- End‑to‑end financial governance for outages and capital projects
- Work alongside operations on major delivery programs (~$80m scale)
- Strong team culture with genuine flexibility and development opportunities
About the role
This is a full‑time, permanent Finance Business Partner role based at Tarong Power Station, supporting outages and major capital projects. Embedded with site leadership and delivery teams, the role plays a critical part in cost control, financial governance and decision support. A key focus will be supporting large‑scale programs, including the TPS Unit 3 outage, with a combined budget of approximately $80 million across the overhaul and associated projects.
You’ll join a close‑knit Finance Business Partnering team with a strong, supportive culture and genuine flexibility in working arrangements, offering exposure to work of real scale and complexity, hands‑on involvement with outage delivery teams, and opportunities to build experience across power station operations, projects and broader finance disciplines.
Key activities include:
- Provide end‑to‑end financial oversight from business case through delivery and post‑implementation review
- Establish and maintain strong cost control, budgeting and forecasting frameworks
- Develop and manage run‑to‑completion forecasts for outages and capital work
- Track expenditure, analyse variances and drill into cost drivers
- Partner proactively with operations and project teams to optimise outcomes and manage risk
- Support financial governance, approvals and capital tracking requirements
About you
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting or a related discipline
- CA / CPA qualified, or working towards (or eligibility for membership)
- Strong experience in cost control, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Practical, hands‑on approach to financial governance and delivery support
- Proven ability to partner with operations and project teams in complex environments
- Experience with outages or major capital projects is highly desirable, not essential
- Collaborative team player with strong relationship‑building skills
- Comfortable working on site and embedding within delivery teams
Benefits
- Recognised as an Endorsed Employer for all Women by WORK180
- Weekly pay + 12.75% super + annual incentive
- Full income protection cover
- Salary packaging options
- Flexible working options
- Buses provided from Kingaroy, Nanango and Yarraman
- On-site canteen services
- Access to learning and development (including LinkedIn learning)
- Purchased and volunteer leave options
- Health and wellbeing initiatives (e.g. EAP, Fitness Passport, skin checks, flu vaccines)
- Access to Bright Spark – our rewards, recognition and discounts platform
- Exceptional safety culture
- Plus, a whole lot more!
About Stanwell
Stanwell is Queensland’s largest and most reliable electricity generator. We’re applying our forty years of experience in operational excellence to building a diverse portfolio including coal-fired power stations, renewable generation, storage and firming to deliver Queensland’s future energy needs. Experience an organisation that lives by its values to care, adapt and deliver and is constantly responding to create an environment where respect, inclusivity, safety and wellbeing are delivered.
What’s next?
To submit your application, please apply online with your CV.
Applications close: 11:55pm, 1 June 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.
