Finance Business Partner

Geelong Grammar School

Full time
Non-Teaching Professionals / Managers

Job Description

Geelong Grammar School is one of the world’s leading coeducational boarding and day schools. Offering exceptional educational opportunities across four campuses, from Early Learning to Year 12, Geelong Grammar School is committed to making a positive difference for students, staff, and the community. We believe in prioritising wellbeing, creativity, and academic rigour, and we value wisdom. Our character is compassionate, curious, and courageous, and we achieve our goals through working ethically, collaboratively, inclusively, progressively and with substantiation.

We seek to appoint an experienced and collaborative Finance Business Partner to join the Finance Department, working across campuses in a full time, ongoing role.

About the role:

An exciting opportunity exists for a finance professional with strong analytical capability and stakeholder engagement skills to provide high quality financial advice and decision support across the School. Partnering closely with academic and operational leaders, the Finance Business Partner plays a key role in budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting and financial analysis that supports strategic planning and long‑term sustainability.

Working collaboratively within the Finance team, this role delivers meaningful insights, promotes sound financial governance and builds financial capability across the organisation, contributing to informed decision making in a complex, multi campus environment.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Partnering with a portfolio of academic and operational leaders to provide strategic financial advice and decision support
• Leading budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with the School’s strategic objectives
• Delivering timely and accurate management reporting, including variance analysis and performance insights
• Developing financial models, scenario analysis and business cases to support key initiatives
• Promoting strong financial governance, compliance and accountability across the School
• Building financial capability among stakeholders through clear communication and guidance

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience in a finance business partnering or management accounting role
• Strong financial modelling, analytical and problem solving skills
• The ability to translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights
• Proven ability to build effective relationships and influence a diverse range of stakeholders
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting
• High levels of commercial acumen, attention to detail and written and verbal communication skills
• A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline
• CA or CPA qualification
• A Current Victorian Working with Children Check (Employment) and National Police Check

Experience working in a school or similar complex organisation will be highly regarded.

Safeguarding

Geelong Grammar School is committed to the safety of all students and has a zero tolerance of student abuse.

The School’s Student Safeguarding Framework, which includes the Student Safeguarding Strategy, Student Safeguarding Policy and Student Safeguarding Code of Conduct, is available on the GGS website under ‘Student Safeguarding’. The School’s expectation is that all staff members (and School Community members) comply with the Student Safeguarding Framework policies and procedures and the Child Safe Standards, as applicable to their role. Any queries regarding this Framework or the School’s expectations should be directed to safeguarding@ggs.vic.edu.au.

How to Apply

For further details or to apply for this position, please visit the Employment page on our website: www.ggs.vic.edu.au/employment

Please submit a resume, cover letter and a document addressing the key selection criteria.

Please be aware that applications will be reviewed as they are submitted, and interviews may occur prior to the closing date.

Applications close at 10.00 am on Friday 15 May 2026.