Senior Finance Lead, Capital Portfolio & Strategy

Air Services 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

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