Finance Business partner
Step into impact and become the Finance Business Partner in our Global Business Services team
Role Summary
The Finance Business Partner – Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership, insight, and support to the ETS organisation and its consuming business units. This role partners closely with technology leaders, product owners, project managers, architects, and operational teams to ensure the organisation’s technology investments are planned, governed, and managed to deliver measurable business value.
The position works alongside a small team of specialised Finance Business Partners and acts as the key financial advisor to ETS, enabling effective decision‑making across run, change, and innovation investment portfolios. This includes providing robust financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, commercial advice, and value‑realisation measurement for technology products, platforms, and services.
What You'll Do
Business Partnering & Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as the dedicated Finance Business Partner to Enterprise Technology Services, building trusted relationships with IT executives, technology product leaders, and senior business stakeholders.
- Translate financial information into clear, actionable insights to support technology strategy, operational performance, and investment decisions.
- Support consuming business units in understanding the cost, value, and drivers of ETS services, including allocation methodologies and optimisation opportunities.
- Facilitate conversations that connect technology investment with business outcomes, benefits, and customer value.
Financial Leadership & Analysis
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for ETS, ensuring alignment with technology roadmaps, portfolio priorities, and organisational strategy.
- Provide commercial guidance on vendor contracts, licensing models, infrastructure costs, SaaS agreements, cloud consumption, and project/portfolio delivery.
- Develop and maintain financial models for technology cost transparency, scenario planning, total cost of ownership (TCO), and value realisation.
- Analyse trends in operational performance, capacity, resourcing, cloud usage, and run‑the‑business cost structures to identify efficiency and optimisation opportunities.
Technology Investment & Value Management
- Support governance of the technology investment portfolio, including business cases, investment appraisal, ROI analysis, and benefits tracking.
- Ensure financial alignment across initiatives, platforms, and services, with clear understanding of cost drivers and expected outcomes.
- Partner with ETS leaders to track delivery benefits, measure realised value, and support continuous improvement.
Reporting & Insights
- Produce timely, accurate, and meaningful financial reporting for ETS, including executive dashboards, variance analysis, monthly performance commentary, and insights on cost drivers.
- Present financial insights to technology leadership, business stakeholders, and governance forums in a clear, concise, and commercial manner.
- Translate technical concepts and cost structures into business‑friendly language.
Preferred Qualifications
- Desired: CA/CPA
- Business / Commerce - Accounting or Finance degree
- Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner within a technology‑focused organisation (IT services, digital, SaaS, infrastructure, engineering, or similar).
- Strong understanding of technology cost structures, IT operating models, cloud financial management (FinOps), and technology portfolio delivery.
- Ability to challenge constructively, influence decisions, and operate as a trusted advisor to technology and business leaders.
- Excellent analytical capability, commercial acumen, and the ability to connect financial performance with business and technology strategy.
What you'll Enjoy:
Salary: $115k-130k Plus Super (dependant on experience)
🙋🏾♀️Culture: you will be employed by an inclusive company that offers a team culture like no other in the industry - Flight Centre Travel Group Australia is proud to be a certified Great Place To Work® Australia New Zealand Pty Ltd
👐🏽 Our People: FCTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability
🎉Development: Individualised Learning & Development pathway options
🔧Access to 'LinkedIn Learning' for ongoing skills development: over 24,500 courses in over 20 languages
🏆Exclusive Staff Discounts: Accessible via our employee-only portal with 350+ of Australia’s leading retailers, health and wellness discounts, financial planning advice, employee share plan and more
🌏Travel Discounts: Including family and friends - flights, hotels, tours, cruises, travel insurance and more
💎Brightness of Future: Career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses across the globe - we promote from within
🥦Corporate Health Discounts: Access exclusive discounts on health insurance plans for you and your family with our partner, BUPA, access to internal gym
🌞Mental Health: Support and Employee Assistance Program for staff and family
🎉Social: Regular awards nights, social team-building and industry events, with the opportunity to attend global conferences (Bangkok in 2026)
🙏🏼 Giving Back: Corporate Social Responsibility program supporting nominated charities through Workplace Giving, volunteering and fundraising; paid parental and volunteer leave
💚Sustainability: The protection of our environment is essential to the future of tourism, as a leading travel group, we have made efforts to affect positive change to the environment
We value you
Flight Centre is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Irreverence. Ownership. Egalitarianism.
Our Talent Acquisition Team kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Flight Centre Travel Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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