Finance Transformation Delivery Lead

Tranzformd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tranzformd is seeking a Senior Manager-level Finance Transformation Delivery Lead to drive a major program for a retail client in Australia. The role is to translate an established roadmap into execution, delivering practical improvements across planning, forecasting and budgeting while engaging senior Finance stakeholders.

The successful candidate will bring consulting and in-house finance experience, a strategic yet hands-on delivery capability, and the ability to own delivery with limited

Qualifications

• Strong background in finance transformation or FP&A.
• Proven experience leading and delivering transformation programmes.
• Understanding of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior Finance leaders.

Responsibilities

• Drive program delivery: Translate roadmap into clear workplans and deliverables.
• Lead execution: Coordinate activities, manage dependencies, resolve issues, maintain momentum.
• Engage senior stakeholders: Work with senior Finance leaders to drive alignment and accountability.
• Bring strategic thinking: Challenge the approach and shape solutions as issues arise.
• Deliver tangible outcomes: Move from planning to practical improvements in planning, forecasting and budgeting.

Skills

Finance transformation

Stakeholder management

Program delivery

Independent work

Job description

Tranzformd is a management consulting and program delivery organisation that leverages an extensive network of highly skilled professionals to deliver exceptional outcomes for enterprise clients.

Through our bespoke, human-centric approach, we partner with ambitious organisations to solve complex challenges and deliver meaningful change.

We are looking for a Finance Transformation Delivery Lead, to work with one of our retail clients on a max term contract until the end of FY27. This is a senior, hands-on opportunity to take an established finance transformation roadmap through execution and deliver practical improvements across planning, forecasting and budgeting.

About the opportunity

Tranzformd is a management consulting and program delivery organisation that leverages an extensive network of highly skilled professionals to deliver exceptional outcomes for enterprise clients.

Through our bespoke, human-centric approach, we partner with ambitious organisations to solve complex challenges and deliver meaningful change.

We are looking for a Finance Transformation Delivery Lead, to work with one of our retail clients on a max term contract until the end of FY27. This is a senior, hands-on opportunity to take an established finance transformation roadmap through execution and deliver practical improvements across planning, forecasting and budgeting.

About the opportunity

Our client is progressing a program of work focused on improving its financial planning, forecasting and budgeting processes.

The upfront program definition is underway, including the development of key initiatives, charters and a delivery roadmap.

We are looking for a senior transformation resource who can take this work forward, translate the roadmap into action and drive the program through execution, working closely with senior Finance stakeholders and other Senior Manager-level resources.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive program delivery: Take the existing roadmap and initiatives and translate them into clear workplans, priorities and deliverables.
• Lead execution: Coordinate activities, manage dependencies, resolve issues and maintain momentum across the program.
• Engage senior stakeholders: Work confidently alongside senior Finance leaders and other Senior Manager-level resources to drive alignment, decisions and accountability.
• Bring strategic thinking: Challenge the approach, identify opportunities and help shape solutions as issues arise.
• Deliver practical outcomes: Ensure the program moves beyond planning into tangible improvements to financial planning, forecasting and budgeting processes.

About you

Essential experience

• Strong background in finance transformation, finance operations or financial planning and performance improvement.
• Proven experience leading and delivering transformation programmes or complex initiatives.
• Understanding of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior Finance leaders.
• Ability to work independently, solve problems and drive delivery with limited oversight.

Highly desirable

• Previous management consulting experience, ideally in finance transformation, operating model or business transformation.
• In-house experience within a Finance function, Finance Operations, FP&A or Finance Transformation team.
• Experience taking consultant-defined strategies, initiatives or roadmaps through to implementation.

Why join this engagement?

We are looking for a Senior Manager-level Finance Transformation Delivery Lead who can step into an established program and drive it forward.

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of consulting experience, in-house finance knowledge and hands‑on transformation delivery capability.

They need to be strategically minded but highly practical, comfortable working with senior stakeholders, solving problems and taking ownership of execution.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a high‑impact finance transformation program and turn an established roadmap into measurable outcomes for a leading retail client.