Finance Partnering & Insights Lead

Transport for NSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Job summary

Transport for NSW is seeking a seasoned finance leader to deliver specialist financial analysis and strategic business partnering across a fast-paced transport network. You will drive decision support, budgeting, and investment assessments, translating complex data into actionable insights for senior leaders.

You will lead teams, influence stakeholders and mentor junior staff while leveraging Excel, Power BI and SAP to enhance financial performance and sustainability across multiple programmes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting asset maintenance, project and contract management environments.
• Commercially minded finance leader with strategic thinking and strong operational delivery.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, relationship management and influencing skills across diverse business functions.
• Advanced Excel, Power BI and financial modelling, plus SAP and related financial systems experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial insights, strategic business partnering and decision support across Transport for NSW.
• Deliver specialist financial analysis and modelling; assess funding and investment options; support planning and budgeting.
• Translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders.
• Lead high-quality financial analysis and provide strategic and commercial advice to support informed decision-making.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Financial modelling

Tools

SAP

Job description

You’re agile, keen and open to meaningful work and opportunities that come your way.

You'll make a tangible impact on the people of NSW, using your finance and accounting skills to help build a sustainable and thriving transport network for generations to come.

In this role, you’ll:

Join a collaborative team providing financial insights, strategic business partnering and decision support across Transport. You will deliver specialist financial analysis and modelling, assess funding and investment options, support planning and budgeting, and translate complex financial and commercial information into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders.

You will lead high-quality financial analysis and provide strategic and commercial advice to support informed decision-making, enhance financial sustainability and strengthen organisational performance. Through trusted relationships with key stakeholders, you will influence business outcomes, challenge assumptions and identify opportunities to improve financial and operational performance.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will bring extensive experience supporting complex asset maintenance, project and contract management environments, combined with the ability to navigate a fast-paced and complex organisation.

You are a commercially minded, hands‑on finance leader who combines strategic thinking with strong operational delivery. You demonstrate sound judgement, personal accountability and a commitment to high‑quality outcomes, together with strong stakeholder engagement, relationship management and influencing skills across diverse business functions.

You bring advanced Excel, Power BI and financial modelling capability, along with extensive experience using SAP and related financial systems. You can distil complex business and financial issues into clear, practical recommendations that enable effective decision-making. As a collaborative leader and mentor, you build capability in junior finance team members across business partnering, reporting, analysis and stakeholder engagement

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

Flexible work optionsmay be available. Learn more viaFlexible work options and policy

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Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work.