Head of Financial Control and Reporting

Qantas Airways; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel benefits

Flexible work options

Employee discounts

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Qantas Airways seeks an experienced finance leader to join the Centre of Finance Excellence as Head of Financial Control & Reporting. The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract based at Mascot, Sydney, leading a large, high-performing team across financial control, accounting, forecasting, reporting and governance.

You will partner with CFOs and senior leaders to deliver accurate, timely financial information that supports strategic decisions, while driving continuous improvement and stronger

Qualifications

• Significant experience in financial accounting, financial control or financial management in a large, complex organisation.
• Proven track record leading sizeable, high-performing finance teams.
• Deep technical accounting expertise and strong knowledge of accounting standards and reporting requirements.
• Exceptional stakeholder management with senior executives.
• Strategic mindset with strong commercial acumen and analytical capability.
• Experience leading change and delivering outcomes in a complex environment.
• Finance or Accounting degree with CA or CPA accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a large team to deliver monthly financial reporting, forecasting and analysis.
• Own profitability, balance sheet and capital expenditure reporting across segments.
• Ensure strong internal controls, governance and compliance with accounting standards.
• Partner with CFOs and business leaders to provide commercial insights for decisions.
• Lead financial transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage complex stakeholder relationships at senior executive level.
• Foster accountability, capability development and high performance within the team.

Skills

Finance leadership

Team leadership

Technical accounting

Stakeholder management

Strategic/Analytical thinking

Change management

Accounting standards knowledge

Education

CA or CPA accreditation

Job description

• Take ownership of financial control and reporting across key Qantas business units while leading a large, high-performing team of finance professionals.
• Play a pivotal role in strengthening financial performance, leading continuous improvement initiatives and influencing how one of Australia's most recognised brands operates and grows.
• 12 month fixed term contract based at Mascot Sydney

At Qantas, finance plays a critical role in enabling strategic decision making and ensuring the financial strength of one of Australia's most iconic organisations. We're looking for an experienced finance leader to join our Centre of Finance Excellence as Head of Financial Control & Reporting.

As Head of Financial Control & Reporting, you'll lead a large, high-performing team responsible for financial accounting, forecasting, reporting and governance across the Qantas, Freight and Corporate segments. Reporting to the Head of Centre of Finance Excellence, you'll partner closely with senior finance leaders and executives to ensure the delivery of accurate, insightful and timely financial information that supports key strategic and commercial decisions.

This is a highly visible leadership role requiring a blend of technical accounting expertise, commercial acumen and the ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders across a complex business environment. You'll provide leadership across financial control, compliance, performance reporting and continuous improvement initiatives while driving engagement and capability within a large team of finance professionals.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading a large team of finance professionals to deliver monthly financial reporting, forecasting and analysis.
• Maintaining accountability for profit and loss, balance sheet and capital expenditure reporting across multiple business segments.
• Ensuring strong financial governance, internal controls and compliance with accounting standards.
• Partnering with CFOs, Heads of Finance and business leaders to deliver commercial insights and support decision making.
• Leading financial transformation and continuous improvement initiatives that improve systems, processes and reporting outcomes.
• Managing complex stakeholder relationships and influencing outcomes at senior executive level.
• Driving a culture of accountability, capability development and high performance across the finance function.

You’ll have:

• Significant experience in financial accounting, financial control or financial management within a large and complex organisation.
• Proven success leading sizeable, high-performing finance teams.
• Deep technical accounting expertise and strong knowledge of accounting standards and reporting requirements.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior executives.
• A strategic mindset combined with strong commercial acumen and analytical capability.
• Experience leading change, managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes in a complex environment.
• Degree qualifications in Finance or Accounting together with CA or CPA accreditation.

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Applications close:Wednesday 16 September 2026

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.