Corporate Business Partner, Finance
Journey Beyond, Australia
Job Description
Be a part of sharing special places and shaping lasting memories with Australia’s leading experiential tourism business.
ABOUT US:
Proudly part of the Hornblower Group, Journey Beyond is a national business focused on bringing Australia’s most unique and iconic experiences to life. Our aim is to take guests beyond, to ignite their imagination and to transform the amazing into the breath-taking.
Our suite of iconic tourism brands stretches across Australia’s beautiful coastline and deep into the heart of our continent’s rich landscape. We own and operate Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions (The Ghan, Indian Pacific, Great Southern and The Overland), Rottnest Express, Cruise Whitsundays, Darwin Harbour Cruises, Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef, Outback Spirit, Melbourne Skydeck, Eureka 89, Journey Beyond Cruise Sydney and Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures.
Working as part of our Journey Beyond Group, you play an integral role in supporting our business to share special places and shape lasting memories.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We have a new opportunity within our Finance Operations team. As the Finance Business Partner you will have a pivotal role in providing insight to senior stakeholders around the financial efficiency of the Journey Beyond Group
This position focuses on ensuring that spending aligns with budgets and forecasts while actively engaging in the analysis of costs and cost allocations. The Corporate Business Partner collaborates closely with Corporate General Managers (GMs) to formulate accurate and timely forecasts, challenge and refine new business cases, provide visibility of whole-of-group SGamp;A pool, and take ownership of tracking and reporting on cost efficiency measures. This role demands a hands-on approach, strong analytical skills, and a keen understanding of financial principles and business operations.
This is a full-time permanent position, working in our Journey Beyond Head office in North Terrace as well as the opportunity to WFH (Friday).
Key responsibilities will include:
- Monitor, analyse, and manage costs within the corporate division in alignment with budgetary guidelines and forecasts.
- Conduct detailed analysis of spending patterns, cost drivers, and cost allocations, identifying areas for improvement and efficiency gains
- Collaborate with Corporate GMs to formulate accurate and insightful financial forecasts amp; budgets
- Provide proactive financial insights, highlighting potential risks and opportunities to achieve budgetary targets
- Work closely with GMs to create, challenge, and refine new business cases, ensuring financial viability and alignment with strategic objectives
- Own the tracking and reporting of cost efficiency measures, ensuring that initiatives are implemented effectively and deliver the expected results
- Prepare regular and ad-hoc reports on cost performance, variances against budgets, and forecast accuracy
- Communicate financial concepts and insights clearly to non-financial colleagues, facilitating informed decision-making processes
- Engage in and manage supporting corporate finance team in delivery of key projects (e.g. system roll-outs, projects to improve corporate processes out at operating entities et al)
TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
You will have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or similar, along with previous experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting, preferably in a corporate finance or business partnering role.
You will also have strong analytical skills and ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights, experience in creating and evaluating business cases, assessing financial feasibility, and conducting sensitivity analyses.
You will be reliable, professional, organised and show initiative, while also demonstrating a strong customer service orientation and have an exceptional business acumen.
HOW TO APPLY:
This is an amazing opportunity to work in a dynamic, growing tourism business where you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals.
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for and you feel you have the right skills and experience, we would like to hear from you.
Apply now!
STAFF BENEFITS:
- Generous Travel discounts
- Free Barista coffee from Journey Beyond staff café
- Study assistance Policy
- Private Health discounts
- Employee Assistance program
- Discounts on Journey Beyond merchandise
- Flexible working environment