Finance Operations Manager

The GPT Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Generous leave options

22 weeks parental leave

Learning & Development

Wellbeing programs

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

The GPT Group is seeking a Financial Operations Manager to help build and run our new Financial Operations team. You will turn AI and automation into reality, managing people, providers and processes to deliver finance outputs and drive new ways of working.

This hands-on role focuses on optimising how our finance team operates, from timetables to systems, with a culture of continuous improvement and strong governance.

Qualifications

• Finance professional with history of improving processes.
• Practical interest in automation and AI.
• Comfortable managing people and providers, including offshore teams.
• Ability to dive into process details and improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Drive process improvement and surface opportunities to automate and standardise.
• Map and re-imagine processes using AI tools.
• Manage service providers, transitions and monitor KPIs.
• Deliver automation across processes and maintain GPT AI library.
• Maintain control standards and support the Compliance Plan (GS007).
• Own process timetables, output quality and financial system timetable.
• Collaborate with Technology on integrations and asset onboarding/offboarding.
• Lead analysts and offshore provider team to build capability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Process improvement

Automation

AI in finance

People management

Offshore teams

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Scheduling & planning

Education

Bachelor of Commerce

CA/CPA qualification or in progress

Job description

We shape leading experiences across office, retail, logistics and student accommodation.

We’re one of Australia’s largest property groups, managing $41.6 billion worth of assets across the country.

Our sustainable returns from investments come from focusing on what matters most to customers — a great experience and doing good. Every day, our people are driving positive impact for people, place and planet. They’re inquisitive, pioneering industry firsts and pushing new ideas to deliver exceptional outcomes.

This passion and expertise creates an employee experience that puts wellbeing, flexibility and opportunity first.

The role

Reporting to the Head of Enablement and Operations, Finance, you will be at the centre of building GPT’s new Financial Operations team and running its day-to-day engine.

As Financial Operations Manager, you will turn AI and automation from ambition into working reality. You will manage the people, providers and processes that deliver finance outputs, and champion new ways of working as the team takes shape.

This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You focus on how to optimise how our finance team operates, from process timetables through to the systems and service providers behind them.

What you will be doing

• Driving process improvement and surfacing opportunities to automate, simplify and standardise.
• Mapping and re-imagining processes using new AI tools.
• Managing service providers day-to-day, running transitions and monitoring KPIs to hold providers to account.
• Identifying and delivering automation across the team’s processes, and keeping the GPT AI library versioned, reviewed and growing.
• Maintaining control standards across centralised processes, supporting the Compliance Plan and GS007 assurance.
• Owning process timetables, output quality and the financial system timetable.
• Working with Technology on new integrations, asset onboarding and offboarding, and resolving issues from the business as a finance representative.
• Managing the analysts and the offshore provider team day-to-day, building capability and a culture of continuous improvement.

What makes you stand out

You are a finance professional with a history of improving processes and a practical interest in automation and AI. You are comfortable managing people and providers, including offshore teams, and equally comfortable getting into the detail of how a process runs.

• A relevant degree (Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent), and CA/CPA qualified or working towards
• 7+ years of experience in varied finance roles, with a history of process improvement
• Experience transitioning processes into shared services or managing outsourced providers
• Hands-on experience delivering automation or applying AI tools within finance processes
• Team management and leadership experience, including offshore teams
• Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to multi-task, plan and manage tight deadlines

What makes us stand out

• Enjoy a hybrid work environment and generous leave options.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave for either carer and childcare allowance once you return to work.
• Embrace diverse and challenging career opportunities, supported by our dedicated Learning & Development Team committed to your growth.
• Engage in comprehensive Wellbeing programs and benefit from market-leading policies and support tailored to diverse needs.
• Be recognised by peers through nomination awards and take part in our generous Employee Referral Program.

We know the power of a great experience

• Ranked 4th in the 2025 Gender Equality Global Report released by Equileap.
• Placed 1st of real estate investment trusts in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2025 Yearbook.
• Earned a Gold ranking in Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) for LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
• Awarded our fifth consecutive Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) in 2023-2025.
• Committed to our second Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

GPT offers an inclusive workplace culture and embraces people with diverse perspectives, skills and backgrounds. We welcome applications from First Nations candidates, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with disability and people of diverse ages, cultures and backgrounds.