Finance PMO Lead — Transformation Delivery (3-Month)

Chandler Macleod Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Chandler Macleod Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a large-scale finance transformation initiative in Sydney CBD. This hands-on contract role requires establishing structure, driving governance, and delivering planning outcomes with senior Finance and Operations stakeholders.

The role focuses on mapping current-state finance processes, setting PMO governance, maintaining schedules, and producing executive reporting.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Project Manager, Program Manager or PMO Lead within a large enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of finance processes, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost centre management and/or procure-to-pay.
• Demonstrated experience mapping business or finance processes and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Experience establishing PMO frameworks, governance structures and reporting from scratch.
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to build reporting and tracking tools independently.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leaders and executives.
• Comfortable working autonomously and delivering value from day one.

Responsibilities

• Map current-state finance processes end-to-end, documenting process owners, handoffs, systems, controls and improvement opportunities.
• Establish and manage PMO governance across critical planning cycles.
• Maintain the plan of record, key milestones, dependencies and delivery cadence.
• Track risks, issues, actions and decisions, ensuring appropriate escalation and resolution.
• Develop executive-level reporting and provide regular updates to senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate planning inputs across Finance and Operations teams to ensure deadlines are met.
• Drive consistency, accountability and transparency across the program.

Skills

Project management

PMO Lead

Governance

Finance processes

Stakeholder management

Autonomy

Tools

Excel

Job description

Chandler Macleod Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a large-scale finance transformation initiative in Sydney CBD. This hands-on contract role requires establishing structure, driving governance, and delivering planning outcomes with senior Finance and Operations stakeholders.

The role focuses on mapping current-state finance processes, setting PMO governance, maintaining schedules, and producing executive reporting.