Senior Finance Business Partner

About the role

The Senior Finance Business Partner – Stadium will provide commercial insight, financial analysis and decision support across Marvel Stadium operations, events, premium memberships and corporate hospitality. Based at AFL House in Melbourne, you will work closely with stadium leaders and the broader AFL Finance function.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance partner for senior stadium and operational leaders, delivering monthly management reporting, variance analysis and coordinating annual budgets and forecasts.
• Provide timely financial advice for operational planning, product decisions, investment proposals and commercial trade‑offs.
• Coordinate budgeting, forecasting and long‑range planning for stadium, premium membership and corporate hospitality portfolios.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities and develop actions to improve outcomes.
• Analyse performance across revenue, yield, utilisation, retention, product mix, costs and contribution.
• Deliver financial modelling, ROI, business case and post‑implementation analysis for events and commercial initiatives.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualifications in accounting with a CPA or CAA qualification.
• Six to seven years’ experience in accounting, finance business partnering or commercial finance.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and deliver accurate reporting against budgets and forecasts.
• Strong decision‑making and problem‑solving in fast‑paced, event‑driven environments.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and overall Office suite capability.
• Financial modelling and analysis.
• Experience with cloud‑based budgeting and forecasting tools such as Adaptive Planning, Power BI or Dynamics 365.

What we offer

• Flexible working approach to support game day and everyday life.
• Coaching, mentoring and formal development programmes.
• Health and wellbeing programme.
• Access to AFL corporate partner discounts and Silver Memberships.
• Six months paid primary parental leave for permanent staff.