Interim Finance Director (6 months)

Private Advertiser; Sydney; On-site; AUD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser in Australia seeks an Interim Finance Director to act as a trusted strategic partner to the ANZ leadership team, providing financial leadership across performance, planning, governance and transformation.

You will lead a sizeable finance function and partner with the Managing Director to drive business performance, translate goals into financial objectives, and oversee budgeting, forecasting and cash flow.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience as a Finance Director, CFO or senior commercial/operational executive within a large, complex organisation.
• Strong commercial finance capability and demonstrated experience partnering with executive leadership.
• Proven people leadership, with the ability to engage and lead an established finance team through a period of transition.
• Confidence operating within a complex, multinational or matrix environment.
• Strong capability across financial planning, performance management, governance, controls, cash flow and working capital.

Responsibilities

• Lead sizeable finance team (onshore and offshore), including senior finance managers and specialists.
• Partner with the Managing Director and executive leadership team to drive business performance, growth and operational efficiency.
• Translate business goals to financial objectives and activities to provide commercially focused insights, challenge and recommendations to support business growth and decisions.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and performance management.
• Maintain strong financial governance, reporting, internal controls and statutory compliance.
• Drive effective management of cash flow, receivables and broader working capital.
• Review end-to-end finance processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, capability and business outcomes.
• Work effectively across local, regional and global stakeholders within a matrix organisation.

Skills

Strategic finance leadership

Executive stakeholder management

People leadership

Financial planning & analysis

Cash flow & working capital management

Job description

As Interim Finance Director, you will act as a trusted strategic and commercial partner to the ANZ leadership team, providing financial leadership across business performance, planning, operational effectiveness, governance and transformation. This is a high-impact executive assignment for a senior finance leader who can quickly step into a complex business, partner with the Managing Director and leadership team, and provide strong commercial and financial leadership.

Key responsibilities

Lead sizeable finance team (onshore and offshore), including senior finance managers and specialists

Partner with the Managing Director and executive leadership team to drive business performance, growth and operational efficiency

Translate business goals to financial objectives and activities to provide commercially focused insights, challenge and recommendations to support business growth and decisions

Lead budgeting, forecasting and performance management

Maintain strong financial governance, reporting, internal controls and statutory compliance

Drive effective management of cash flow, receivables and broader working capital

Review end-to-end finance processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, capability and business outcomes

Work effectively across local, regional and global stakeholders within a matrix organisation

About you

Significant leadership experience as a Finance Director, CFO or senior commercial/operational executive within a large, complex organisation

Strong commercial finance capability and demonstrated experience partnering with executive leadership

Proven people leadership, with the ability to engage and lead an established finance team through a period of transition

Confidence operating within a complex, multinational or matrix environment

Strong capability across financial planning, performance management, governance, controls, cash flow and working capital

Exposure to Enterprise Agreements or complex workforce environments would be advantageous