General Manager Finance - Construction

Sharp & Carter Finance & Accounting Syd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 350,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary plus STI

Senior leadership group seat

Flexible work across site and office

Team growth opportunity

Job summary

Sharp & Carter Finance & Accounting Syd is seeking an executive finance leader to assume the General Manager Finance - Construction role in Sydney. You will partner with the GM to drive financial performance across a major construction program, oversee risk, and influence delivery across sites and offices.

The role requires CA/CPA, senior construction finance experience, and a proven ability to lead and develop a finance team while delivering accurate reporting, forecasts and external

Qualifications

• Senior finance background in construction or contracting
• Strong contract management and commercial judgement
• Experience managing the financial side of major projects, including cost forecasting and contract risk
• A proactive style, with the confidence to speak up and challenge
• Experience leading and developing a finance team
• Sydney-based

Responsibilities

• Partner with the General Manager on the financial and commercial performance of the construction program
• Manage major contract and commercial risk, and protect value across projects worth hundreds of millions
• Challenge project teams early and raise issues with confidence
• Lead financial reporting, forecasting and external submissions
• Build and lead a growing finance team, including a new leadership layer
• Work across site and office as the program requires

Skills

Construction finance experience

Contract management

Leadership

Financial forecasting

Risk management

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Job description

About the Role

A rare opportunity for an executive finance leader to step into a General Manager Finance - Construction role at a major Sydney infrastructure business. You will be the finance partner to the General Manager, protecting value across a large and growing construction program, and a trusted voice on contract and commercial risk. This is a senior leadership position with real influence over how projects are delivered.

The Responsibilities

• Partner with the General Manager on the financial and commercial performance of the construction program


• Manage major contract and commercial risk, and protect value across projects worth hundreds of millions


• Challenge project teams early and raise issues with confidence


• Lead financial reporting, forecasting and external submissions


• Build and lead a growing finance team, including a new leadership layer


• Work across site and office as the program requires

The successful applicant should have

• A senior finance background in a construction or contracting business


• Strong contract management and commercial judgement


• Experience managing the financial side of major projects, including cost forecasting and contract risk


• A proactive style, with the confidence to speak up and challenge


• Experience leading and developing a finance team


• CA or CPA qualification


• Sydney-based

Additional Benefits

• Base salary of $350K to $400K plus a short-term incentive


• Senior leadership group seat


• Flexible work across site and office


• The chance to shape and grow a team during a period of significant investment

About the Client

A large, well-established Sydney infrastructure business with a major capital program and an in-house construction capability. It is delivering some of the most significant projects in its sector and is investing heavily in its people and its delivery capability.