The company:

My client is one of Australia's leading financial institutions, renowned for its innovation, customer focus and continued investment in finance transformation.

The organisation is currently evolving its finance operating model, with a strong focus on strengthening commercial business partnering, improving decision support and ensuring finance delivers meaningful insight to the business.

This is an opportunity to step into a high-profile finance leadership position at an important point of transition, partnering with senior leaders across a broad Corporate Functions portfolio, whilst leading a small, high-performing team.

The role:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner to step into an interim leadership role for an initial 3-6 month period (with the potential to convert to permanent employment for the right individual).

This is not a caretaker role. You will be expected to quickly establish credibility, support delivery, provide commercial challenge and bring clarity to the team and its stakeholders during a period of operating model change.

As the Senior Finance Partner to Corporate Functions leadership, you will work across areas including technology, operations, transformation and broader corporate/staff functions.

Key responsibilities include:

Act as a Senior Finance Business Partner to Corporate Functions leadership, providing trusted commercial and financial advice
Lead and support the Corporate Functions finance business partnering team
Own and shape the expense narrative across actuals, forecasting and planning cycles
Translate financial results into clear business insights, recommendations and actions
Provide constructive challenge around investment proposals, productivity initiatives, cost drivers and benefits realisation
Partner closely with Financial Planning and Financial Control as well as other finance teams to ensure the financial fact base is translated into meaningful business insight and decision support
Provide senior stakeholders with a clear view of financial performance, risks, opportunities and key cost drivers
Coach, support and prioritise the work of the finance partnering team, creating clarity around expectations and priorities
Personally contribute to delivery and analysis where required - this is a genuine player-coach opportunity
Help embed new ways of working and demonstrate strong ownership, accountability, commercial judgement and constructive challenge

Success in the first few months will mean building credibility quickly, establishing a clear and controlled view of performance, and helping shift conversations from simply reporting financial results to understanding their implications and driving better decisions.

Ideal skills & experience:

You will be an experienced finance leader who is equally comfortable operating strategically with senior stakeholders and getting into the detail when required.

We are looking for:

Senior Finance Business Partnering/Commercial Finance or FP&A experience
Demonstrated experience partnering with corporate functions, technology, operations, shared services and/or transformation environments
Strong understanding of complex cost bases, including FTE and non-FTE expenditure, investment, productivity initiatives and benefits realisation
Proven ability to translate financial information into clear, commercially relevant insights and recommendations
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and constructively challenge senior leaders
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distil complex issues into concise messages and practical actions
Previous experience leading, coaching or coordinating a finance team
A hands-on, delivery-focused approach and willingness to personally contribute where required
The ability to operate calmly and effectively through ambiguity, change and evolving operating models
Strong commercial judgement and the ability to distinguish between financial reporting and genuine business insight

Most importantly, you will be someone who can lead from the front - bringing credibility, pragmatism and commercial judgement while supporting the team and maintaining momentum through a period of change.

What's in it for you:

An opportunity to step into a senior finance leadership role within a large and sophisticated financial services environment
The chance to make an immediate impact during an important finance operating model transition
Exposure to senior stakeholders across technology, operations, transformation and broader Corporate Functions
A genuine leadership opportunity where your experience, judgement and commercial perspective will be valued from day one
A role combining strategic business partnering, commercial influence, team leadership and hands-on delivery
The opportunity to help shape and embed a new approach to finance business partnering
An initial 3-6 month interim engagement, ideal for an experienced finance professional who enjoys stepping into complex environments and making a tangible difference
Strong potential for permanent employment at the end of the initial contract (if desired)

Excellent leader who will support you in navigating the business and stakeholders
CBD location and hybrid work environment

To register your interest, please send through a copy of your resume to Erin Leader via the link.

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