Finance Business Partner - Southern Support

High-impact Finance Business Partner role supporting major outage and capital programs at Tarong Power Station.  

What you’ll get

• Weekly pay, 12.75% super and annual incentive
• Full income protection cover
• Flexible working options and genuine work/life balance
• Bus services from Kingaroy, Nanango and Yarraman
• Salary packaging plus purchased and volunteer leave options
• Learning and development, including LinkedIn Learning
• Supportive team culture and a regional lifestyle near Kingaroy

About the role

This is a full-time, permanent Finance Business Partner opportunity based at Tarong Power Station in Queensland’s South Burnett region.

You will work closely with site leadership and delivery teams, providing commercial insight, financial governance and decision support across major outages and capital programs.

A key focus of the role will be supporting large-scale delivery activity, including the TPS Unit 3 outage and broader capital works.

This is a visible, business-critical role where you will help leaders manage performance, control costs, reduce risk and make sound financial decisions across the full project lifecycle. You will join a close-knit Finance Business Partnering team with a supportive culture, genuine flexibility and the opportunity to work on complex, high-impact programs in an operational environment.

Key responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end financial support from business case through to delivery and post-implementation review
• Establish and maintain strong budgeting, forecasting and cost control frameworks
• Develop and manage run-to-completion forecasts across outages and capital works
• Track expenditure, analyse variances and identify key cost drivers
• Partner closely with operations and project teams to support decision-making and optimise outcomes
• Support financial governance, approvals and capital tracking requirements

About you

You are a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys working closely with the business and contributing to complex operational or project environments.

You will ideally bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting or a related discipline
• CA or CPA qualification, or progress toward membership
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, cost control and variance analysis
• A practical, hands-on approach to financial governance and business partnering
• Experience supporting capital programs, projects, shutdowns, outages or major operational delivery environments will be highly regarded, but is not essential

Why join Stanwell

At Stanwell, you will be part of an organisation with a strong safety culture, a supportive team environment and meaningful work that contributes to Queensland’s energy future.

Additional benefits and support include

• On-site canteen services
• Health and wellbeing initiatives including EAP, Fitness Passport, skin checks and flu vaccines
• Access to Bright Spark rewards, recognition and discounts
• A strong values-led culture focused on care, adaptability and delivery

About the location

Tarong Power Station is located near Kingaroy in the South Burnett, offering the chance to combine meaningful career growth with a more balanced regional lifestyle.

The area offers:

• Affordable living and a strong sense of community
• Easy travel to site, including bus services from nearby towns
• Access to open space, local food, wineries and weekend escapes
• More time back in your day for family, hobbies and wellbeing

If you are looking for a role where you can do high-value work, build strong relationships with operational leaders and enjoy a different pace of life without stepping away from career-defining work, this is a compelling opportunity.

About Stanwell

Stanwell is Queensland’s leading provider of electricity and energy solutions to the National Electricity Market and large energy users along the eastern seaboard of Australia.  

With over 40 years of continuous operations, Stanwell maintains a reliable supply of power from two of the most efficient coal-fired power stations in Australia – the Tarong power stations near Kingaroy and Stanwell Power Station near Rockhampton.

Stanwell’s experience working with communities to build, operate and maintain reliable coal-fired power stations is also being applied through partnerships with the private sector to build the new energy, storage and firming solutions Queensland needs for the future.

What’s next?

To submit your application, please apply online with your CV.

Applications close: 11:55pm, 26 August 2026

Further information on Stanwell can be found online at www.stanwell.com

As part of the recruitment process, you may be required to undertake pre-employment checks (may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing). 

Inclusion and diversity is an important part of shaping Stanwell’s culture and how our workplace operates. We recognise and value that it’s essential to creating a safe, inclusive, and productive workplace.

We are proactive about giving our people opportunities to excel and truly be themselves. We enable this through diversity, fairness, and flexible work practices.

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.