Executive Lead, Finance and Performance

Beaumont People; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Beaumont People is supporting Community Options Australia (COA) in recruiting an Executive Lead – Finance and Performance to oversee financial management, reporting and enterprise risk. The role focuses on building insight, governance and commercial discipline to drive sustainable growth and enhanced performance across the organisation.

Reporting to the CEO and leading a small senior team, you will strengthen financial and performance reporting, improve demand and workforce visibility, and

Qualifications

• Senior financial leadership experience across strategy, budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Experience with government-funded contracts and enterprise risk frameworks.
• Proven ability to translate data into actionable insights for executive decision-making.
• Tertiary qualification in accounting, finance or commerce; CPA/CA membership required.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen financial and performance reporting across COA.
• Develop visibility of demand, utilisation and workforce capacity.
• Turn data into practical insights for the CEO, Board and ELT.

Skills

Financial leadership

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Governance & controls

Business intelligence

Data analytics

Power BI

Salesforce

Xero

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

CPA/CA or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Salesforce

Xero

Job description

About Community Options Australia

Community Options Australia (COA) believes every person deserves to feel understood, supported and confident as they navigate their care journey.

Established in 1996 as a not-for-profit, COA has delivered innovative, person-centred care solutions for older people, people with disability, their families and carers for almost 30 years. Today they are a leader in aged care assessments, including the new Single Assessment System. Relationships are the cornerstone of their work, guided by values of integrity, excellence and respect, and a commitment to helping people flourish.

The Role

Reporting directly to the CEO, this newly created role is one of three Executive Lead appointments as COA builds a new Executive Leadership Team. Alongside accountability for financial management, controls and reporting (with day-to-day accounting and payroll supported by an external partner), the heart of the role is business intelligence, utilisation, growth and enterprise risk.

This role offers the opportunity to shape a more forward‑looking approach to finance and performance at COA. While maintaining strong financial stewardship, the focus will be on building the insight, data and commercial discipline that allow the organisation to understand its performance today and plan confidently for what comes next.

You will strengthen financial and performance reporting, develop greater visibility of demand, utilisation and workforce capacity, and turn operational and financial data into practical insight for the CEO, Board and Executive Leadership Team. Importantly, you will help COA understand where it can improve performance, strengthen its position within the current contract and pursue sustainable opportunities for future growth.

The Candidate Profile

COA is seeking a curious, analytical leader who loves data and is energised by what it reveals. The ideal candidate turns numbers into clear insight and recommendations, takes a fit‑for‑purpose approach to risk, and works as a genuine collaborator alongside the ELT, not off to the side.

The ideal candidate will bring significant senior financial leadership experience across strategy, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and controls, together with strength in business intelligence, utilisation or capacity planning within a service delivery environment. Experience managing government‑funded contracts, enterprise risk frameworks, and business development or tendering is essential, as is confident use of Salesforce, Power BI and Xero. A tertiary qualification in accounting, finance or commerce, with CPA, CA or equivalent membership, is required.

Experience in aged care will be highly regarded; however, candidates from health, disability, community services, consulting or other adjacent sectors are encouraged to apply. Most importantly, the successful candidate will share COA's values and a commitment to the older people at the centre of everything they do.

Candidates may be based anywhere along the eastern seaboard, with flexibility to travel to Sydney as required.

Applications close 11:59 PM, Sunday 15th November. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and candidates may be progressed throughout the advertising period. We encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

At Beaumont People, we believe a diverse workplace is a happy workplace, and we love working with organisations that feel the same way. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds and people with disabilities or barriers to employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we would be more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged.