Finance PMO Lead - Transformation & Governance (Contract)

Chandler Macleod; Sydney; On-site; AUD 124,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Chandler Macleod is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive a large-scale finance transformation in a complex environment. The role is a hands-on contract with an immediate start in Sydney CBD, requiring governance, structure, and senior stakeholder engagement from day one.

The ideal candidate will have PMO leadership experience within large enterprises, deep finance process knowledge, and advanced Excel reporting skills.

Qualifications

• Experienced PM/PMO professional in a large enterprise.
• Strong finance process knowledge: planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost centre management and procure-to-pay.
• Experience mapping finance or business processes and identifying improvements.
• Experience establishing PMO governance and reporting from scratch.
• Advanced Excel and the ability to build reporting/tracking tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management with senior leaders and executives.
• Autonomous, able to deliver value from day one.

Responsibilities

• Map current-state finance processes end-to-end: owners, handoffs, systems, controls; identify improvements.
• Establish and manage PMO governance across critical planning cycles.
• Maintain the plan of record, milestones, dependencies, and delivery cadence.
• Track risks, issues, actions and decisions; ensure escalation and resolution.
• Develop executive-level reporting and provide updates to senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate planning inputs across Finance and Operations to meet deadlines.
• Drive consistency, accountability and transparency across the program.

Skills

PMO Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Finance Process Knowledge

Governance Frameworks

Advanced Excel

Report Writing

Tools

Excel

Job description

Chandler Macleod is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive a large-scale finance transformation in a complex environment. The role is a hands-on contract with an immediate start in Sydney CBD, requiring governance, structure, and senior stakeholder engagement from day one.

The ideal candidate will have PMO leadership experience within large enterprises, deep finance process knowledge, and advanced Excel reporting skills.