Manager, Finance Business Partnering

In May 2021, Lendi and Aussie Home Loans merged to create Lendi Group. Today, Lendi Group is Australia's largest retail mortgage broker, with a loan book in excess of $70 billion, over 1200 brokers and 225 retail stores across the country.

At Lendi Group, we use technology to drive better customer outcomes and experiences. We’re passionate about what we do and like to do things differently.

Despite the challenges and changes in the last year, we’ve enjoyed record growth while adapting to the changing world around us. We’ve fully embraced flexible working from home: we call it ‘flex first,’ and it's now a core part of our DNA.

The Finance team at Lendi Group comprises Financial Reporting, Financial Operations, Corporate Development, and Business Partnering professionals with a common mission to build the leading modern finance team. We go beyond spreadsheets and PowerPoint by leveraging best-in-class technology to deliver fact-based insights and decision support to influence business strategy.

What you will do:

• Lead by example as a key member of the Business Partnering team
• Be the subject matter expert and go-to contact across functional areas
• Responsible for monthly results including analytical commentary
• Develop modelling capability within Anaplan and support further business adoption
• Coordination and delivery of the annual Budget, periodic forecasts, and input into Board reporting
• Monitor business and cost trends, and provide insightful financial and commercial insights to enable strategic and operational decisions
• Identify opportunities focused on process improvement, leveraging technology to improve reporting.
• Partner with the financial reporting and operations team and contribute to overall financial control
• Role model best practices in risk culture in all our processes
  

• Previous background in Finance Business Partnering and in FP&A an role
• Accounting degree with CPA or CA
• Advanced level of Excel modelling skills and Anaplan experience beneficial
• Prior industry experience in either banking or a sales distribution organisation
• Experience in the end to end-to-end leadership of risk management in complex corporate environments
• Analytical, with a strong eye for detail and a high level of commercial acumen to drive and achieve successful business outcomes.
• A collaborative working style to partner business stakeholders, management and with finance colleagues
• Effective time management, ability to meet deadlines and operate under time pressure in a dynamic environment
• Commitment to deliver exceptional service to both internal and external customers

• We’re Flex First which means we’ve fully embraced flexible working from home and have metropolitan city offices for those who do want to work from the office
• We offer extended Paid Parental Leave: we celebrate our growing Lendi Group family with up to 26 weeks of leave for primary carers and up to 4 weeks for secondary carers.
• An additional week’s Loyalty Leave each year after reaching 3 years’ service.

We are a people-first company that invests in initiatives to promote a healthy work environment, such as offering an Employee Assistance Program and social groups such as our industry-leading Women in Technology group.

Our culture is guided by our 3 core values: We Are Stronger United; Act Like You Own It; and Keep Home Loans Human. Our values are part of our core DNA that helps Lendi Group attract, engage and evolve talent and build best-in-class products.

Lendi Group is a2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer ; we value a positive candidate experience and commit to responding to every applicant. Once we have received your application, we will reach out to you via email.

Feeling like you don’t meet all the skills listed? That’s ok; we are always on the lookout for different skills, experience, and qualities and so we’d still like to hear from you.