Senior Finance Business Partner
Date: 15 Oct 2026
Location: DOCKLANDS, Victoria, AU
Company: Australian Football League
Join the team shaping the future of Australia’s game.
This is your chance to do work that has real impact, in an organisation that moves fast, aims high and plays a meaningful role in the lives of millions across the country through football. Every role at the AFL helps progress the game, so more people can love it, connect with it and see what is possible through it.
At Marvel Stadium, that impact extends to one of Australia’s leading sports and entertainment venues. From AFL match days to concerts, international sport, major events, functions and precinct experiences, your work helps bring millions of patrons together and deliver memorable moments in the heart of Melbourne.
The opportunity
We are seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner - Stadium to provide commercial insight, financial analysis and decision support across Marvel Stadium operations, events, premium memberships and corporate hospitality.
In this full-time role, you will work closely with stadium and premium business leaders, operational teams and the broader AFL Finance function to support financial performance through accurate reporting, budgeting, forecasting and commercially focused analysis.
Based at AFL House in Melbourne and reporting to the Finance Manager - Stadium, the role offers exposure to major events, membership and hospitality products, and high-profile commercial activity across the AFL and Marvel Stadium.
What you’ll own
You will be a trusted finance partner, turning complex financial information into clear insights and practical recommendations that support strong commercial and operational decisions.
You’ll add value through:
- Acting as the primary finance partner for senior stadium leaders and operational leads, building trusted and effective working relationships
- Leading monthly management reporting and variance analysis, and coordinating annual budgets and forecasts with business owners
- Providing timely financial advice and analysis to support operational planning, product decisions, investment proposals and commercial trade-offs
- Coordinating budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning across assigned stadium, premium membership and corporate hospitality portfolios
- Identifying financial risks and opportunities, and working with stakeholders to develop practical actions that improve outcomes
- Analysing stadium, premium membership and corporate hospitality performance across revenue, yield, utilisation, retention, product mix, costs and contribution
- Delivering financial modelling, return on investment, business case and post-implementation analysis for events, products, commercial initiatives and investments
- Supporting pricing, packaging and product decisions by assessing customer, revenue and cost impacts across memberships, suites, hospitality and event offerings
- Maintaining financial models for stadium products and identifying efficiencies, revenue opportunities and improvements to financial performance
- Supporting strong financial governance, audit readiness and compliance with AFL financial policies, controls and reporting standards
- Partnering with central finance teams on month-end, taxation, accounting, audit and compliance matters
- Building financial capability across operational and commercial teams through clear advice, practical tools and education
What you’ll bring
- Tertiary qualifications in accounting and a relevant postgraduate qualification, such as CPA or CA
- A minimum of six to seven years’ experience in accounting, finance business partnering or commercial finance
- Demonstrated experience delivering accurate and reliable reporting against approved income, expenditure and cash flow budgets and forecasts
- Strong financial modelling, analysis and interpretation capability
- The ability to translate financial information into clear, practical insights and recommendations
- Commercial judgement and an understanding of customer, product and operational drivers
- Proven ability to influence and partner effectively with senior stakeholders in complex organisations
- Sound decision-making and problem-solving capability in fast-paced, event-driven and customer-focused environments
- Advanced Microsoft Office capability, particularly in Excel
- Experience in stadia, events, sport, entertainment, membership, hospitality or another complex operating environment will be highly regarded
- Experience supporting commercial products, capital projects, large-scale events or contract-driven arrangements will be highly regarded
- Exposure to cloud-based budgeting and forecasting tools, such as Adaptive Planning, Power BI or Dynamics 365, will be highly regarded
Why you’ll love being on our team
At the AFL, you will be part of a values-led team that aims high, backs each other and brings energy, care and integrity to work that matters. This is a place where people play to win, play as one team and play with passion, while always staying grounded in fairness, inclusion and respect. We work hard, support each other and create the conditions for our people to grow, perform and thrive.
What you can look forward to:
- Play The Day Your Way, our flexible approach to working life, built to support you on game day and every day
- My Development, with coaching, mentoring, on-the-job learning and formal development to help you keep building your game
- Play Well, our health and wellbeing programme designed to support a healthy body, healthy mind and healthy workplace
- My Benefits, giving you access to a range of partner offers and discounts through our AFL Corporate Partners
- AFL Silver Memberships for permanent team members, so you can enjoy the action at Marvel Stadium and the MCG with family and friends
- 6 months paid primary parental leave with no qualification period for permanent team members
Everyone has a place here
Our game brings people together, and we want our workplace to do the same.
We are committed to building a culture of belonging and an environment where people feel respected, included and able to thrive, and where diversity of background, experience and perspective makes us stronger.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.
Whether you’re a footy fan or new to our game, we welcome everyone to apply. We know great candidates don’t always tick every box. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience doesn’t perfectly match the job description.
The AFL is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our care. Please note, we undertake several screening processes to ensure this commitment is upheld, this includes ensuring the successful candidate to this position holds a valid employee Working with Children/Vulnerable People check and a satisfactory criminal history record check.
Ready to play your part?
Applications close 23 October 2026.