Senior Finance Lead

Airservices Australia; Victoria; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Airservices Australia seeks a Senior Finance Lead to partner with portfolio leaders, manage forecasting, budgeting, reporting and governance, and provide strategic financial advice for major investment programs.

You will work across a complex portfolio, influence decisions, and help ensure financial sustainability and alignment with organisational priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience providing financial leadership across portfolios, programmes or complex projects.
• Strong forecasting, budgeting, reporting, accruals and governance capabilities.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to influence decisions and improve financial outcomes.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships within complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to identify risks, opportunities and improvements.
• Demonstrated leadership behaviours, including mentoring and driving outcomes.
• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
• CA or CPA qualifications are highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial leadership to the Capital Portfolio function and technology service delivery portfolio.
• Lead portfolio forecasting, budgeting, reporting, accruals and financial oversight.
• Offer strategic financial advice to support investment and delivery decisions.
• Influence stakeholders and drive financial governance and sustainable portfolio performance.

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial reporting

Accruals

Financial governance

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Commercial acumen

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Accounting/Finance

CA or CPA qualifications (highly regarded)

Job description

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. Please see the link below to view the full Position Description - PD - Senior Finance Lead.pdf

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.

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.

• 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.