Senior Finance Lead

Airservices-Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Airservices Australia, a government-owned organisation, seeks a Senior Finance Lead in the Capital Portfolio function to govern the approved investment portfolio and provide strategic financial guidance. You will partner with portfolio leaders to forecast, budget, report and oversee accruals, ensuring sustainable investment delivery aligned to priorities.

You will lead with strong stakeholder engagement, governance, and capability development, shaping finance support across complex programs in a

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience providing financial leadership across portfolios, programs or complex project environments.
• Strong capability in forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting, accruals and financial governance.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to influence decisions and improve financial outcomes.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify financial risks, opportunities and improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership behaviours, including influencing, mentoring and driving outcomes through others.
• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• CA or CPA qualifications are highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Act as key finance advisor to portfolio leaders and stakeholders.
• Forecasting, budgeting, reporting, accruals and financial oversight for the Technology Service Delivery portfolio.
• Provide strategic financial advice to support investment and delivery decisions.
• Identify risks and provide commercial insights across the portfolio.
• Ensure strong financial governance and informed decision-making.
• Lead and influence across the portfolio with opportunities to develop finance capability.

Skills

Financial leadership

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial reporting

Accruals management

Stakeholder influence

Commercial acumen

Leadership behaviours

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

CA/CPA qualifications

Job description

Job no: 502969
Work type: Full Time Permanent
Location: VIC
Categories: Finance

The Organisation

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world’s airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia’s busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations, including an island. This team are helping to secure the future of Australia’s skies and keep it amongst the safest in the world.

We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and facilitating trade and tourism.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful. We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do, value a service first mindset and embrace a challenge to explore a career with Airservices. In return you will be a valued team member, be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting, ever-evolving aviation industry.

The Role & The Team

This role sits within the Capital Portfolio function and supports the management of Airservices' approved investment portfolio.

As the Senior Finance Lead supporting the Technology Service Delivery portfolio, you will act as the key finance advisor to portfolio leaders and stakeholders. You will be responsible for portfolio forecasting, budgeting, reporting, accruals and financial oversight, while also providing strategic financial advice to support investment and delivery decisions.

Working across a complex portfolio environment, you will partner with stakeholders to identify risks, provide commercial insights and ensure strong financial governance and decision-making. This role offers the opportunity to influence outcomes across significant investment programs while helping ensure the portfolio remains financially sustainable and aligned to organisational priorities.

This is a lead role that requires strong leadership capability, relationship management and stakeholder influence. While the role does not currently have direct reports, there is an opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of finance capability as the function continues to evolve.

Please see the link below to view the full Position Description.

The Person

You are a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with leaders, solving complex problems and influencing outcomes through sound financial advice. You are equally comfortable working through the detail as you are engaging senior stakeholders and providing strategic insights.

The successful applicant will have:

• Demonstrated experience providing financial leadership across portfolios, programs or complex project environments.
• Strong capability in forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting, accruals and financial governance.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to influence decisions and improve financial outcomes.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify financial risks, opportunities and improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership behaviours, including influencing, mentoring and driving outcomes through others.
• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• CA or CPA qualifications are highly regarded.

At Airservices Australia, we embrace and thrive on diversity of thought, perspectives, and capabilities because we know the benefits of having a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve. We appreciate everyone is unique, and acknowledge diversity in thought leads to greater transparency and improved consideration in our decision making.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success. We actively encourage and welcome candidates from all cultural backgrounds, gender identities, people living with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian Citizen or a Permanent Resident as an Airservices Background Check is required for this role. Please refer to the security check requirements successful applicants will be required to undertake as part of the recruitment process.

Advertised: 29 Oct 2026 12:00 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Application close: 12 Nov 2026 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Job search

e.g. "Air Traffic Controller", "Melbourne"