate complex IT and financial information into actionable insights.
• Experience in supplier or vendor analysis, including pricing and contract performance review.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills — able to influence senior technology and finance leaders.
• Highly proficient in Excel and ERP/reporting systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, TM1, Power BI).

See yourself thrive!

Our vision for GWW is Thriving People and Country. We aim to be as diverse as the communities we serve and are deeply committed to building a workplace where everybody thrives. We’re supportive, inclusive, and friendly, and value everyone for who they are and what they can bring.  

We’re seeking applicants across all cultural backgrounds, genders, and abilities, and will make reasonable adjustments as required, so please talk to us about what you need.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

Don’t delay your application, include your resume, and cover letter (no more than 1 page), shortlisting will commence early!

The successful candidate will be required to complete pre-employment checks, including reference checks, medical assessments, a national police check, and verification of working rights in Australia.

Applications close: Friday 28, November