Finance Business Partner

Job Description

• Partner with senior operational and executive leaders to influence commercial and financial decision-making across Network Aviation
• Play a key role in finance transformation, continuous improvement, and business performance initiatives
• Join our finance team where you'll help build capability for a 12-month fixed term role opportunity

At Network Aviation, we're incredibly proud of our West Australian heritage. We play an important role in connecting communities and industries, operating over 300 weekly flights to destinations throughout WA and beyond. These flights include Fly-in, Fly-out (FIFO) services for the resources industry, corporate charter, routine or emergency freight, as well as regular airline services on behalf of Qantas.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with the Finance Business Partner Lead and senior stakeholders across the business to provide financial planning, analysis and strategic advice that supports operational and commercial decision-making. You will play a critical role in management reporting, financial control, budgeting and forecasting, while challenging and supporting the business to achieve its performance objectives.

This is an opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys building relationships, influencing outcomes, and driving continuous improvement in a dynamic operational environment.

You will:

• Partner with senior operational, commercial and executive stakeholders
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and financial performance analysis activities
• Provide insight and recommendations to support strategic decision-making
• Analyse business performance and identify opportunities to improve outcomes
• Support investment decisions, business cases and project reviews
• Drive finance transformation and process improvement initiatives
• Strengthen reporting, governance and financial control processes
• Lead and influence key stakeholders across the business to achieve financial and operational objectives
• Support compliance, risk management and audit activities
• Coach, mentor and help build capability across the wider finance team

To be considered, you’ll have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline
• CA or CPA qualification (or equivalent)
• Significant experience in business partnering, management accounting or commercial finance roles
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, reporting and financial analysis capability
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate financial information into commercial insights
• Experience working within complex operational or asset-intensive environments
• Strong communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
• A continuous improvement mindset with experience driving process or systems enhancements
• Demonstrated leadership capability through mentoring, coaching or leading projects and initiatives
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at the Qantas Group. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.   

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.    

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

The Qantas Group is an equal opportunity employer, so by coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply.

Applications close: Friday 27th November 2026 (subject to early review and closure).

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