General Manager Finance – Delivery

National Intermodal; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

National Intermodal is seeking a General Manager Finance – Delivery to lead the commercial and financial performance across our project delivery portfolio and into operations in Sydney. You will partner with the Executive General Manager, Delivery, and CFO to shape financial frameworks for major precincts as they transition from delivery to operations.

You will drive budgets, forecasts, reporting to the Leadership Team and Board, and build a high‑performing team while aligning funding,

Qualifications

• CA or CPA with tertiary qualification in Finance/Accounting.
• Senior commercial finance leadership in major project environments.
• Strong capability across cost, schedule, scope and risk.
• Experience with joint ventures and government stakeholders.
• Analytics and AI for project insight and decision support.
• Ability to present complex financial information to executives and boards.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the EGM Delivery and project teams as a trusted commercial advisor.
• Strengthen project controls: budgets, commitments, contingencies, cost to complete.
• Lead budgets, forecasts and long-range plans aligned with capex, opex and cash flow.
• Lead reporting for Leadership Team, Project Executive Boards and senior committees.
• Support project governance, stage-gate reviews and investment approvals.
• Prepare the business for operations with operating budgets and financial models.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team and align ERP/finance systems with delivery.

Skills

Strategic finance leadership

Commercial finance

Project finance controls

Budgets and forecasting

Analytics and AI for insight

Stakeholder management

Education

CA/CPA

Finance/Accounting degree

Tools

ERP systems

Finance systems

Budgeting tools

Job description

About Us

National Intermodal is a Government Business Enterprise, wholly owned by the Commonwealth of Australia, building the intermodal precincts that will reshape how goods move along Australia’s east coast. It’s infrastructure with a purpose: better, more sustainable supply chains that ultimately improve the way communities access the things they need. Behind that mission is a tight-knit team of engineering, rail, infrastructure and logistics specialists who think long-term and execute with precision.

About Us

National Intermodal is a Government Business Enterprise, wholly owned by the Commonwealth of Australia, building the intermodal precincts that will reshape how goods move along Australia’s east coast. It’s infrastructure with a purpose: better, more sustainable supply chains that ultimately improve the way communities access the things they need. Behind that mission is a tight-knit team of engineering, rail, infrastructure and logistics specialists who think long-term and execute with precision.

About The Role

National Intermodal is seeking a General Manager Finance – Delivery based in our Sydney CBD office. Reporting to the Executive General Manager, Delivery, with a dual reporting line to the Chief Financial Officer, you will provide commercial and financial leadership across our project delivery portfolio and into operations.

Beveridge, our Victorian precinct, will be your initial focus, but the opportunity is much broader. You’ll play a key role in National Intermodal’s evolution from building precincts to operating them, shaping the financial frameworks, controls and disciplines that enable projects to transition confidently into operations.

Working across delivery and operations, you’ll bring together scope, schedule, cost and commercial commitments to provide a clear financial view of performance and support informed decisions across investment, procurement, contracts and risk.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partnering with the EGM Delivery, project leaders and operational teams as a trusted commercial advisor. You’ll bring insight and challenge to delivery strategies, procurement options, business cases, contract terms, variations and claims.
• Strengthening project controls across the delivery portfolio, covering approved budgets, commitments, contingencies, cost to complete and anticipated final costs. You’ll identify cost and schedule pressures early and drive corrective action.
• Leading budgets, forecasts and long-range plans, linking capital expenditure, operating costs, cash flows and lifecycle requirements to delivery schedules and procurement strategies.
• Leading reporting for the Leadership Team and Project Executive Boards, and providing Delivery inputs to Senior Leadership Team, Board, Audit & Risk Committee and shareholder reporting.
• Supporting project governance, stage-gate reviews and investment approvals, and providing project cash flow and funding inputs for capital planning, joint venture and shareholder processes.
• Preparing the business for operations as precincts come into service, including operating budgets, financial models, operating arrangements, and the processes and controls needed from day one.
• Leading and developing a high-performing team, and acting as Delivery’s finance interface with Corporate Finance on ERP, systems, monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting, corporate planning, funding requests, finance systems and AI –enabled improvement.

About You

You’re a strategic and commercially astute finance leader who can shape commercial strategy and executive decision-making while staying close enough to the detail to understand what’s really driving the numbers.

You’ll Bring

• A tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics or a related discipline, with CA or CPA.
• Significant senior commercial finance leadership experience in major project environments, ideally infrastructure, construction, engineering or resources, with hands‑on oversight of finance and project controls across a significant delivery portfolio.
• Strong commercial capability across cost, schedule, scope and risk, together with procurement, contract economics, variations, claims and commercial risk.
• Experience navigating joint ventures, government stakeholders and complex commercial arrangements, with exposure to transitioning infrastructure assets from construction into operations highly regarded.
• A track record of strengthening project reporting, financial planning, systems and processes, including business readiness and change, and an interest in how analytics and AI can improve project insight.
• The ability to build trusted relationships across executive, project and operational teams, navigate dual reporting lines, and turn complex financial and project information into clear, decision-ready insights for executive and Board audiences.

At National Intermodal, we are committed to our people and their development. If you're a commercial finance leader who wants to help deliver the infrastructure that will move the nation's freight for generations, we'd love to hear from you.