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Group Finance Manager

Contract type: Permanent
Location: Melbourne
Industry: Senior Appointments
Start date: ASAP
Salary: 200K - 250K + Super + Bonus
Reference: GFM
Contact name: Chris Howe
Contact email: projects@thedrivegroup.com.au

Job description

Overview

Chance Join a global leader in logistics and finance as the Head of Finance Systems/Group Finance Manager. Reporting to the CFO, you'll lead the development and execution of a Finance Technology Roadmap, managing platforms across the Asia Pacific region. This senior role involves driving platform enhancements, ensuring financial compliance, and managing financial risk.
  
Key responsibilities include leading internal and external teams on finance projects, aligning system enhancements with strategy, conducting risk management workshops, and maintaining governance structures. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills, extensive experience in large-scale corporate environments, and a proven ability to partner with senior finance executives.
  
  
Day-to-day
  • Build and lead the implementation of the Finance Technology Roadmap.
  • Lead internal and external teams for Project Finance projects. Collaborate with finance leadership team and internal stakeholders (Business, IT, Procurement, Internal Audit, etc.) for coordinated project execution.
  • Build and manage a team of SMEs to ensure system enhancements in Unibis and SAP ECC align with the Finance Strategy.
  • Build and implement different training programmes for Finance community on Finance systems to further improve organisations system capabilities
  • Conduct regular risk management workshops, PCB and SC meetings; ensure timely follow-up on action items and documentation of approvals.
  • Set up and maintain a strict governance structure to manage project scope, deliverables, changes, approvals, and expenditures.
Core skills
  • Strong change leadership, collaboration, and relationship-building skills to lead multi-year transformation programs.
  • Extensive experience in large-scale, multi-country corporate environments as a Group Finance Executive.
  • Proven ability to partner effectively with CFOs, Group FP&A, Treasury, and global finance process owners.
  • Demonstrated success in leading diverse teams to achieve high-performance outcomes.
  • Comprehensive understanding of Australian and multinational business environments.
  • Tertiary qualified with a degree in Business or related disciplines.
  • Expertise in collaborating and influencing stakeholders to achieve strategic alignment and outcomes.
  • Drive for exceeding team goals, setting ambitious yet achievable targets.
  • Ownership of significant change initiatives with effective communication and adaptation skills.
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