Head of Finance Business Lending

National Australia Bank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

National Australia Bank in Sydney is seeking a Head of Finance Partnering to lead the Finance Partnering team supporting Business Lending within Business and Private Banking. You will translate strategy into actionable plans and provide direction to the BL leadership to deliver initiatives within strategic parameters.

You will partner with BL Executives to grow the business, drive performance insights, simplify reporting, coach a diverse team, and foster a culture of curiosity and accountability

Qualifications

• Demonstrated customer obsession.
• Ability to solve complex problems, likely developed in strategy/consulting or investment banking environments.
• Excellent written communication for board-level reporting and presentations.
• Proven financial modelling and strategic frameworks experience.
• Experience across finance partnering, planning, and reporting disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategy into an effective plan and provide direction to the BL leadership team.
• Support BL Executives to grow the business and realise transformation benefits.
• Identify performance trends and develop strategies to improve results.
• Ensure standard, consistent reporting and financial controls across Finance.
• Collaborate with peers to lift effectiveness of the Finance partner team.
• Lead, coach and develop a diverse team with a feedback culture.

Skills

Customer obsession

Strategic problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Written communication

Financial modelling

Finance partnering experience

Leadership & coaching

Education

CA/CPA qualified

Job description

• Build a culture of curiosity, challenge, innovation and professional scepticism amongst the team.
• Lead the Finance Partnering team supporting Business Lending (BL) within Business and Private Banking.
• Be a valued partner to the business and provide expertise that influences key business decisions.

Our people are customer obsessed. They prioritise the needs and satisfaction of the customer above all else. Our mindset fosters innovation and creates strong, lasting customer relationships as we strive to be the most customer centric company in Australia and New Zealand.

As a Head of, you will join the Business and Private Banking Finance team that’s focused on moving with speed.

In this Head of role, you will:

• Translate the strategy of the Business Lending business into a functionally effective plan. Provide the overall direction to the BL leadership team to ensure development and delivery of objectives and initiatives within the strategic parameters.
• Support the BL Executives in partnership with the CFO, to grow the business, align with our strategic ambition and ensure transformation / simplification benefits are achieved in a sustainable and coordinated manner.
• Identify financial and non-financial performance trends through critical review and analysis and develop and recommend strategies to improve business performance.
• Collaborate to ensure simplification by ensuring all standard reporting and financial control activities are delivered in a one-way same way approach across Finance.
• Collaborate with peers to identify and leverage best practice to drive effectiveness uplift across the Finance partner team.
• Lead, coach and develop a diverse team, creating and fostering a feedback culture and a psychologically safe environment, track results, and provide clear follow-up and feedback.

What you will bring

• Demonstrated customer ‘obsession’.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems, likely developed at a strategy consulting firm, in-house strategy team or investment bank (and/or similar related experience).
• Ability to engage, collaborate and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent written communication demonstrated by experience in drafting and contributing to board level presentation and reports.
• Proficiency in developing financial models and strategic frameworks.
• Experience across a range of Finance disciplines including partnering with divisions, corporate centre planning and reporting and financial control roles.
• Relevant tertiary qualification, ideally CA/CPA qualified.

We respectfully ask candidates to hold any questions until interview process, where we’ll discuss the role in detail and answer any questions. This helps to ensure a focussed, efficient and fair application process. The talent acquisition team looks forward to addressing all inquiries at that time if your application progresses.

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of equity and respect – where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. In partnership with our multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we continue to foster an inclusive environment, where all NAB colleagues’ unique backgrounds and identities are understood, respected and celebrated.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can work your way.