General Manager Finance - Construction

Sharp and Carter; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 350,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Senior leadership seat

Flexible work across site and office

Growth opportunities

Short-term incentive

Job summary

Sharp & Carter is seeking a General Manager Finance - Construction for a major Sydney infrastructure business. You will be the finance partner to the General Manager, protecting value across a large and growing program, and a trusted voice on contract and commercial risk.

This senior leadership role offers real influence over project delivery, with responsibility for financial reporting, forecasting and leading a growing finance team across site and office.

Qualifications

• Senior finance leader with construction experience
• Strong contract management and commercial judgement
• Experience managing financials of major projects, including cost forecasting and contract risk
• Proactive style with ability to speak up and challenge
• Experience leading and developing a finance team
• Sydney-based

Responsibilities

• Partner with the General Manager on financial and commercial performance of the construction program
• Manage major contract and commercial risk 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

Senior finance leadership

Contract management

Cost forecasting

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

CA/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.