General Manager Finance

Sharp & Carter; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter seeks a strategic Head of Finance to partner with the Executive team and lead a high‑performing finance function across construction and manufacturing portfolios.

Reporting to the CFO, you will drive financial performance, develop forecasts including a five‑year plan, and implement robust controls while guiding a team across Australia. Travel to sites will be required as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Business degree plus CPA or CA qualification.
• Background or previous exposure to construction and manufacturing industries.
• Extensive experience leading and building finance teams.
• Experience in a matrix organisation.
• Advanced understanding of ERP systems and transformation projects.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to navigate competing priorities and manage expectations.
• The ability to develop and implement policies and procedures to improve financial and business controls.
• Willingness to travel to sites across Australia as required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Executive General Managers and State General Managers, providing financial decision support to improve decision-making.
• Lead, coach and develop the finance team, fostering accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement while building capability across the function.
• Ensure results are accurate and timely with appropriate cut-off to support quality of earnings.
• Partner with senior management to identify and implement business improvement opportunities and strategies.
• Develop forecasts including the five-year plan, annual budget, quarterly forecast and monthly flash reporting, updating as markets change and opportunities arise.
• Develop a standardised reporting suite to support decision-making across the division, including appropriate and robust manufacturing metrics.
• Provide insights on results compared to budget and forecast for the Board Report, Monthly Business Review and Quarterly Business Review, and manage the end-to-end reporting process for these cycles.
• Develop and prepare business cases for investments as required.
• Develop and deploy levers to manage and optimise working capital.
• Govern project management processes and controls.
• Implement and deliver an effective operational and financial control environment, including appropriate segregation of duties and other internal controls.
• Develop and implement key business controls specific to the division, including but not limited to project management, physical inventory, manufacturing processes, the Security of Payments Act and subcontractor processes.
• Monitor business compliance with finance-related policies and procedures.
• Identify process improvements to create long-term sustainable efficiencies, standardising across the division wherever possible.
• Identify cost leadership efficiencies and direct cost savings to reduce costs and improve EBIT%.
• Maintain balance sheet control through quarterly review and approval of accounts.
• Identify, classify, mitigate and monitor financial and business risks across the division.

Skills

Finance leadership

CPA/CA qualifications

ERP systems

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Matrix organisation

Industry experience - construction/man

Travel willingness

Policy development

Education

Business degree

CPA/CA

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

About the Role

Our client is a well-established, nationally operating business with a diversified portfolio spanning construction and manufacturing-related solutions. Operating through a vertically integrated model, the organisation brings together design, manufacturing and delivery capabilities to provide end-to-end solutions, with a continued focus on efficiency, consistency and scalable delivery outcomes.

The Responsibilities

Reporting to the CFO, this role is responsible for providing strategic finance decision-making support to the business's Executive General Managers. The role acts as an advisor and business partner to the GMs, supporting business decision-making through analytical insight, strategic acumen and commercially focused outcomes, and is responsible for ensuring operational controls are in place across the division.

• Partner with Executive General Managers and State General Managers, providing financial decision support to improve decision-making
• Lead, coach and develop the finance team, fostering accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement while building capability across the function
• Ensure results are accurate and timely with appropriate cut-off to support quality of earnings
• Partner with senior management to identify and implement business improvement opportunities and strategies
• Develop forecasts including the five-year plan, annual budget, quarterly forecast and monthly flash reporting, updating as markets change and opportunities arise
• Develop a standardised reporting suite to support decision-making across the division, including appropriate and robust manufacturing metrics
• Provide insights on results compared to budget and forecast for the Board Report, Monthly Business Review and Quarterly Business Review, and manage the end-to-end reporting process for these cycles
• Develop and prepare business cases for investments as required
• Develop and deploy levers to manage and optimise working capital
• Govern project management processes and controls
• Implement and deliver an effective operational and financial control environment, including appropriate segregation of duties and other internal controls
• Develop and implement key business controls specific to the division, including but not limited to project management, physical inventory, manufacturing processes, the Security of Payments Act and subcontractor processes
• Monitor business compliance with finance-related policies and procedures
• Identify process improvements to create long-term sustainable efficiencies, standardising across the division wherever possible
• Identify cost leadership efficiencies and direct cost savings to reduce costs and improve EBIT%
• Maintain balance sheet control through quarterly review and approval of accounts
• Identify, classify, mitigate and monitor financial and business risks across the division

The successful applicant should have

• A business degree plus CPA or CA qualification
• Background or previous exposure to construction and manufacturing industries
• Extensive experience leading and building finance teams
• Experience in a matrix organisation
• Advanced understanding of ERP systems and transformation projects
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to navigate competing priorities and manage expectations
• The ability to develop and implement policies and procedures to improve financial and business controls
• Willingness to travel to sites across Australia as required