Senior Finance Leader – Banking Strategy & P&L Partner

Byron Thomas Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Substantial base salary

Incentives and long-term incentives

Career progression in a major group

Job summary

Our client, a major financial services group, seeks a Senior Finance Manager in Sydney to partner with the banking division’s executive team. You will lead a skilled finance group, delivering strategic insights and challenging commercial decisions to support growth and capital planning.

The role focuses on strategy, performance, and investment decisions across a substantial P&L. You will influence pricing, returns, and cost decisions while driving high-quality reporting and leadership

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualified, with significant senior finance experience in banking.
• Strong business partnering with executive stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of banking economics, including returns and capital.

Responsibilities

• Partner with divisional executives on strategy, performance and investment decisions.
• Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting across a significant P&L.
• Deliver insightful performance reporting and commentary to senior executives.
• Provide commercial challenge on pricing, returns, capital and cost.
• Lead and develop a high performing finance team.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across finance, risk and the wider group.
• Drive improvements in reporting quality, insight and decision support.

Skills

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Team leadership

Banking knowledge

Strategic thinking

Education

CA/CPA qualified

Job description

Our client, a major financial services group, seeks a Senior Finance Manager in Sydney to partner with the banking division’s executive team. You will lead a skilled finance group, delivering strategic insights and challenging commercial decisions to support growth and capital planning.

The role focuses on strategy, performance, and investment decisions across a substantial P&L. You will influence pricing, returns, and cost decisions while driving high-quality reporting and leadership