Business Efficiency & Performance Lead

Capstone Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Capstone Recruitment is partnering with a leading Australian infrastructure group to appoint a senior commercial finance professional to own the end-to-end benefits framework for a major transformation program in Sydney.

Reporting to the Program Director, you will quantify value, validate realised benefits, develop KPIs, and provide insights to the C-suite and governance forums, using Power BI and Power Apps for reporting.

Qualifications

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Economics or a related discipline.
• 5+ years in commercial finance, FP&A, management accounting, business performance or consulting.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with complex data.
• Ability to translate complexity for a C-suite audience.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Apps or similar reporting tools is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Partner with commercial leaders to quantify value, set baselines and validate realised benefits.
• Own the end-to-end benefits framework, driving consistency and accuracy in measurement and reporting.
• Provide insight and challenge on pace of delivery, ambition and emerging risk.
• Lead continuous improvement of benefits tracking tools and reporting processes.
• Support the development of KPIs and performance measures across workstreams.
• Prepare benefits reporting and forecasts for C-suite governance forums.
• Partner with FP&A on monthly, annual and planning-cycle reporting.

Skills

Commercial finance

FP&A

Management accounting

Business performance

Consulting

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Education

Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Economics degree

Tools

Power BI

Power Apps

Job description

Our client is one of Australia's largest infrastructure groups, providing essential services to millions of Australians every day. With significant investment in people, technology, and large-scale projects, the business is driving growth and innovation through an exciting period of industry transformation.

The Role

Reporting to the Program Director, you'll own the end-to-end benefits framework: partnering with commercial and finance leaders to size opportunities, validate realised results, and keep leadership honest about pace, ambition and risk. It's a rare blend of commercial rigour and genuine influence, sitting at the centre of one of the organisation's most important transformation programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with commercial leaders to quantify value, set baselines and validate realised benefits
• Own the end-to-end benefits framework, driving consistency and accuracy in measurement and reporting
• Provide insight and challenge on pace of delivery, ambition and emerging risk
• Lead continuous improvement of benefits tracking tools and reporting processes
• Support the development of KPIs and performance measures across workstreams
• Prepare benefits reporting and forecasts for C-suite governance forums
• Partner with FP&A on monthly, annual and planning-cycle reporting

About You

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Economics or a related discipline
• 5+ years in commercial finance, FP&A, management accounting, business performance or consulting
• Strong analytical skills, comfortable with messy or complex data
• Comfortable operating at C-suite level, able to translate complexity into a clear, defensible point of view
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience with Power BI, Power Apps or similar reporting tools highly regarded