Finance Director

Ambition Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambition Recruitment is seeking an experienced Finance Director for a leading international consumer brand in Sydney. You will partner with the CFO and executive team to drive strategic planning, performance improvement and responsible for budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

You will lead a high-performing finance team, oversee finance transformation and systems initiatives, and ensure governance across multiple markets and product categories.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA or CPA with senior finance leadership experience.
• Experience as Finance Director or equivalent.
• Background in retail, consumer products, fashion, lifestyle, e-commerce or multi-site businesses.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and FP&A experience.
• Proven ability to influence executive leadership and drive strategic outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with CFO and exec team to support strategic planning and decision-making.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes.
• Deliver commercial insights and analysis to drive sales, profitability and business performance.
• Support key growth initiatives, capital investment decisions and operational improvement programmes.
• Lead financial reporting, management reporting and governance activities.
• Drive improvements across forecasting, planning, reporting and finance processes.
• Partner with leaders across retail operations, digital, marketing, merchandising, supply chain and other business functions.
• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team.
• Support systems, automation and finance transformation initiatives.
• Provide clear financial leadership within a fast-paced and evolving commercial environment.

Skills

Finance leadership

Strategic business partnering

Forecasting FP&A

Profitability improvement

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Inventory awareness

Finance transformation

Budgeting

Education

CA or CPA qualifications

Job description

A leading international consumer brand is seeking an experienced Finance Director to join its Sydney leadership team.

Operating across multiple markets, channels and product categories, the business has built a strong global presence and continues to invest in growth, operational excellence and customer experience. This is a high-profile leadership role offering significant exposure to the executive team and the opportunity to influence the strategic direction of the business.

Reporting directly to the CFO, you will provide financial leadership across commercial performance, planning and analysis, reporting, controls, business partnering and finance transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the CFO and executive leadership team to support strategic planning and business decision-making.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes.
• Deliver commercial insights and analysis to drive sales, profitability and business performance.
• Support key growth initiatives, capital investment decisions and operational improvement programmes.
• Lead financial reporting, management reporting and governance activities.
• Drive improvements across forecasting, planning, reporting and finance processes.
• Partner with leaders across retail operations, digital, marketing, merchandising, supply chain and other business functions.
• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team.
• Support systems, automation and finance transformation initiatives.
• Provide clear financial leadership within a fast-paced and evolving commercial environment.

About You

You are a commercially minded finance leader who combines strong technical capability with a proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive business outcomes.

We are interested in speaking with candidates who bring:

• CA or CPA qualifications.
• Experience as a Finance Director, Head of Finance, Commercial Finance Director or a similar senior finance leadership role.
• A background within retail, consumer products, fashion, lifestyle, e-commerce or multi-site businesses.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and FP&A experience.
• A track record of providing strategic and commercial support to executive leadership teams.
• Experience driving profitability, margin improvement and performance initiatives.
• Exposure to inventory-led businesses and complex operating environments.
• Experience leading finance transformation, process improvement or systems implementation projects.
• Strong people leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Candidates coming from both listed and privately owned organisations will be considered.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a well-established global consumer brand at a pivotal stage of its growth journey. The role offers broad exposure across the business, genuine strategic involvement and the chance to work closely with senior leadership while leading a capable finance team.

This opportunity would suit an experienced finance leader who enjoys partnering with the business, driving performance and helping shape the future direction of a growing international organisation.