Finance Business Analyst

About this role

• Full time, ongoing position 
• Salary range: $104,925 - $122,409 plus superannuation
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging, flexible hybrid work arrangement

 

About the role

This role is responsible for supporting the Finance Business Partners by providing generalist support and advice to the business, maintaining various financial models and templates, compiling internal and external performance reports and contributing to the month-end, forecast and budget process. 

The role also involves supporting the wider Finance and Service Performance team to inform Victoria Legal Aid's (VLA) long term financial strategy. This includes delivering key data insights and reports (including financial and economic analysis, discrete data projects, benefits realisation analysis). It also involves leading improvements to data and information capture, sharing, quality control and management.

This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country. 

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will possess: 

• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyse and interpret complex information from numerous sources, prepare and present analyses, deal with challenges creatively and achieve business-focused solutions.
• Detail focus, identifying gaps in information, looking for logical sequences of information, highlighting practical considerations of plans and activities, and preparing documentation and strategies that convey ideas clearly and succinctly.
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail, with a demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines with accuracy.
• Strong stakeholder skills, including the ability to build mutually beneficial partnerships and work across VLA to achieve outcomes through negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail, with a demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines with accuracy.
• Ability to actively and collaboratively contribute to a high-performing team that delivers results, and to constantly seek ways to improve own contributions.
• Project management abilities, including the capacity to contribute to the planning and implementation of changes in complex environments, by researching and developing recommendations and planning for delivery.
• Experience with the Finance One accounting system and/or other accounting systems..

Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate.

About VLA
We offer legal representation, family dispute resolution and non-legal advocacy to those who need it most. With over 1400 staff employed in 16 offices across Victoria, we help people with their legal problems by providing information, advice and education with a focus on the prevention and early resolution of legal problems. 

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and foster a work culture that's inclusive as well as diverse. Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the people we serve.

Employee benefits

• A focus on work-life balance, including flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid work from home & office model 
• Generous leave benefits, including:
  • Three days paid seasonal leave (to be taken between Boxing Day and New Year's Day public holidays)
  • Paid gender affirmation leave
  • Five days both paid reproductive and fertility leave per calendar year
• Annual 3% salary increase each December plus performance-related salary incentives
• Attractive salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, Meals & Entertainment up to $2,650 PLUS Novated Leasing
• Discounted annual Myki public transport passes 
• Individual learning and professional development opportunities, tailored to your role and career goals
• Free annual flu vaccinations
• Access to gym and end-of-trip facilities at our CBD office
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, including confidential counselling and access to a range of mental health and wellbeing resources.

How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit your current resume and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria. 

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team. 

For further information, please review the attached position description or contact Sonia Li, Finance And Service Performance Lead on 03 9606 5384 or for general queries to recruitment@vla.vic.gov.au.

No agency applications will be accepted. 

Applications close by 11.59pm on 12 April 2026. 

Other relevant information

It is a requirement that staff attend for office-based days at their primary work location. In line with this requirement, interstate applications will be considered only where the candidate is able and willing to relocate to Victoria, unless part of a border community. 

VLA is committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first.