Finance Business Partner

At ASIC, you can be the change that ensures a fair, strong and efficient financial system for the benefit of all Australians. Contribute to delivering on ASIC's purpose, vision, and strategic priorities to help maintain the integrity of the financial system and protect consumers from harm.

This is an exciting opportunity to join ASIC's Finance team as a Finance Business Partner - Executive Level 1. In this role, you will provide strategic financial support, advice and insights to senior executives and budget managers, helping business areas make informed decisions and achieve their business plans.

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Canberra location. Other locations considered.

EL1 - ($127,641-$149,295) depending on experience, plus 15.4% superannuation

Permanent role

Applications close at 11:59pm AEST on Tuesday, 28 July 2026

The team

The Finance Business Partnering team provides strategic support to business managers to help them achieve their business plans through actionable financial insights that support decision-making and drive improved performance. The Chief Finance Office team provides a range of financial support and analysis services to ASIC's internal stakeholders.

The role

As a Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for managing stakeholder engagement, developing financial literacy, and providing strategic budget advice and insights to support Executive Leadership in achieving their business plans.

You will be responsible for:

Collaborating with business stakeholders and Finance Business Partners to deliver financial support across a range of portfolios, with a current focus on data and technology.

Developing strong working relationships with senior executives and budget managers across your assigned area of responsibility.

Building a strong understanding of stakeholder business plans, budgets and key activity drivers.

Providing strategic and financial support to business teams by delivering actionable financial insights that support decision-making and drive performance.

Developing the financial and budget literacy of stakeholders, including education in TechOne, ASIC's finance ERP system.

Advising business teams on financial and performance matters, including supporting the development of business cases and improving understanding of financial processes.

Supporting senior executives to develop funding bids, including financial analysis, extraction of financial data, and contributing to financial papers and reports for senior and board-level management.

Contributing to continuous process improvement to ensure service delivery supports the Chief Finance Officer team's business plan outcomes.

Assisting with the training and development of Assistant Business Partners and Graduates.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will bring demonstrated experience in management accounting, budgeting or forecasting practices gained within either the public or private sector. You will have proven experience delivering timely and accurate financial, budgeting and forecasting advice to senior executives.

You will be confident analysing complex financial and management accounting information and simplifying this information for business users. You will also have strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to organise, interpret and communicate financial information clearly to a range of audiences.

You will have experience partnering with senior executives and budget managers to deliver timely, actionable and strategic insights that help business areas achieve their plans and improve performance. Your ability to present complex information to different audiences, including senior and board-level executives, through strong analytical, business writing and verbal communication skills will be important to your success.

A qualification in Business, Commerce or Finance is desirable, and a CPA or CA qualification will also be highly regarded but not essential.

Experience with finance ERP systems, reporting tools and business systems will be highly regarded. Exposure to ICT or technology-focused environments, including providing financial advice and business partnering support, would be an advantage.

You will also bring strong communication, influencing, negotiation, problem-solving, project management, risk management, data literacy, and technology and business systems literacy skills.

View the position description for more information or click `apply' to start your application. Applications close at 11:59pm AEST on Tuesday, 28 July 2026. Please include a copy of your resume and a cover letter as part of your application.

This is an ongoing opportunity.

Suitable candidates may also be placed in a merit pool which may be used to fill similar ongoing or non-ongoing roles. Non-ongoing vacancies filled from the merit pool may be offered as fixed term roles.

About ASIC

ASIC's remit is one of the broadest of regulators across the world. ASIC regulates corporations, markets, financial services and consumer credit and monitors and promotes market integrity and consumer protection in the Australian financial system. Through our enforcement work, we hold to account those who contravene the law, working to achieve strong outcomes that address the greatest consumer and investor harms.

We offer a range of employee benefits including:

Attractive superannuation

Additional leave entitlements

50/50 hybrid work-from home model

Flexible work arrangements

Assistance for study and professional development

To work with us, you need to be an Australian citizen and be prepared to complete an ASIC Suitability and Baseline Assessment.